DOWNLOADED FILES CAN BE TRACKED IN DOWNLOAD HISTORY, AS SHOWN INFIGURE 8

8. Downloaded files can be tracked in Download History, as shown inFigure 8.85. Now that you’ve gotten your updates, you can deploythem via your choice of methods.

Figure 8.85

Keeping Track of Downloaded UpdatesNow let’s move on to the Software Update Services, a recent introduction in WindowsServer 2003 that allows you to set up the equivalent of a Windows Update server insideyour own intranet.

Software Update Services and Automatic Updates

SUS is the other half of the replacement for the discontinued Corporate Windows Updatesite. Call it what you will, SUS (when paired with the Automatic Updates client) is reallyjust a Windows Update server that lives inside your private network. As the name of thissection implies, it is a two-part process:You must install and configure the SUS server com-ponent in order to get available downloads from Microsoft, and then you must install andconfigure Automatic Updates so that available updates will be automatically installed onyour client computers.Before you can use SUS or Automatic Updates on your network, you need to down-load and install the required files.To get the SUS installer file, seewww.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/recommended/susserver/default.asp.Youshould also consider downloading the very good SUS Deployment Guide from that loca-tion; it is full of excellent tips and best practices that will help you keep your SUS serversrunning smoothly.The Automatic Updates client can be downloaded fromwww.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/recommended/susclient/default.asp.