The WSUS 3.0 product team is pleased to announce the availability of WSUS 3.0 RC, published this morning at 9:00am.  The WSUS 3.0 RC is available from Connect.Microsoft.com.

WSUS 3.0 RC delivers new features that enable admins to more easily manage
and deploy updates across the organization.  New features in WSUS 3.0 include a new MMC -based UI with advanced filtering and reporting, improved performance and operational reliability, flexible deployment options to improve branch office support, and more content access throught the Microsoft Update Catalog site.

If you have participated in the WSUS B2 program, you will not be required to re-register, but can access the bits and information directly from your "My participation" link.  If you are just trying out WSUS 3.0 RC for the first time,  you will find the WSUS RC release listed at the bottom of available connections on the main Connect site after signing in with either a Passport or Live account.  After filling out the brief registration, (which helps us know  more about the profile of customers and their environments which an have interest in WSUS), you will be able to access the program and download the bits and documentation from the downloads link.

Take WSUS 3.0 RC for a test drive and give us your feedback either via the peer and product=-team supported newsgroups, or direcly file a bug via the Connect feedback page and attach WSUS log files.

Look forward to your thoughts and thank you for trying the WSUS 3.0 RC beta release!

The WSUS 3.0 team