How to stop accidental production deployments from policy cloning
Selecting a global folder during policy cloning with auto-deploy enabled can instantly push un-scoped patches and task sequences across all client endpoints. This triggers widespread system outages, breaks legacy applications, and forces teams to handle emergency rollbacks during critical business hours.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Staggering updates across a client base so only a fraction is affected at a time
- 2Implementing Change Management policies
- 3Admitting the mistake immediately to management
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Somewhere in the policy cloning and scoping process, I accidentally selected the global folder and enabled auto-approve and auto-deploy.”source ↗
“This morning our ticket queue exploded. Legacy accounting app died, weird VPN drivers disappeared, one client lost their old print server patch and it rebooted mid-invoicing.”source ↗
“Been there and done that. Instantly rang the bell with my boss.”source ↗
“Not mine, but a colleague kicked of a sccm task squence to upgrade all endpoints from windows 7 to windows 10 at a customer 2 days before easter holiday.”source ↗
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