Chapter 19. Software Update Services

Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS) helps you collect, approve, and distribute critical operating system patches to resolve known security vulnerabilities and stability issues. You can use these services on computers running Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003. This chapter describes how to design SUS servers and deploy SUS in your enterprise.

In this chapter:

SUS Overview

SUS Server Design

SUS Server Deployment

Automatic Updates Deployment

Best Practices

Checklist

  • Can you dedicate a server for running SUS? If not, see the section "Server Component" later in this chapter for information about the applications that can run on the same server as SUS.

  • Is high availability ...

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