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Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
enables information technology administrators to deploy the
latest Microsoft product updates to Microsoft Windows Server
2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP operating systems. By
using Windows Server Update Services, you can fully manage the
distribution of updates that are released through Microsoft
Update to computers in your network.
Windows Server Update Services is a patch and update component
of Windows Server and offers an effective and quick way to help
keep systems up to date. Windows Server Update Services provides
a management infrastructure consisting of the following:
Microsoft Update: The
Microsoft Web site that Windows Server Update Services
components connect to for updates to Microsoft products.
Windows Server Update Services server:
The server component that is installed on a computer running a
Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4 (SP4) or Windows Server
2003 operating system inside the corporate firewall. Windows
Server Update Services 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
Windows Server Update Services server can be the update source
for other Windows Server Update Services servers.
Automatic Updates: The
client computer component built into Windows 2000 with SP3,
Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Automatic
Updates enables both server and client computers to receive
updates from Microsoft Update or from a server running Windows
Server Update Services.
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