SMS Software Update Services Feature Pack

This page details problems and issues relating to the SMS SUS Feature Pack.

Do I Need to Create a Recurring Advertisement for the Security Scan Tool? [11/02/04]
Does the SMS 2.0 SUS Feature Pack Use the Same Technologies as SUS? [26/11/03]
Is the SUS Feature Pack Working For You? [8/9/03]
Microsoft Systems Management Server Software Update Services Guide Released [22/8/03]
myITforum Guide to the SUS Feature Pack [28/06/04]
SMS 2.0 SUS Feature Pack - Scan Tool Updated [28/8/03]
Some Patches Not Applied Even Though the SUS Advertisements Have Completed Successfully [22/12/03]
Upgrade Your Version of MBSA If You're Using an Earlier Version than 1.2 [09/06/04]
What's the Difference Between the SMS SUS Feature Pack and SUS? [16/7/03]
Where Can I Go For Help/ Learn More About the SUS Feature Pack? [6/6/03]

Do I Need to Create a Recurring Advertisement for the Security Scan Tool?

Contributed By: Wally Mead [MS]
Confused over whether you need to create an Advertisement that never expires when deploying the Security Scan tool to your clients... [Go to article]

Does the SMS 2.0 SUS Feature Pack Use the Same Technologies as SUS?

Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
Wondering if the SMS SUS Feature Pack is just the "normal" SUS code with some bells and whistles?.. [Go to article]

Is the SUS Feature Pack Working For You?

Contributed By: Tim King [MSFT]
Microsoft is conducting this survey to better understand how customers use the Software Update Services Feature Pack. Information collected will be used by the product development team to improve future SUS Feature Packs.

If you're interested in influencing the next versions of the Feature Pack, tell Microsoft your opinion by taking the survey at
http://www.microsoft.com/SMServer/community/SUSFP_survey.asp

Tim King
Enterprise Management Division
Microsoft

Microsoft Systems Management Server Software Update Services Guide Released

Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
If you're using or thinking of using the SMS SUS Feature Pack then you are DEFINITELY going to want to check out the "Microsoft Systems Management Server Software Update Services Guide" that Microsoft has just released:

You can download the guide from:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=11C17A4C-CD03-4F2F-AC76-67DAE1DFE3E4&displaylang=en

or if you prefer read it online at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/sms/maintain/operate/Smssusgd.asp

myITforum Guide to the SUS Feature Pack

Written by Richard Threlkeld (a fellow SMS MVP and to me THE expert when it comes to the SUS Feature Pack and Patch Management), this guide includes everything you need to know and a lot more when it comes to the SMS 2.0 Software Updates Services Feature Pack. Although aimed at SMS 2.0 a lot of what is covered in this guide can be used in SMS 2003 as well.

You can download the guide from [2.3 MB] from:

http://myitforum.techtarget.com/inc/upload/9478myITforum%20Guide%20to%20the%20SMS%202.0%20SUSFP%20-%20pdf.zip

SMS 2.0 SUS Feature Pack - Scan Tool Updated

Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
Microsoft have updated the Security Update Inventory Tool component of the SUS Feature Pack as detailed here... [Go to article]

Some Patches Not Applied Even Though the SUS Advertisements Have Completed Successfully

Contributed By: Wally Mead [MS]
Wondering why some machines show as needing patches to be applied even though the SUS Feature Pack Advertisements show as running successfully?.. [Go to article]

Upgrade Your Version of MBSA If You're Using an Earlier Version than 1.2

Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
Microsoft have posted this information on their Security Home Page which you're going to want to read if you're using a version of MBSA earlier than 1.2:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/Security/default.mspx

"MBSA and SMS Users: Upgrade Now
Versions of Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer earlier than 1.2 no longer will be supported and their mssecure.xml file, which detects security updates, will not be kept current. Scans they perform will be incomplete. This also affects Systems Management Server 2.0 Software Update Services (SUS) Feature Pack and SMS 2003 because they use MBSA as their security scan engine. Upgrade MBSA. Upgrade SMS."

What's the Difference Between the SMS SUS Feature Pack and SUS?

Contributed By: Leon van de Goor
So you’re wondering whether you could go with SUS or the SMS SUS Feature Pack but you’re not sure of the features of each. Well let us help you... [Go to article]

Where Can I Go For Help/ Learn More About the SUS Feature Pack?

Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
Got a question relating to the SUS Feature Pack? Well hopefully the links on this page should help you find the answer... [Go to article]