Greg Authors Chapter in Jeremy Moskowitz's New Book - Creating the Secure Managed Desktop
Jeremy Moskowitz, whom you're likely familiar with being one of the world's authorities on Group Policy graciously asked me to assist in the development of his newest book Creating the Secure Managed Desktop.
This book is Part II of a two-book series on Group Policy and desktop management. Its the natural extension of his work Group Policy, Profiles, and Intellimirror.
Mine is Chapter 8 on MBSA & WSUS, which you can download individually (for a small fee) at this site: http://www.gpanswers.com/books/step_2.php. The chapter goes over the architecture, setup, and best practices associated with the use of these tool patch management tools.
If you haven't read Jeremy's writing (or mine!) drop on over to his web site where he provides a load of information about the book and Group Policy in general. You'll be impressed with the information you find.
Click past the fold for a blurb on my chapter...
Here's the blurb that Jeremy wrote about my chapter. Nice...
Got holes in your armor? Possible?How about likely.
You need a patch kit. And Microsoft Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) is gonna help patch you up! If you've used SUS or an older version of WSUS, you're going to love this chapter because we talk about the latest version -- WSUS 3.0 and all it's new features.
You'll learn about the seven (wow!) ways to architect WSUS (with specific advice about which ways are best for your environment.) Then, we'll deploy our WSUS and use (insert fanfare here!) Group Policy to configure those clients so they're "picked up" but the WSUS server.
But WSUS can't patch all your holes. That's where the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer comes in. It can find things that WSUS can't find. And we'll show you how to automate your MBSA so you're constantly "in the know" about any situations that come up.
Note: This chapter was written by WSUS and MBSA Propeller-Head Greg Shields
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