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System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 SP1 released

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Are your datacenter costs rising? Does your current infrastructure make it difficult to scale up or down quickly to respond to the changing needs of your organization? To meet these challenges, you need a more cost-effective, agile way to provide IT services—quickly, efficiently, and on demand.

System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 SP1 is a free, partner-extensible solution that allows you to dynamically pool, allocate, and manage datacenter resources. Using the Self-Service Portal, you can reduce IT costs, while increasing agility for your organization. The Self-Service Portal works with products and technologies you know and trust, like Windows Server and the System Center product suite. This solution delivers:

  • Automated web portals and a workload provisioning engine that integrates with System Center.
  • Tested guidance and best practices to help configure and deploy private cloud infrastructures.
  • Guidance to help partners easily extend functionality.
  • Localization in three languages: Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese.

Self-Service Portal Technology Partners

The Self-Service Portal includes powerful extensibility features for Microsoft technology partners. Independent software and hardware vendors can customize different virtual machine actions (create, delete, stop, start, shut down, connect, pause, and so on) to take advantage of the unique characteristics of their infrastructure.

Citrix

Citrix Integration Pack for Self-Service Portal

The integration pack integrates Essentials for Hyper-V with System Center by automatically provisioning the storage whenever a virtual machine is commissioned though the Self-Service Portal.
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Compellent

Compellent Solution Pack for Self-Service Portal

Utilizing Windows PowerShell® with the Compellent Storage Center SAN, Compellent’s Solution Pack enables the integration and support for self-service provisioning of data storage resources with Virtual Machine Manager and Windows Server Hyper-V™ through the Self-Service Portal.
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f5

F5 Solution for Self-Service Portal

The F5 solution for Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal adds the option for traffic management by the BIG-IP application delivery controller (ADC) within the service role section of a user request. Executing this option automatically configures the BIG-IP for the request of VMs as they come online.
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HP

HP Services Using the Self-Service Portal

Accelerate your journey to the private cloud with HP’s Converged Infrastructure and HP Technology Consulting services. Begin with a short assessment, then continue to implementation based on HP’s deep experience in the datacenter. HP uses pre-developed scripts, portals, and cmdlets to integrate into your environment and build a self-service infrastructure.
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Intel

Intel Cloud Builder Guide: Cloud Design and Deployment on Intel Platforms

The Intel reference architecture will assist organizations that require their cloud data and assets to reside on premises and those that need to support a new business domain with a separate IT infrastructure that is scalable and flexible.
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NetApp

NetApp ApplianceWatch PRO 2.1.1

Accelerate virtual machine provisioning, and increase storage efficiencies in private cloud implementations managed by the Self-Service Portal with the integration scripts and PowerShell cmdlets included in ApplianceWatch PRO 2.1.1 that enable rapid provisioning of space-efficient VMs using NetApp FlexClone technology.
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VKernel

VKernel Chargeback with Hyper-V

VKernel Chargeback with Hyper-V enables private clouds to automatically map virtualization costs to applications and customers by reporting on allocated costs and by measuring and expensing the actual consumption of server and storage resources by cloud customers.
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Internet Explorer 9 is here!

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Microsoft has launched the much anticipated IE9.

To start experiencing a more beautiful web with IE9 and to visit a small set of the top 250 web-sites globally that have created a more beautiful experiences for all of us with IE9, go to http://beautyoftheweb.com/experience.

Internet Explorer 9 has now been downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours since its Monday night release. That is over 27 downloads every second, or over 240 downloads every 9 seconds. Wow!.

They want to thank everyone around the world for downloading IE9 and the enthusiastic reception. 2.3 million downloads in 24 hours is over double the 1 million downloads we saw of the IE9 Beta and four times that of the IE9 RC over the same time period.

In case you missed it, check out the collection of videos from the SxSW launch event. Ze Frank’s demo of Star.ME is one not to be missed!

You can see all of the demos and the complete launch event by clicking play below. And to download Internet Explorer 9 for yourself, visit http://www.beautyoftheweb.com.

Ze Frank’s demo of Star.ME is one not to be missed!

You can see all of the demos and the complete launch event by clicking play below. And to download Internet Explorer 9 for yourself, visit http://www.beautyoftheweb.com.

 

W2K8R2 & Windows 7 SP1 Release Candidate Now Available

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Today, Microsoft has made available a Release Candidate (RC) for Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. SP1 includes both a roll-up of operating system updates and several new capabilities for Windows Server.

Microsoft RemoteFX introduces a new set of remote user experience capabilities that enable a media-rich user environment for virtual and session-based desktops. RemoteFX can be deployed to a range of thick and thin client devices, enabling cost-effective, local-like access to graphics-intensive applications. RemoteFX also supports a broad array of USB peripherals to improve the productivity of users of virtual desktops.

SP1 also includes Dynamic Memory, which enables servers running Hyper-V for server virtualization, to be more efficient in the use of memory.  Dynamic Memory pools and distributes memory among the virtual machines running on a physical host, enabling higher consolidation ratios, increasing server utilization rates, and providing more flexible workload management. Furthermore, memory is dynamically added based on the demands of the current workloads and without service interruption.

Expect to see Service Pack 1 released in its final form during first quarter 2011 and whether you’re virtualizing servers or desktops, take a few minutes to learn more about Service Pack 1 here. You needn’t wait for SP1, however – you can join those already enjoying the benefits of Windows Server 2008 R2 by deploying today.

Improve the efficiency and availability of IT resources and applications with the new virtualization innovations provided in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 RC. Dynamic Memory and Microsoft RemoteFXTM, to help businesses further optimize their datacenter and desktops.

  • Dynamic Memory lets Hyper-V administrators pool available memory on a physical host and dynamically distribute it to any virtual machine(s) running on that host.
  • RemoteFX lets Windows Server 2008 R2 administrators provide a rich end user desktop virtualization experience by delivering vivid content, independent of any graphics stack, to server-hosted virtual and session-based desktops.

Businesses can take advantage of these innovations to help deliver new capabilities such as private cloud and VDI. To learn more about Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 RC and the benefits it provides, read the documents, feature overview and FAQs below.

Dynamic Memory Overview

Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V introduces a new feature, called Dynamic Memory, in the Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 RC releases.  It allows customers to achieve increased density when they’re consolidating physical servers into a virtual realm, providing them with predictable performance and linear scalability.

With Dynamic Memory, IT administrators are able to pool available memory on a physical host and then dynamically dole that memory out to virtual machines running on the host, based on current workload needs.

RemoteFX Overview

RemoteFX, a key feature of Remote Desktop Services (RDS) lets IT administrators deliver a rich graphics experience to end-users through virtualized desktops.  Using new protocol enhancements between Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, end users can now access virtual machines on a wide variety of target devices and still get a rich graphics experience with server-side graphics processing.

Download SP1 here; http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyId=C3202CE6-4056-4059-8A1B-3A9B77CDFDDA&hash=wrw75DeobQ1hLeOrOvthYUYCv7PJpk89RMXhKQ3RVng1XsUOVWqxDvThIkaoGa34DtzYCHZTKY4Evdlqyp7X4Q%3d%3d

Sources;
http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/ 
http://bink.nu/news/windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2-service-pack-1-release-candidate.aspx

Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool v2.1 (VHD)

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Source; http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2009/12/10/Offline-Virtual-Machine-Servicing-Tool-v2.1-.aspx

Virtualization affects how we plan, build, deploy, operate, and service workloads. Customers are creating large libraries of virtual machines containing various configurations. The patch-state of these virtual machines are not always known. Ensuring that offline virtual machines are properly patched and won’t become vulnerable the instant they come online is critical.

I am therefore very pleased to state that the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool v2.1 has now been released!

Congratulations to the Solution Accelerator team for this release!

The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1 has free, tested guidance and automated tools to help customers keep their virtualized machines updated, without introducing vulnerabilities into their IT infrastructure.

The tool combines the Windows Workflow programming model with the Windows PowerShell interface to automatically bring groups of virtual machines online, service them with the latest security updates, and return them to an offline state.

What’s New?

Release 2.1 is a direct response to customer and Microsoft field requests to support the R2 wave. Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1 now supports the following products:
· Hyper-V-R2
· VMM 2008 R2
· SCCM 2007 SP2
· WSUS 3.0 SP2
· OVMST 2.1 also supports updates to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machines.

Download here; Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool  2.1
More info; http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc501231.aspx

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1.1

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The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer provides a streamlined method to identify missing security updates and common security misconfigurations. MBSA 2.1.1 is a minor upgrade to add support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

To easily assess the security state of machines in an environment, Microsoft offers the free Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) scan tool. MBSA includes a graphical and command line interface that can perform local or remote scans of Microsoft Windows systems.

MBSA 2.1.1 builds on previous versions by adding support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. As with the previous MBSA 2.1 release, MBSA includes 64-bit installation, security update and vulnerability assessment (VA) checks, improved SQL Server 2005 checks, and support for the latest Windows Update Agent (WUA) and Microsoft Update technologies. More information on the capabilities of MBSA 2.1 and 2.1.1 is available on the MBSA Web site.

MBSA 2.1.1 runs on Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP and Windows 2000 systems and will scan for missing security updates, rollups and service packs using Microsoft Update technologies. MBSA will also scan for common security misconfigurations (also called Vulnerability Assessment checks) using a known list of less secure settings and configurations for all versions of Windows, Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0, 6.0 and 6.1, SQL Server 2000 and 2005, Internet Explorer (IE) 5.01 and later, and Office 2000, 2002 and 2003 only.

To assess missing security updates, MBSA will only scan for missing security updates, update rollups and service packs available from Microsoft Update. MBSA will not scan or report missing non-security updates, tools or drivers.
Choose the appropriate download below for English (EN), German (DE), French (FR) and Japanese (JA) for x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) platforms.

Download details Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1.1 (for IT Professionals)
Source: http://bink.nu/news/microsoft-baseline-security-analyzer-2-1-1.aspx

Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 released!

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Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (WSUS 3.0 SP2) delivers updates to corporate environments from Microsoft Update. This release adds new features and fixes issues found since the release of the product.

WSUS 3.0 SP2 delivers important customer-requested management, stability, and performance improvements. Some of the features and improvements include the following:

  • Integration with Windows Server 2008 R2.
  • Support for the BranchCache feature in Windows Server 2008 R2.
  • Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 clients.
  • Compliance Report
  • Windows Update Agent (WUA) offers a collection of performance enhancements, user experience improvements, and bug fixes software updates.

WSUS 3.0 SP2 can be installed alone, or as an upgrade of WSUS 3.0 SP1.
This package installs both the WSUS 3.0 SP2 Server, WSUS 3.0 SP2 Administration Console components and WUA client for down-level operating system. You must install the server components on a computer that is running on Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later versions. You may install the Administration Console on a remote computer that is running one of the supported operating systems, see below the Supported Operating Systems section.
WSUS 3.0 SP2 Server Installation on Windows Small Business Server 2003
If you are installing the WSUS 3.0 SP2 product on Windows Small Business Server 2003, follow the instructions in Installing Windows Server Update Services 3.0 on Windows Small Business Server 2003.

Download Here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a206ae20-2695-436c-9578-3403a7d46e40#tm

Wsus tasks with Powershell

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If you manage a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server, you probably run the Server Cleanup Wizard every once and a while. It removes old and superseded updates and computers that haven’t reported their status for more than 30 days. Wouldn’t it be nice to schedule such a cleanup to run every month? Too bad there’s no command line tool I know of that can help you out with this. Powershell to the rescue!
Powershell can not only run the built-in commandlets or even those added by snapins. It can leverage the full power of the .NET Framework. Browse the MSDN Library if you want to find more cool things you can do with it.

Here’s a script that uses this information to run the cleanup wizard:  Cleanup-Wsus (rename to .ps1)

Here’s how to use powershell to “manually” synchronize your WSUS server, i.e. download the latest updates. Synchronize-Wsus (rename to .ps1)

The 2007 Office System Service Pack 2 coming in April!

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Service Pack 2 for the 2007 Office System will be made available to Windows Server Update Services in April, classified as a service pack.
Service Pack 2 includes some significant work, including: built-in ability to save as ODF & PDF formats, improvements to Outlook’s performance and calendar reliability, significant bug fixes for charts in core Office applications, the ability for client service packs to be removed using an uninstall tool, and a host of customer-requested improvements to the Office Server products.

Of course it is also a rollup of all fixes that have previously been released for Office 2007 products.  Additional information will be posted to the Office Sustaining Engineering blog

WSUS 3.0 SP2 Beta Program now available on Microsoft Connect!

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I am very pleased to announce that WSUS 3.0 SP2 Beta is available today, January 26 , via the Connect Site . All you have to do is sign in to your Connect account or sign up now in order to participate in the Beta program.

 

WSUS 3.0 SP2 Beta Overview

New Windows Server and Client Version Support

·       Integration with Windows Server® 2008 R2

·       Support for Windows 7® client

·       Support for the BranchCache feature on Windows Server® 2008 R2

WSUS Beta Feature Improvements and Fixes

Auto-Approval Rules

·       New functionality lets you specify the approval deadline date and time.

·       You can now apply a rule to all computers or to specific computer groups.

Update Files and Languages

·       This release provides improved handling of language selection on downstream servers. A new warning dialog appears when you download updates only for specified languages.

Cross-Version Compatibility

·       The user interface is compatible between Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2 for WSUS 3.0 on both the client and the server.

Software Updates

·       Stability and reliability fixes for the WSUS server, such as support for IPV6 addresses greater than 40 characters.

·       The approval dialog now sorts computer groups alphabetically by group name.

·       Computer status report sorting icons are now functional in x64 environments.

·       Fixed setup issues with database servers running Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008.

 

Download :  Connect Site
Source: http://blogs.technet.com/wsus/archive/2009/01/26/wsus-3-0-sp2-beta-program-now-available-on-microsoft-connect.aspx

Troubleshooting & Deploying WSUS clients

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Deploying WSUS clients

Preface:
Installing WSUS is a relative straightforward process, very well documented not only on the Microsoft Technet Library (see ref [1] ). The step that usually causes most confusion and problems is when you try to connect the clients to the server and start deploying updates. This
With this post I intend to clarify this process of detecting clients and deploying updates. Allong with this I also give you some troubleshooting tips that you can use during this process.
About the Windows Update Process
Windows uses the Windows Update Agent to check Microsoft Update for new updates that may be applied to the machine.
You can configure Automatic Updates using one of the following options (on Control Panel -> Automatic Updates):
  1. Automatic (Recommended) – default
  2. Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them
  3. Notify me but don’t automatically download or install them
  4. Turn off automatic updates
The update agent will look for new updates on the Microsoft Update catalog available on the Internet.
Configuring Automatic Update with WSUS involves the following steps:
  1. verifying operating system prerequisites for client computers
  2. pointing the client computers to the WSUS server and then configure the automatic updates
  3. making sure that the Windows Update Agent (WUA) software on the client machines is up to date
  4. …and that it! But if you are in a hurry to see the WSUS fully running, read this step to ;)
Step 1: Verify operating system prerequisites for client computers
Windows Vista
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP 2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 (SP4), Windows 2000 Server with SP3 or SP4, or Windows 2000 Advanced Server with SP3 or SP4
    • Step 2: Point the client computers to the WSUS server and then configure automatic updates
     How best to configure Automatic Updates and WSUS environment options depends upon your network environment. In an Active Directory environment, you would use Group Policy. In a non-Active Directory environment, you might use the Local Group Policy object or edit the registry directly.

    Administrator-defined configuration options driven by Group Policy—whether set with Group Policy in an Active Directory environment or via the registry or Local Group Policy object—always take precedence over user-defined options. When you use administrative policies to configure Automatic Updates, the Automatic Updates user interface is disabled on the target computer.

    To do this follow the steps described on ref [6]. In the end of this procedure, your clients have automatic updates configured and are using you WSUS server for that.

    WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 1 Released!

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    Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 delivers important customer-requested mangement, stability, and performance improvements, while incorporating further enhancements to local publishing of drivers and the Client Servicing API addition.

    WSUS 3.0 SP1 delivers new features that enable administrators to more easily manage and deploy updates across the organization. This package installs both the WSUS 3.0 Server and WSUS 3.0 Administration Console components, for all Windows Server 2003 SP1 supported languages. Additionally, the WSUS 3.0 SP1 client is included in all supported client platform languages. You must install the server components on a computer running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later. You may install the Administration Console on a remote computer running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 SP1, or Windows XP SP2.

    WSUS 3.0 SP1 Server Installation on Windows Small Business Server 2003

    If you are installing the WSUS 3.0 SP1 product on Windows Small Business Server 2003, follow the instructions in Installing Windows Server Update Services 3.0 on Windows Small Business Server 2003.

    Release Notes for Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1These release notes describe known issues affecting Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (WSUS 3.0 SP1) and include recommendations and requirements for installing the application.    
    Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1 OverviewThis paper introduces Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (WSUS 3.0 SP1) and provides information about features, and server and client computer requirements.    
    Deploying Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1This paper describes how to deploy Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (WSUS 3.0 SP1).    
    Step-by-Step Guide for Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1This guide provides instructions for getting started with Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (WSUS 3.0 SP1).    
    Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1 Operations GuideThis paper documents the major tasks involved in administering and troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (WSUS 3.0 SP1).

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    Managing changes from a WSUS Server

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    There are multiple ways updates can be deployed through WSUS to client machines (“client machines” mean clients of the WSUS server – the machines may be running either client or server operating systems). This posting describes these mechanisms and the way they can be controlled by the administrator in order to ensure unexpected changes do not occur.

    ·         Explicit approval. An administrator can explicitly approve an update for installation to a group of machines.

    ·         Auto-reapprove revisions. By default, when a new revision of an approved update is synchronized to the WSUS server we move the approval to the new revision. Normally this is what customers want, since new revisions never contain new binaries, just fixes to the metadata that describe how to automate the installation of the update. However we had one incident when a new revision of the Windows Desktop Search update changed the metadata so that the new revision was offered to *all* machines but the old revision was offered only to machines with older versions of Desktop Search installed, which caused it to be deployed more widely than expected for many customers (see http://blogs.technet.com/wsus/archive/2007/10/25/wds-revision-update-expanded-applicability-rules-auto-approve-revisions.aspx for details). Since then, we’ve added processes to ensure this type of change will not happen again. The administrator has direct control over this and can disable the option to auto-reapprove revisions.

    o        Warning: turning off auto-reapprove revisions can create problems if the administrator has “definition updates” (signatures) in their synchronization options, because definition updates get created and expired fairly quickly and the expired ones won’t get auto-unapproved. As described in KB 938947, this can quickly lead to having too many updates approved which can cause problems for client-server communication. If auto-reapprove revisions is turned off, the administrator will need to manage revisions themselves; looking for older revisions that are approved and either unapproving them (if the new revision is marked “expired”) or move the approval to the new revision. We have provided a PowerShell sample script at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/sus/server/susvms09.mspx that can be used to manage revisions.

    ·         Auto-approve WSUS updates. Some updates are marked as “infrastructure” updates, which means they are needed by WSUS or WUA for proper detection and scanning for many updates. These updates include MSI 3.1. WSUS creates approval rules to these by default, since they are necessary for the update system to work properly. The administrator has direct control over this and can disable the option to auto-approve WSUS updates. If disabled, WSUS will notify the admin in the home page (TODO list) that there are unapproved WSUS updates, which can lead to infrastructure problems (e.g., if MSI 3.1 is not installed on client machines, then many updates including Office Updates, can’t be properly detected).

    ·         Auto-approval rules. Administrators can create custom rules to auto-approve updates (e.g., auto-approve all security updates to all computers, or auto-approve all updates to a test target group). The administrator has direct control over this and there are no auto-approval rules enabled by default.

    ·         Initial client self-update. When a WSUS client’s Windows Update Agent (WUA) first synchronizes  against a WSUS server, it checks if the server has a newer version of the agent available in the servers “self-update” tree. If a newer version is available, the agent will self-update before completing the synchronization. Although Automatic Updates will check for self-update on every synchronization, the self update will only occur on the first synchronization unless the admin explicitly applies an update to the WSUS servers self-update tree (the next scenario).

    o        Note: Newer versions of WUA on a particular operating system are backwards-compatible with the older versions of WSUS that support that operating system.  So after WUA self-updates to the latest version, the client can later be managed by an  older WSUS server if desired. The agent never “self-downgrades” (it will stay on the latest version of WUA when talking to an older server).

    ·         Subsequent client self-updates. The WSUS team may provide an update to the WSUS server itself that modifies the client self-update tree on the server. As of this writing, only two such update have been released; WSUS 2 SP1 (which modified the WSUS 2 self-update tree) and KB 936301 (which modified the WSUS 2 SP1 self-update tree). Such updates flow to the WSUS server as normal updates. If the admin approves such an update for install on the WSUS server, then the WSUS server self-update tree will be updated and subsequently all clients that synchronize against the server will self-update. The administrator has direct control over this since clients will only perform this subsequent self-update if the administrator approves an update to the self-update tree.

    ·         Update from Microsoft Update. End users on client machines can go to Windows Update or Microsoft Update and install updates (and WUA self-updates) directly. The administrator has direct control over this since they can configure the Windows Update Agent to disallow end-user access to Windows Update and Microsoft Update.

     

    WSUS and AU have log files that allow customers to understand when and why a given update was installed on a machine:

    ·         The Windows Update Agent has a log file “%windir%\WindowsUpdate.log” with verbose logging on updates that have been installed.

    ·         WSUS 3.0 has a log file “%Program Files%\Update Services\LogFiles\changes.log” that contains a record of all recent approvals and who made them. If the approval was created automatically (e.g., auto-reapprove revision, auto-approval rule, or auto-approve WSUS updates), the user in the log will be “WSUS Service”.

    WSUS 3.0 SP1 Public RC Available

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    Microsoft just announced the public availability of WSUS 3.0 SP1 Release Candidate 1. Improvements include support for Windows Server 2008 and product bug fixes. More information is available on Microsoft Connect. Click the ‘Available Connections’ link and look for Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1 Release Candidate. Here’s a brief overview of the WSUS page on Connect:

    “Thank you for joining the WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Program and we welcome you to provide feedback on the Service Pack 1 through the channels listed below. By including you in our development process, we can ensure that our products meet the needs of our customers and are reliable.

    WSUS 3.0 SP1 addresses a number of product fixes and includes the addition of support for forth coming Windows Server 2008 (code named Longhorn Server).  The release notes on this release can be downloaded along with the build which provides more details on the installation.”

    Download Service Pack 1 and Documentation:
    The downloads link on the left hand menu will take you to the download page for the following SP1 builds and documentation:
    - WSUS 3.0 SP1 Beta x86 Build
    - WSUS 3.0 SP1 Beta x64 Build
    - WSUS 3.0 SP1 RC ReadMe
    - WSUS 3.0 SP1 RC Pre Release License
    - WSUS 3.0 Overview Document
    - WSUS 3.0 Operations Guide
    - WSUS 3.0 Step by Step Guide

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