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Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Beta 2

Tuesday, 15 August 2006 by Michel Roth

Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 (WSUS 3.0) enables information technology administrators to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates to computers running Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1, and Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 operating systems. By using WSUS, administrators can fully manage the distribution of updates that are released through Microsoft Update to computers in their network.

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
� Improved deployment options
� Better support for complex server hierarchies
� Better performance and bandwidth optimization
� Extend WSUS 3.0 using improved APIs

Beta 2 delivers new features that enable administrators to more easily manage and deploy updates across the organization. WSUS 3.0 Beta 2 benefits include a new MMC-based user interface with advanced filtering and reporting, improved performance and reliability, branch office optimizations and reporting rollup, and a Microsoft Operations Manager management pack.

Read more and sign up for Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Beta 2 here.