|
Windows Server Update Services is a patch and update component of Windows Server. It offers an effective and quick way to help keep systems up to date. Windows Server Update Services provides a management infrastructure with:
- Microsoft Update: The Microsoft website 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.
|
