Re: Software Update Solution

Did you mean SUS instead of SAS? The latest version is WSUS and it can be
installed on an SBS 2003 server.

"JaffaB" <jaffa_brown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1130145538.016057.56480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi all,
>
> when I was setting up my SBS, I followed the steps in my book on
> setting up the SBS, and everything went very well.
>
> One of the steps in the book was to activate the automatic software
> update feature. I think the process was called SAS?? It involved
> going ot the microsoft web site, downloading an application which
> scheduled a process to download the latest patches etc. The booked
> talked about it scanning the network for client PCs, working out what
> software they were running, and automaticlly downloading the latest
> patches for the products and applying them.
>
> The book then stopped there and moved onto a different subject. No
> mention of how SAS got the PC details, how it applied the software
> patches etc.
>
> I set the schedule for the first download this Sunday, and there was a
> massive spike in internet downloads from the server at the scheduled
> time - but this morning - nothing. No report of updates, the server
> does not seem to have done anything, and the client PCs had no majic
> pop-up window of "New patches available - download now!".
>
> Am I talking about something that people have set-up here? Is SAS the
> right term for it? How do I set the clients to pick up the updates.
>
> In a nutshell, it would be nice for the Server to say things like
> "right, PC A is running XP and office 2003, so lets download the latest
> XP patches, and office patches. Ah, now the PC is connected so here
> yopu go PC, have these patches". I know XP will download via the
> internet, but I dont want 10 PCs all downloading the same patch.
>
> The book seemed to imply that this facility was available, and then
> trailed off after the set-up of the scheduled download. What do I need
> to do - is there any more reading information?
>


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