1. 11 IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES Chapter 7

2. Chapter 7: IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES2 WHAT IS INCLUDED IN AN UPDATE?  Critical updates  Recommended downloads  Windows tools  Internet and multimedia updates  Additional Windows downloads  Multilanguage features  Documentation  Critical updates  Recommended downloads  Windows tools  Internet and multimedia updates  Additional Windows downloads  Multilanguage features  Documentation

3. Chapter 7: IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES3 OVERVIEW OF SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES  Content synchronization service  Internal Windows Update server  Automatic Updates on computers  Content synchronization service  Internal Windows Update server  Automatic Updates on computers

4. Chapter 7: IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES4 WINDOWS UPDATE

5. Chapter 7: IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES5 AUTOMATIC UPDATES

6. Chapter 7: IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES6 OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOMATIC UPDATES  Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (Service Pack [SP] 3 and higher)  Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (Service Pack 3 and higher)  Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server (Service Pack 3 and higher)  Microsoft Windows XP Professional  Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition  Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family of operating systems  Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (Service Pack [SP] 3 and higher)  Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (Service Pack 3 and higher)  Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server (Service Pack 3 and higher)  Microsoft Windows XP Professional  Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition  Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family of operating systems

7. Chapter 7: IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES7 ENHANCED FEATURES OF AUTOMATIC UPDATES  Approved content for download from a SUS server  Scheduled content download and installation  Ability to configure Automatic Updates options by using Group Policy Object Editor  Ability to configure Automatic Updates options by editing the registry  Eliminates requirements for administrator logon  Approved content for download from a SUS server  Scheduled content download and installation  Ability to configure Automatic Updates options by using Group Policy Object Editor  Ability to configure Automatic Updates options by editing the registry  Eliminates requirements for administrator logon

8. Chapter 7: IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES8 INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING SUS

9. Chapter 7: IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES9 HOW SUS WORKS

10. Chapter 7: IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES10 MANAGING SUS (SERVER MANAGEMENT)  Initial server configuration  Synchronization  Selection and approval of synchronized content  Backing up and restoring the SUS server  Initial server configuration  Synchronization  Selection and approval of synchronized content  Backing up and restoring the SUS server

11. Chapter 7: IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES11 SUS CLIENT CONFIGURATION OPTIONS  Automatic Update Wizard  System Tools  Group Policy  Registry entries  Automatic Update Wizard  System Tools  Group Policy  Registry entries

12. Chapter 7: IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES12 CLIENT CONFIGURATION USING SYSTEM TOOLS

13. Chapter 7: IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES13 MANAGING SUS CLIENTS USING GROUP POLICY OBJECT EDITOR

14. Chapter 7: IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES14 MONITORING SUS  Monitoring sever pages  Synchronization  Approval logs  Server event log messages  Client event log messages  Monitoring sever pages  Synchronization  Approval logs  Server event log messages  Client event log messages

15. Chapter 7: IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICES15 SUMMARY  What is SUS?  Windows Update and Automatic Updates  Installing and configuring SUS  How SUS works  Managing SUS  Monitoring SUS  What is SUS?  Windows Update and Automatic Updates  Installing and configuring SUS  How SUS works  Managing SUS  Monitoring SUS