TABLE OF CONTENTS An important part of the daily job of a Windows Server 2003 network administrator is to keep the network s servers and client computers up-to-date with required security updates and other patches. Not long ago, this required the use of a third-party solution or Microsoft s own Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0. However, times have changed for the better; if an entire network is composed of Windows 2000 or higher computers the network administrator can quickly and easily implement Software Update Services (SUS) to keep their computers up-to-date.
SUS is one part of a two-part solution. When paired with the required version of the Automatic Updates client software, SUS acts like a local Windows Update Web server by providing required updates and patches to clients from inside the network. It is not by accident that SUS looks and feels almost identical to Windows Update Microsoft relied on the Windows Update code extensively when it created and released SUS to the public in 2002. This chapter examines the installation, configuring, and usage of SUS and Automatic Updates both on the server side and on the client side of a network. This chapter also discusses the choices available to keep the legacy network clients up-to-date with required patches and updates.
EXAM 70-292 OBJECTIVE 6.2
Windows Server 2003 provides native support for SUS, however, it does not include SUS by default. Therefore the network administrator will need to download and install SUS on their server before they can...
