Re: SUS server, questions

From: Brendon Rogers (brendon_at_nospam-itology.net)
Date: 08/16/03 

Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 17:10:50 -0400

Answers inline.

Also see the whitepaper:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/default.asp

"Bob_M" <Stardate10@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> We have about a 70 user network and would like to find an easier way to
> deploy the MS patches to the workstations. It seems the MS SUS utility may
> help but I have a few questions.
>
> 1) Can the clients be setup to install the updates automatically at logon
to
> the domain?

The client PC's run the Automatic Update service (also known as Windows
Update or WU). This client downloads updates from the SUS server whenever
they are available and whenever the client is online. It uses idle bandwidth
and won't affect other applications in use. The part that is configurable is
when the updates are installed - there are a number of options.

>
> 2) What if a user (all of them) do not have administrator privileges?

No admin rights are needed because the WU client does the install.

>
> 3) Does SUS do service packs?

Not the current version of SUS.

>
> 4) Can you control what patches the clients are allowed to load at the SUS
> server? In other words, I would like to test each patch before it's
> automatically applied. I can imagine coming in some morning and find the
> whole network down because of one misbehaved patch.

Yes you can.

>
> Thanks
>
> bob
>
>

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