WSUS 3.0 - Now Available for download!
For all of the hoster’s out there looking for a low cost patch-management solution for your Windows platform, Microsoft’s has released the third edition of its patch management tool Windows Update Services.
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 provides a number of new features, making WSUS easier to use, deploy, and support. Specifically, WSUS 3.0 provides improvements in the following areas:
· Ease of Use
o Manage WSUS from the Administration Console
o Manage WSUS Remotely
o Configure post-setup tasks using a wizard
o Ability to generate multiple reports with improved precision
o Maintain Server health more easily
o Get e-mail messages about new updates
o Remove old information easily
o Upgrade Seamlessly for WSUS 2.0 to WSUS 3.0
· Improved deployment options
o Obtain updates faster
o Set more automatic approvals
o Limit access to read-only reporting
· Better performance and bandwidth optimization
o Utilize faster performance
o Ability to specify languages
o Configure separate content and metadata channels
· Extend WSUS 3.0 using improved APIs
o Move up to .NET Framework 2.0
o Go beyond the WSUS console with APIs for advanced managemet
o Add optional installation approvals to administrator options
o Collect hardware and software inventories
o Expand the set of updates with local publishing
For more information on Windows Server Update Services 3.0 please visit:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/632f98ac-9d45-480b-b801-996b714cebd01033.mspx?mfr=true
