The first software We'll take a look at his Microsoft Update.
The service takes care of the automatic updating of an operating system and a large number of the most
popular Windows programs such as Microsoft Office.
And as Cuil server you can also change the default recommended setting and update programs manually.
In this case the service will issue notifications unavailable updates.
How does Microsoft Update word is fully automatic process runs a system service that runs on the schedule
every 1722 hours this schedule is not fixed.
The randomness of intervals helps to prevent all computers connected to the Internet.
Attempting to reach Microsoft Update servers to check for and download updates at the same time
this wouldn't scale well.
Our computer connects to the service and downloads a digitally signed file and ex-MIL document that
has the latest information about available updates the information is detailed and contains also knowledge
articles on a specific update.
This means that we have an authoritative and trusted source of information on updates for the current
time.
We know what updates should be installed.
Now that's enough to compare your computer configuration.
The list of installed updates against what should be installed against the list contained in a digitally
signed SLM file
next steps depend on your selected settings.
When those installer asks the question if your selected option differs from Microsoft's recommendations
your notification bar in the bottom right hand corner of the screen will contain notification messages
you might receive messages and new updates or updates might be automatically downloaded but not installed
or the process might be fully automatic.
The procedure is completed with an update of computer progress information.
The point of that is to repeat the steps in another 17 to 22 hours
as we mentioned a WS US server is a component of the Windows Server 2008 system this software has purchased
along with a system we don't mean to advertise some solutions or force them on you.
But you might act on the assumption that if you buy something you might as well use it especially if
the software is as useful as W-S us.
If you manage a small sized enterprise you probably also test with security as well as administrative
works this combination is rather peculiar in itself.
Since the administrators task is to make users work as easy as possible and make a system fully functional.
In contrast security professionals task is essentially making users lives more difficult.
Security staff have to implement solutions that are secure and not above all convenient.
Smaller businesses usually join the two functions if apart from this you're also saddled with a couple
of more responsibilities taking up another duty and another service that requires monitoring and configuration
is probably the last thing you want to hear about.
If this is the case it ws US server is a good solution.
The server works as a proxy server for Microsoft Update
our configuration will be less intricate to know when you see in the diagram We'll have the W-S US server
and directly client computers.
Additionally the client computers will not be grouped in any way the client computer that is a member
of a domain will have a local W-S US server configured as a localization of the windows update service
through group rurales all this takes is to set three options and group rules klank computers will then
connect to our W-S us server instead of connecting after 17 to 22 hours to Windows Update.
They will check if there are any updates available.
The role of our server is to synchronize a local copy of the selected update.
You can specify if you're interested in updates in a given language version and in updates for a specific
type of software if they're available.
The computers will simply download them a benefit.
This configuration provides is that once updates are downloaded from the internet and saved on a single
computer's disk they will be sent over the entire network.
The process is made quicker and more failsafe.
Now the range of possibilities offered by a W-S us server extends beyond the symbolists configuration.
You could take some time and experiment with configurations in the server
above you can see a W-S U.S. server console and the windows server 2008 version this tool offers among
other things the feature to divide computers into groups.
You can split computers for example into two groups and set different automatic update approval options
for both of them.
One group can be made for test PCs and another for computers belonging to senior management.
You probably wouldn't want to run experiments and see if things work after they update on those PCs.
Moreover all computers will support information on their progress.
If you open a window you'll see the data related to all computers in a domain or computers that connect
to a WS U.S. server the information also contains a summary as well as graphic reports that show update
progress and percentages for specific machines and potential missing updates.
This breakdown is offered per computers per updates and per software.