Dots in Software Update Groups names

Hello,
Do you know any reason why is it impossible to put a dot (".") in a name of Software Update Group? I can use dots in SUG's name created via ADR but not when I create one manually, I receive an error: "Must specify a valid name for the software
update group".
How can I put dots in a names for manually created SUGs?
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While you might be able to create it with an ADR or with PowerShell, if the User Interface specifically prevents it from being created, its a strong bet that it isn't tested and supported by the product team.
You're best bet is to put in feedback on Microsoft Connect asking them to allow and support it.
http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2013/12/02/giving-feedback-on-microsoft-connect-for-configmgr-2012-help-yourself-help-the-community/
I hope that helps,
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Export and Import members of a Software Update Group

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Collections based on Software Update Group compliance

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I deleted a Software Update group prior to removing the deployment attached. I am not unable to remove the deployment nor recreate the deployment with the same name through the Config Manager.
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no it is the final version... is working today after cleaning up database... is working now...thanks
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Please see http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/39b60e34-f30a-4963-a08b-6a8e13e44b91/software-update-groups-grey-icon-with-x-?forum=configmanagersecurity
for reference.
We created update lists for Windows 7 with Office, automatic updates for SCEP, they all are expired (Expired icon of “http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848254.aspx). I don’t want them to expire. I want to make sure every new
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> *Can you help me with this mechanism, I'm not familiar with it?
While viewing the updates that are a member of the software updates group, either sort by the "Expired" column or filter by Expired = Yex. Select all expired updates, right click, and select 'Edit Membership". Uncheck the checkbox for the software
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> *I seem to remember there was somewhere an option that mentioned expired
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Point. The setting is on the "Supersedence Rules" tab.
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>How can I automate this (not automatically apply but using manually which updates to use and deploy at times I choose)?
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Hi All
I hope someone can help me with the following issue it is related to SUP
We have an environment of a CAS and a Primary Site ( I know not an ideal situation ;-))
We have the SCCM 2012 Sp1 version with no CU update.
We have two separate SUPS installed at separate servers one connected to the CAS site and one connected to the Primary site.
The one connected to the CAS site connects to the internet and the one connected to primary sync’s with the other one.
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When I connect to our primary site with the configuration manager console some updates in the same update group (as mentioned above) have a red icon and have the status of deployed yes and downloaded NO.
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When I connect to the CAS site with the configuration manager console every update in the software update group have a green icon ( some are superseded and have an orange icon) and the updates all have the status of downloaded Yes and deployed Yes.
When I connect to our primary site with the configuration manager console some updates in the same update group (as mentioned above) have a red icon and have the status of deployed yes and downloaded NO.
Strange !!!
Yes, even I've seen these kind of issues several times even after CM12 R2 upgrade. I had these issues normally (ONLY) with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 server patches. It seems to me like when you DON'T have Win XP and Windows Server 2003 machines
in Primary server DB then we're facing this issue. But I'm not very sure. This is just a thought.
Primary server CM12 console - When you look at software update group or Package then in the “summary” there would one or more patches show as “not downloaded”
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SCCM 2012 R2
So I'm working on patching up our servers and am not sure how the Software Update Group gets created.
I created an Automatic Deployment Rule for the group of machines I want to patch and chose to Add to an existing Software Update Group. However, it never prompted me for what group to update. I checked under Software Update Groups and only have
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