Software Update Services (SUS) - SA Edition

From: John Smith (bellboyd21@yahoo.com)
Date: 12/19/02 

From: "John Smith" <bellboyd21@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 09:26:43 -0800

We have Software Assurance (SA) licensing and therefore
should have access to the SA Edition of Software Update
Services (SUS) which is referenced in the following
article
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/itsol
utions/msm/swdist/pmsusog.asp An excerpt from the
article is listed
below. I cannot locate the appropriate CD nor can I find
any information on Microsoft's web site which would
indicate where I can obtain this software. Can anyone
assist me acquiring this software whether through
downloading or the appropriate CD?

Thanks,

John Smith

Patch Management Using Microsoft Software Update Services
"SUS is available in two versions. One can be downloaded
from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/SUS/defa
ult.asp; the other is available as a licensing program.
The downloadable version downloads and installs operating
system critical updates and security rollup packages
(SRPs). All other patches, including applications, service
packs, and non-critical updates that need to be installed
before they are issued as a security rollup package, go
through distribution and deployment.

For those customers on the Microsoft Software Assurance
(SA) licensing program, a more comprehensive version of
SUS is available that can download and install operating
system service packs, non-critical security updates, and
selected Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) fixes determined to
be vital to the successful operation of the operating
system. This version is known as SUS SA Edition.

Organizations wanting to obtain and use SUS SA Edition in
their environments will need to participate in the
Software Assurance program. For more information on this
program and licensing in general, see
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/default.asp."

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