Update ManagementManage the software and security updates you need to deploy to the servers, desktop, and mobile computers in your organization. Featured ResourcesLast updated: April 23, 2008 | Devices and drivers
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The Planning and Assessment phase is the first major step in the update management process. Ideally, it is an ongoing process that you should follow to ensure that you always know what computing assets you have, how you can protect them, and how you can ensure that your software distribution architecture is able to support update management. Review key steps, tools, and technologies for this phase. In the identification phase of update management, you identify which updates are appropriate for your environment, and differentiate urgent and non-urgent updates. Review key steps, tools, and technologies for this phase. The third major step in the update management process is evaluating the software update and—assuming that it is approved for deployment—reviewing plans for its deployment into the production environment. Review key steps, tools, and technologies for this phase. The fourth and final phase in the update management process is the Deploy phase, which focuses on the tasks and activities required to deploy a software update into the production environment. Additional tasks may be required to deploy any countermeasures or mitigation steps. Review key steps, tools, and technologies for this phase. Microsoft offers a number of tool-specific guides on security-related update and patch management. Explore security update strategies using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) and Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003. | |