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Here is a comprehensive document from Microsoft regarding patch management and Software Update Services: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/cits/mo/swdist/pmsus/pmsus251.mspx. But more importantly tell everyone what worked for you. Just add your raw information here. Someone esle will organize it and will make it pretty. Thinngs to talk about? Comments:From sdiamond - 10/10/05 5:30 AM Last Modified 3/30/05 12:01 PM | Hide Tools |
I have installed WSUS and, at first, was organizing the groups by department. I soon realized that this was pointless and remembered the KISS (keep it simple stupid) principal. I run a small network, but with multiple locations. I mainly need to ensure that computers are updated and keep the management of it simple but effective.
I now maintain just three groups.
If I have the luxury of a testing PC it has a place in the testing group. If I lack a good test bed, usually the case in a small network, I can solve this problem by including IT and a sampling of production PCs (i.e. one sales pc) into the testing group. I can see what the real-world effects of the patches are before rolling them out company wide. Worst case scenario is that I have one sales pc down, not all of them.