Outcome 3: Implement secure network administration procedures

Table of Contents

1. Windows Server 2003 Security Features
2. NTFS File and Folder Permissions
3. Software Update Infrastructure
   1. Software Update Services
   2. Configuring Software Update Services
   3. SUS Options
   4. Handling Updated Content
   5. Automatic Client Update Settings
   6. Installing the SUS Client
   7. Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
   8. WSUS Improvements
   9. WSUS Features
4. Network Protocol Security
5. Self Assessment Questions (SAQs)
6. Summary: Implementing secure network administration procedures
7. Summary: Software Update infrastructure

WSUS Improvements

WSUS is the latest version of Software Update Services (SUS). It builds on the features of SUS by providing the following:

• More updates for Microsoft products, in more categories.

• Ability to automatically download updates from Microsoft Update by product and type.

• More language support for customers worldwide.

• Maximised bandwidth efficiency through Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0.

• Ability to target updates to specific computers and computer groups.

• Ability to verify that updates are suitable for each computer before installation. This feature that runs automatically for critical and security updates.

• Flexible deployment options.

• Reporting capabilities.

• Flexible database options.

• Data migration and import/export capabilities.

• Extensibility through the application programming interface (API).

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