Re: SMS Feature Pack

From: Richard Threlkeld (pleasenospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 07:52:07 -0700

#1 - Doesn't matter at all, but I sugest installing SP5 first because of the
change to the SMSCliToknLocalAcct& account and how this effects the Sync
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#2 - We have a comprehensive guide comming out on www.myitforum.com in the
next couple of weeks so stay tuned to the newsletter, however David Baur
also did a really good one:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=11C17A4C-CD03-4F2F-
AC76-67DAE1DFE3E4&displaylang=en . 

--
Richard Threlkeld
Microsoft MVP - SMS
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"Fred" <hush@dontspamme.com> wrote in message
news:#ipcEKSLEHA.2400@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi Richard,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I've been reading up on it and am fairly sure I'll
go
> ahead with it.  I've looked through the White Paper Enterprise Software
> Update Management using SMS 2.0 SUS and downloaded the files. I have 2
> questions.
>
> 1    Would it be better to install SMS SP5 before or after installing SUS?
> 2    Are there any detailed instructions on how to install and operate the
> Software update services functionality, outside of the .chm files included
> in the download. A search of the MS Webpages related to the Feature Pack
> doesn't seem to have anthing relevant
>
> Regards,
>
> John
> "Richard Threlkeld <MVP>" <pleasenospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uCh1BXGLEHA.2236@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > A lot of SMS Administrators use it today and have found it helpful.  I
> think
> > it Rocks!
> >
> > Yes, MBSA is the backend scanning engine used for patch determination.
> SMS
> > actually has many advantages over SUS such as reporting, targeting, etc.
> >
> > You can make your packages in about 15 minutes with the SUSFP, and spend
> as
> > much time as you want after testing.
> >
> > --
> > Richard Threlkeld
> > Microsoft MVP - SMS
> >
> > Looking to get more involved in the SMS community?
> > Join the SMS email discussion list today:
> > http://lists.listleague.com/mailman/listinfo/mssms
> >
> > "Fred" <hush@dontspamme.com> wrote in message
> > news:#qjgc0ELEHA.628@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi Guys,
> > >
> > > I have a question re the SMS2.0 Feature Pack. I'm investigating how to
> > best
> > > automate Security Patch management, and am looking at the Feature
pack.
> > > Does anyone use this? Is it any good? I understand that it integrates
> with
> > > MBSA to determine the requirement for patches on a given machine, is
> this
> > > correct?
> > > Is there any advantage over using SUS instead of Feature Pack
> > functionality?
> > >
> > > Currently I spend 2 days configuring and testing the patches as MS
> release
> > > them, then manually setting up the collections and queries to perform
> > this.
> > > Can anyone recommend a better solution?
> > >
> > > Many Thanks
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>