How to change the SCUP database to a shared database (multiple users)
Microsoft System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) 2011 does not store his database file centrally for all users. SCUP creates a separate file for each user in his profile ("C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\System Center Updates Publisher 2011\5.00.1727.0000\"). Funny, because a central database file is in the most cases very useful. With the following steps you can change this (mistake): Close the SCUP console Open the Scup2011.exe.config in editor (run the editor as admin) Add the following lines to the config file <applicationSettings> <Scup.Properties.Settings> <setting name="SSCEDataFile" serializeAs="String"> <value>C:\SCUP_2011\5.00.1727.0000\scupdb.sdf</value> </setting> </Scup.Properties.Settings> </applicationSettings> Save the config file Move the existing SCUPDB.SDF (in the above path) to the new path Finished! All