In case you didn’t hear WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 2 is out.
If you utilize this tool to ensure your Windows Servers and Clients remain up to date on the latest software patches and service packs, then you will want to ensure your WSUS deployment stays on the latest build. As we discussed in a previous post, WSUS can make life easier. The new service pack has a number of new features and fixes.
Here’s a quick rundown of the new items included in SP2:
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Here is an update on upcoming support lifecycle changes for Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 and help clarify some misperceptions of Service Pack 3 for Windows Server 2003.
It looks like Microsoft is gearing up to release a public beta of their free anti-virus service, "Morro". While the service is supposedly going to be "basic", I’m sure it’ll help prevent the massive wild-fire like spread of worms that captures media attention (and, of course, adds fuel for most Apple commercials– poor PC!).
Download it while it’s hot!
Not really TOO much going on with this Service Pack–I think my favorite "updates" are as follows (and are more towards Server 2008 than Vista): Read more >>
Tailing off of Part I (which can be found here) , I will go more into detail on the technical benefits of running Server 64-bit over 32-bit in a Terminal Server environment.
On single core, older or lower-end servers, processing power tends to be the major bottleneck. But with most servers today being shipped with multiple processors or processor cores, the bottleneck shifts away from hardware.
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