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Re: Microsoft to deploy Windows XP SP2 through Automatic Updates

From: Felix Kasza (felixk2MVPS.ORG)
Date: Mon Aug 09 2004 - 17:05:50 CDT

Chris,

> [...] this policy shift is, in my opinion, a reckless
> policy that will cause a lot of Microsoft's corporate
> customers harm. The reason being that a large percentage
> of Microsoft's customers use Automatic Updates as a
> patch management solution.

You omitted the "... together with SUS" part. In a corporate
environment, AU makes no sense unless it talks to a SUS server -- which
allows management of which updates you allow to deploy to your clients.

Cheers,
Felix.

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