Hi WSUS admins,
As part of the System Center Online family, the new category System Center Online Client will be made available soon. Updates offered in this category will apply only to computers running the System Center Online Client software and will contain updates including security updates for the client software of Asset Inventory Service (AIS).
AIS is an online service that translates inventory data into business intelligence.
AIS is accessible through the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance.
For more information, see: http://www.microsoft.com/sconline
For tips on how to configure AIS client computer behavior by using Group Policy, see: (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sconline/bb847943.aspx).
Thank you.
Cecilia Cole
WSUS Program Manager
WSUS Admins,
(Updated 10/30/08) In the next few weeks, Microsoft Update is adding a new product family to your WSUS server – Windows Live OneCare. These product updates for Windows Live OneCare are applicable for a future release. For additional information on this release, please see the MU blog.
Cecilia Cole | WSUS Program Manager
WSUS Admins:
Please ensure you have synched your WSUS servers and deployed the critical security update released today, 10/23/2008 to your environments. For more information see: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067.
In the next couple of days, we are adding a new product family to your WSUS server -Forefront Code named Stirling -Beta. The Forefront Code named Stirling -Beta product family will include updates for all Forefront Code named Stirling -Beta products, including Service Packs, Optional updates, Definition updates and Critical or Security updates. For additional information on Forefront Code named Stirling -Beta Products see: http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/stirling. These updates will be available through the Microsoft Update Site, and making it available (depending on your settings) via Automatic Update, and to Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
We recommend WSUS administrators having The Forefront Code named Stirling -Beta deployments in their corporation; select this new product family to synchronize associated update classifications of your choice. Additionally, The Forefront Code named Stirling -Beta updates will be available from the Microsoft Update Catalog http://catalog.update.microsoft.com.
WSUS Team
Hi WSUS Admins:
Just a friendly reminder, the latest Silverlight update rollup was released today. So if you have Silverlight deployed in your environment make sure you validate and approve it to continue Silverlight’s serviceability in your managed environment. If you haven’t deployed Silverlight yet, you can sync feature packs and approve Silverlight for distribution to your managed computers.
Silverlight is a technology used by developers to provide both a browsing experience and Internet service interactions. Clients will always need to have the latest version of Silverlight in order to access the broadest number of Web sites and services. Clients with direct web access and administrative rights on their computer can get these updates by navigating to a Silverlight Website, but you can choose to deploy Silverlight through WSUS, ensuring that the client always has the most secure, stable, and functional version of Silverlight installed.
For more information on Silverlight click here.
Hi WSUS Admins,
Just wanted to let you know in a few days you will see a new product family in your WSUS server – BizTalk Server. The BizTalk Server product family will include updates for Host Integration Server 2000, Host Integration Server 2004, and Host Integration Server 2006. For additional information on the BizTalk Server products see the Microsoft BizTalk Server page here.
We recommend WSUS administrators with Host Integration Server deployments in their corporation select this new product family, or the appropriate product categories, to synchronize associated update classifications of your choice. Additionally, updates for these categories will be available from the Microsoft Update Catalog.
Thanks,
The WSUS team
Just wanted to give you a heads up, later this month you will see the product family called "Office Communications Server" updated to “Office Communications Server & Office Communicator”. This category will contain updates to components offered for various components of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Microsoft Office Communicator.
Office Communications Server 2007 and R2 manages all real-time communications including: instant messaging, VoIP, audio and video conferencing. Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and R2 also powers presence, a key benefit of Microsoft unified communications that unites the contact and identity information stored in Active Directory with the ways people communicate. Security updates can be released through this category periodically.
Office Communicator is a unified communications client that helps people be more productive by enabling them to communicate easily with others in different locations or time zones using a range of different communication options, including instant messaging (IM), voice, and video. Integration with programs across the 2007 Microsoft Office system — including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Groove, and SharePoint Server — gives information workers many different ways to communicate with each other via a consistent and simple user experience
Due to the variety of applications/components that can reside under this product family, subscribing to this product family is recommended. We will send out additional information if anything changes.