Re: Automatic Updating & MS System Update Service

From: Peter Bailey (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/01/03 

Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 05:02:33 -0800

Thanks very much for your response, Rob. You've answered
my question. We have very good bandwidth, being part of a
large company, so I'm not too concerned about that, but I
can see the "neatness" of SUS -- having just one source
within our firewall.
>-----Original Message-----
>Peter Bailey wrote:
>> If I've got all of my PCs set to do automatic updating,
>> downloading AND installing, at 5 or 6 a.m. every day,
why
>> would I need to use any other patch mechanism then? I'm
>> using either XP or Win2k sp4, so all PCs have the
>> necessary auto. update features.
>>
>> I ask this because someone told me to download and use
>> Software Update Services.
>
>No you don't *need* SUS under these circumstances.
Whether you might think
>SUS makes your good idea even better is another thing.
>
>To cut a long story short, SUS is like your own
localised version of Windows
>Update. Your SUS server downloads updates from Microsoft
on a schedule, and
>your clients download their updates from your SUS server
on a schedule also,
>using the same client side kind of settings you have now.
>
>The improvement would be slightly improved control over
what gets installed
>(only updates you approve are distributed by SUS), and
of course a reduction
>in bandwidth used for update downloads as you only have
to download stuff
>from microsoft once, and afterwards the client updates
are done via your
>LAN.
>
>This is especially attractive if your internet
connection is relatively slow
>or you are paying for it by volume of traffic.
>
>
>--
>--
>Rob Moir
>Microsoft MVP for servers & security
>http://www.robertmoir.co.uk
>"802.11bofh - the *other* power over ethernet standard"
>
>
>.
>

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