Windows software update service 3.0sp2.

goto server manager and roles-- add new role--Enable iis and winows software update service. Q. What is Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS)? A. Microsoft Software Update Services is the process of keeping computers in your organization up to date with the latest critical updates, security updates, and service packs. SUS installs a web-based application that enables administrators to quickly and reliably deploy updates to desktop and server machines running Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. The updates can be synchronized from the live Windows Update servers and saved on the SUS server. Then, after approving only the updates you have tested and want to distribute, they can be downloaded from the SUS server by the Automatic Updates component on client machines. Q. What are the components of Microsoft Software Update Services? A.SUS consists of the following downloadable components: Microsoft Software Update Services. This is the server component installed on a computer running Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003 inside your corporate firewall. It synchronizes with the Windows Update site to deliver all critical updates for Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. The synchronization can be automatic or completed manually by the administrator. When the updates are downloaded, you can test the updates in your environment and then decide which updates to approve for installation throughout your organization. Automatic Updates. The Automatic Update component is included in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and later, Windows XP SP1 and later, and Windows Server 2003; it can be easily installed on Windows 2000 SP2 and Windows XP RTM. This component enables your Windows servers and Windows client computers to connect to a server running SUS and receive any updates. You can control which server each Windows client should connect to as well as schedule when the client should perform all installations of critical updates either manually or through Group Policy and the Active Directory service. Automatic Updates is available in 24 languages. Q.What is Windows Software Update Services (WSUS)? A. Windows Software Update Services is the next version of Software Update Services (SUS). It is release in 2005. WSUS will extend the capabilities of SUS to enable updating of various versions of Office, SQL Server, Exchange, and additional Microsoft products, in addition to updating the versions of the Windows operating systems supported by SUS. WSUS will deliver additional benefits:

Built-in update status assessment and reporting Dramatically increased IT productivity Greater administrative control Reduced IT costs Licensing

Q. What are the licensing requirements for SUS or WSUS?

A.SUS and WSUS are components of Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Small Business Server 2000 and Windows Small Business Server 2003. Consequently, SUS is, and WSUS will be, available at no additional charge to licensees of these products. SUS and WSUS do not have their own client access license (CAL). However, when you are updating your computers that run SUS and WSUS, you will need to access the server on which the SUS or WSUS server component runs, and therefore each computer requires a Windows or Core CAL. Note that this is a licensing requirement for the Windows Server on which the SUS or WSUS server is running, and not a licensing requirement specific to SUS or WSUS. The general exceptions to this CAL licensing requirement for Windows Server are: When the access is through the Internet and unauthenticated. When the service is accessed can be run on Windows Server 2003 Web Edition (that is, the service and the way in which it is used meet the requirements specified in the product use rights for Windows Server 2003 Web Edition). Because computers that are updated using SUS or WSUS access the SUS or WSUS server through the organization's internal network, the first exception does not apply to use of SUS or WSUS. The second exception is applicable when SUS is used and the SUS server is running on Windows Server 2003, Web Edition. The second exception is applicable when WSUS is used if the WSUS server is running on Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, and the WSUS database is using the default built-in WSUS database or an MSDE database installed on the same computer. Using a remote database invalidates this exception. To summarize, if you are updating your computers using a SUS or WSUS server running on Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, and you are not using a remote database for the WSUS server, no CALs are required to update these computers. In all other situations, you need a Windows or Core CAL for each computer running WSUS or SUS that you are updating.

GPO: gpo defines polices implemental for the objects. One group policy can be linked with multiple objects like site, domains DCs, OUs, Etc... The order in which the group policy is applied. .vmk configuration files Vmware.

.Vmdk This is a virtual disk file, which stores the contents of the virtual machine's hard disk drive. A virtual disk is made up of one or more .vmdk files.

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