With both Software Update Services offering some patch management capabilities, do I still need Systems Management Server 2003?
A. Both Systems Management Server 2003 and Software Update Services can: • Automatically download fixes. • Target specific machines. • Work in geographically distributed environments. However, Software Update Services focuses only on security updates and only supports clients running Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional. Conversely, Systems Management Server 2003 offers the following patch management capabilities: • More granular targeting based on definable criteria (inventory, groups, subnets) • Scheduled site-site distribution to accommodate WAN utilization • Detailed Web reporting • Security and office updates • Support for client computers running: • Windows 98 • Windows NT® Workstation 4.0, Windows NT Server 4.0, or Windows NT Server 4.
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