Windows Server Update Services 2.0 with Service Pack 1 Product Overview
Published: May 31, 2006
Overview
Microsoft Windows Server Update Services with Service Pack 1 (WSUS with SP1) enables information technology administrators to deploy many of the latest Microsoft product updates published to the Microsoft Update site. By using WSUS with SP1, you can fully manage the distribution of updates released through Microsoft Update to clients in your environments, after your testing, and on your schedule.
WSUS with SP1 delivers updates for WSUS. This service pack includes support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, and provides additional stability and performance improvements.
How WSUS Works
WSUS is an update component of Windows Server and offers an effective and quick way to help keep systems up to date. WSUS provides a management infrastructure consisting of the following:
Microsoft Update. The Microsoft Web site to which WSUS components connect for updates of Microsoft products.
Windows Server Update Services server. The server component that is installed on a computer running a Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4 (SP4) or Windows Server 2003 operating system inside the corporate firewall. WSUS server provides the features that administrators need to manage and distribute updates through a Web-based tool, which can be accessed from Internet Explorer on any Windows computer in the corporate network. In addition, a WSUS server can be the update source for other WSUS servers.
Automatic Updates. The client computer component built into Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 with SP3 operating systems. Automatic Updates enables both server and client computers to receive updates from Microsoft Update or from a server running WSUS.
What's New in WSUS with SP1
WSUS with SP1 is a service pack release that improves the security, reliability, scalability, compatibility, and performance of WSUS. This service pack includes the following new features and improvements:
Windows Vista support. WSUS with SP1 allows you to update computers running Windows Vista.
Full client language support. WSUS with SP1 supports all Microsoft Office and Windows Vista languages.
New version of WMSDE. WSUS with SP1 upgrades WMSDE from WMSDE SP3 to WMSDE SP4.
Faster performance. WSUS with SP1 improves performance, including accelerated user interface response times.
All hotfixes. WSUS with SP1 includes all changes and hotfixes issued since the release of WSUS.
Support for SQL Server 2005. WSUS with SP1 allows you to use SQL Server 2005.
WSUS Features
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Updates for Windows, Office, Exchange Server, and SQL Server, with additional product support over time Automatic download of specific updates Automated actions for updates, determined by administrator approval Ability to determine the applicability of updates before installing them Targeting Replica synchronization Reporting Extensibility
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| Powerful and extensible management of the Automatic Updates service Self-updating for client computers Automatic detection of applicable updates
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