MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Prep: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment

Chapter 18. Managing and Implementing Windows Server Update Services

Objectives

This chapter covers the following Microsoft-specified objectives for the “Managing and Maintaining a Server Environment” section of the Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment exam:

Manage software update infrastructure

• With new security exploits announced what seems to be weekly and with corresponding patches that need to be applied, it is important that you automate as much of this process as possible. Microsoft has made available the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) to allow you to control the patches and updates applied to the Windows platform.

Outline

Introduction 826

Managing a Software Update Infrastructure 826

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