Lesson 3: Applying Updates to Windows Server
• Why Update Windows?
• What Must be Updated?
• Windows Server Update Services
• Demonstration: Review WSUS Group Policy settings
Why Update Windows?
Updating Windows
• Provides protection against system vulnerabilities
• Ensures that system hardware operates efficiently
What Must be Updated?
The following are key areas that require updating:
• Core operating system
• Updated executable
• Updated .dll
• New features
• Drivers
• Changes in functionality
• Hardware compatibility
• Applications
• New features
• Functionality fixes
• Service packs
Windows Server Update Services
• Windows Server Update Services allows you to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates
• Provides a centralized way to push Windows Update to users