Express update deployment system

A method for deploying an update to computing devices, the method comprising:

• identifying a first set of computing devices based on hardware details of the computing devices by calculating hardware weights for the computing devices based on the hardware details of the computing devices;
• instructing the first set of the computing devices to obtain the update from a file repository;
• obtaining, by the first set of the computing devices, the update from the file repository;
• receiving, by the first set of the computing devices, requests to function as proxy file repositories, the requests including file part mappings;
• receiving, by the first set of the computing devices and from a second set of the computing devices, requests for parts of the update;
• using, by the first set of the computing devices, the file part mappings to verify the requests for the parts of the update;
• and
• upon verifying the requests for the parts of the update, sending, by the first set of the computing devices, the parts of the update to the second set of the computing devices.

One or more computer storage media storing computer executable instructions which when executed implement a method for deploying an update to computing devices, the method comprising:

• identifying, by a management server, a first set of the computing devices based on hardware details of the computing devices by determining that a hardware weight of the first set of the computing devices is greater than a hardware weight of the computing devices that are not in the first set;
• instructing, by a management server, the first set of the computing devices to obtain the update from a file repository;
• in response to the first set of the computing devices obtaining the update from the file repository, instructing, by a management server, a second set of the computing devices to obtain parts of the update from the first set of the computing devices;
• and
• instructing, by a management server, a third set of the computing devices to obtain the update from the file repository while the second set of the computing devices obtain the parts of the update from the first set of the computing devices.