Re: Third Party Patch Management

[badz <smanaois3 () gmail com>]

Hi Al,

You can try to use the native Windows Software Distribution
capabilities of GPOs. If the updates come as .msi packages, you can
straight away deploy these to your machines; if these come as .exe
files, you can create .zap files to deploy these updates. Here are a
couple of links that should provide you with some ideas how to
implement software installations via group policies:

Managing Group Policy Software Installation
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782727.aspx

File types that you use with Group Policy Software Installation
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc757669.aspx

What Is Group Policy Software Installation Extension?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739148.aspx

HTH.

Regards,

Salvador Manaois III
mcitp(x3) mcts(x5) mcse mcsa ciwa c|eh
Bytes & Badz : http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com


On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Al Cooper <cooper () hmcnetworks com> wrote:
> With all the security updates to programs like Acrobat & Java, I am
> interested in how the community is handling patch management practically in
> small to medium sized organizations (50 to 200 computers).  Microsoft Update
> Server works for Windows patches but will not handle third party patches.
> Microsoft System Center is nice but too expensive for this market.
>
> What solutions are you using and how effective are they?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Coop
>
>
>
>
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