Right - but the feature pack's sole purpose in life is to automate building the packages for SMS to then deploy. At least that's how I read it.
-------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] SUS does SPs now > > > It uses SUS-type functionality, but the code-bases are > completely different. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Roger Seielstad > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:24 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] SUS does SPs now > > Two separate products entirely - but there is an SUS feature > pack for SMS, > which I believe uses the SUS server to automatically build > packages for > separate SMS deployment. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis Inc. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Graham Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 4:44 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] SUS does SPs now > > > > > > Have just picked up on this thread of SUS - looks a real winner > > > > would be glad for the views of the positioning of this product > > relative to SMS ?? > > > > GT > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Free, Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:44 PM > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] SUS does SPs now > > > > > > >a complete rollup with every patch released for a particular OS. > > > > There is actually a current WU beta along those lines... > > > > If history repeats, it may be available sooner than later > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Crenshaw, Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 1:17 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] SUS does SPs now > > > > > > You should see a "roll-back/recall" in SUS 2.0. I didn't > hear about > > the SP's being available in SUS until this morning when I > saw that it > > was something that was available to be published, so something or > > someone must have pulled the trigger for this to happen. Being an > > Enterprise customer of Microsoft, they usually go way out > of their way > > to ensure that we know about major upcoming changes before > going live > > with them. > > > > I guess Microsoft is tired of getting slammed with > deployment problems > > for SP's. For anyone not using SMS, UpdateExpert, or > something else > > along those lines, deploying SP's enterprise wide can be a > task within > > itself. > > > > It's too bad that Microsoft doesn't offer patches in a two prong > > manner. > > One being you can just install the one "hotfix" for a particular > > problem and the other would be a complete rollup with every patch > > released for a particular OS. > > > > Of course, it is easy to say that from a customer side. I > don't have > > to write or manage any of the changes; I just have to work > with what I > > am given. > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > > List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > > > List info : > > http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > > List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : > http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
