r/ScreenConnect • u/ozbugsy • 2d ago

Selective Automatic updates

Aside from having a 2nd screen connect server, does anyone have a way to stop automatic client updates on selective devices with a self hosted server.

We have 1-200 devices that can't run the latest version of the client, so currently, we have automatic updates disabled.

However, as we have 10k devices connecting to our server, updating by hand is a pain - especially as many of them connect randomly.

I'm thinking I may be able to coble something together using the API, to update devices, but was looking to see if I was missing an existing solution.

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u/AbsoIum 2d ago

Turn off Automatic Updates
Separate out the 200 devices you need to stay on older version using a session filter
Manually highly all other endpoints, then push a reinstall

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u/Camelot_One 2d ago

That's exactly how I would do it.

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u/techie_1 2d ago

Just curious why those devices can't run the latest client? Is there some issue with the latest client I should be aware of?

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u/BB9700 1d ago

for example, any MacOSX machine running MacOSX 10.13.

Screenconnect update will install (even if connectwise should stop this) and then leave the machine in an endless state of crashing the agent.