MCITP: Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise Administrator, Study Guide

9.10. Real-World Update Practices

Although they're not part of the certification exam, I'll offer you six procedural principles for deploying updates throughout your enterprise. By following these procedures, you'll reduce your chances of causing inadvertent failures or a lack of service availability.

9.10.1. Research Updates Before Downloading Them

Just about any update available from any software contains documentation. With Microsoft, every single update goes through a rigorous quality assurance process that involves verifying the functions of that update, what it changes, and what effects it may have on your enterprise. Often, you can save yourself a lot of headache by reading the update's documentation and determining whether the update ...