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WSUS 3.0 - Now Available for download!

For all of the hoster’s out there looking for a low cost patch-management solution for your Windows platform, Microsoft’s has released the third edition of its patch management tool Windows Update Services.

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 provides a number of new features, making WSUS easier to use, deploy, and support. Specifically, WSUS 3.0 provides improvements in the following areas:

· Ease of Use

o Manage WSUS from the Administration Console

o Manage WSUS Remotely

o Configure post-setup tasks using a wizard

o Ability to generate multiple reports with improved precision

o Maintain Server health more easily

o Get e-mail messages about new updates

o Remove old information easily

o Upgrade Seamlessly for WSUS 2.0 to WSUS 3.0

· Improved deployment options

o Obtain updates faster

o Set more automatic approvals

o Limit access to read-only reporting

· Better performance and bandwidth optimization

o Utilize faster performance

o Ability to specify languages

o Configure separate content and metadata channels

· Extend WSUS 3.0 using improved APIs

o Move up to .NET Framework 2.0

o Go beyond the WSUS console with APIs for advanced managemet

o Add optional installation approvals to administrator options

o Collect hardware and software inventories

o Expand the set of updates with local publishing

For more information on Windows Server Update Services 3.0 please visit:

https://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/632f98ac-9d45-480b-b801-996b714cebd01033.mspx?mfr=true

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