Along with efforts to make its software more manageable, Microsoft has announced it is replacing its Software Update Services with a new, more forceful program called Windows Update Services, which will be aimed at getting security patches installed more quickly. Microsoft said Update Services 1.0, released in beta this week, marks a major step forward in the company’s patch-and-update management strategy by providing customers with additional automation and control designed to reduce interruption when updating systems.
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Microsoft Planning To Push Patches Harder
Posted by: Jay Lyman March 17, 2004 10:39 AMAlong with efforts to make its software more manageable, Microsoft has announced it is replacing its Software Update Services with a new, more forceful program called Windows Update Services, which will be aimed at getting security patches installed more quickly. Microsoft said Update Services 1.0, released in beta this week, marks a major step forward in the company’s patch-and-update management strategy by providing customers with additional automation and control designed to reduce interruption when updating systems.