SOLVED Depreciate Windows 7 Support

[matteobarreo]

Good morning,

I currently only have 2 Windows 7 computers left in my environment, and they both belong to IT people, for different legacy reasons. I would like to stop supporting their computers in SCCM - I don't want them to be auto-discovered anymore, and I want to remove Windows 7 updates. Basically, I just want to free up space and stop having my console cluttered up by anything Windows 7. Is there any documentation on how to properly do this?

 

[Youssef Saad]

Hi matteobarreo,

Windows 7 is no longer supported since January 2020.

You can disable those two Win7 computers in Active Directory and move them to a specific Organisation Unit, then in the Active Directory System Discovery, you exclude the discovery of this OU. Once done, remove those machines from the console and the ConfigMgr will no longer discover them again.

• EXCLUDE OU’S FROM THE SYSTEM DISCOVERY

To disable the synchronization of Windows 7 patches, go to Administration > Site Configuration > Sites, right click to your site > Configure Site Components > Software Update Point, in the Products tab, uncheck Windows 7 and click OK.

To cleanup your Software Updates database, still in the Software Update Point settings, go to WSUS Maintenance, select the 3 options. In the next Software Update Full synchronization, the WSUS cleanup job will be executed automatically.

 

[matteobarreo]

Awesome Yussef, that's exactly what I needed. We have already discontinued support, but I had two people in IT who needed their Windows 7 computers for whatever reason. Since they are in IT, I am just going to let them handle their own updates and get them out of the console so that I can start purging out Windows 7 updates and other things taking up extra space.

Thanks again for your quick reply!

 

[Youssef Saad]

Perfect.

Do not hesitate to post again if you need a future help.