Hi all,

If you use Microsoft Office, a great new resource has recently come online to help you understand how Office updates work. The Office Sustained Engineering blog features release announcements, known issues, explanations of update behavior, and other information about Office updates. If you work with Office updates, it’s worth monitoring this page for the latest info, such as the recent announcement that Office 2007 SP1 will be delivered through Automatic Updates starting in mid-June. Check it out!

Cecilia Cole

WSUS Program Manager

Hi everyone,

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) was made available to Windows Server Update Services this morning, classified as a service pack.  It includes previously released updates and hotfixes to Windows XP and creates a new baseline for servicing.  For more information about what's changed and how to deploy, see the Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview.

One thing you may be aware of, if you happen to be managing any clients running Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, is an incompatibility Microsoft Dynamics RMS has with Windows XP SP3.  To address the problem, we’ve added a filter to help prevent Windows XP SP3 from being installed on clients managed by WSUS and will make a fix available soon (more info here).

-Cecilia Cole

WSUS Program Manager