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After deploying the WSUS3.0 you will need to generate the report to see the status of desktops patched. This report can be detailed and summarized depends what you need, below is the summarized report which gives the details of each and every updates whether installed or needs to be installed on the computers.

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When I did the deployment of WSUS I was having problem to push the patches to a particular user/group. I wanted to keep the desktops according department wise. By default it is not possible even though if you create a separate group in WSUS3.0. For this you need to makes changes to the Group Ploicy. What I did was that, AD –> OU –> Properties–> Group Policy –> Edit –> Administrative Templates –> Windows Components –> Windows Update –> Enable client-side targeting

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I’ve deployed another WSUS3.0, thought to post about it. This setup is very simple and easy and you just need to do some tweaks with Group Policy to add the existing desktop on the WSUS List or if you want to the Desktop Targeting.

The above pictures show the list of update available to be pushed on the un-patched desktops on the network.

The step shows how simple it is to APRROVE the updates.

Once the updates are selected, you can decide for approval.
These updates are categorized into three i.e. Critical updates, Security updates and WSUS updates.

Note : You must run the WSUS Wizard to choose how you want to setup the WSUS. You can define the criteria of pushing the patches on your network. You can setup the synchronization time to update with Microsoft server to avoid bandwidth choking during the working hours.

In order to target the desktops to a particular group in the WSUS you need to some tweaks in the AD. I’ll try to write on this. cheers:)

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If you are an IT Pro and based in the UAE then you must be waiting for the this community launch. ” The Microsoft Virtualization Community Launch is an exclusive opportunity to work directly with Microsoft to host your own launch event around Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft System Center and Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance. The Community Launch program provides the technical training and launch support resources to showcase some of the technical features of these products within your local community. ”

For more information please click this link
http://www.techiesonly.com/?p=176

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MICROSOFT IT EVOLUTION 08 – ABU DHABI UAE

I’m happy to be there and gained some new information especially about the Hyper-V. This event is happening throughout the Gulf region so if you missed it in Abu-Dhabi then you still have the chance to attend it in Dubai on 23rd of Nov and other Gulf countries. Overall the event and the contents were very good; I’m talking about I.T. Pro track and the contents as there was another track for Developers.

In the IT Pro tracks the main focus was Virtualization and the Application streaming. Both these topics I’m familiar about it but got to know some new things in Virtualization track from the speaker Yousuf Bismillah from Microsoft. The MSFT –HP track followed by the HP (I didn’t like it because the presentation was really bad). Application streaming is again delivered by the Yousuf Bismillah. During all the session from Yousuf Bismillah there was a good Exchange of information with healthy Q&A and discussion between the speaker and the audience. Yousuf really did a good job, I’ve met him after a very long time and he is as good as he was.

A number of things have got cleared while making the decision which technology or vendor should you choose if adopting the Virtualization.
1- Why do you want to go for the virtualization?
2- What is your organization type – ISP, Data Centers/Hosting services, 24×7 operation etc.
3- How critical is the downtime for you?
4- How much is the budget?

The virtualization case varies from organization to organization according to their business model. Thus it will help you to decide whether to go for MSFT Windows Hyper-V or Citrix XenAPP or VMWare. All of these have their pros and cons according to the requirements. May be Hyper-V fits for you or vice versa. Since there no VMWare track so I couldn’t find the information about it.

Few major things I’ve got to know is that both Hyper-V and XenApp works the same way , using VMBUS where the Guest OS directly interact with the hardware.

Both Hyper-V and Xen-Server Express is freely available. For Hyper-V you must buy Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, so nothing comes really free and also there is a limitation to Xen-Xpress edition too which max 4GB of memory to each machine is.

A very interesting question was that what If I want to allocate the resource on the fire, does Microsoft support this feature? Answer was NO, but Citrix’s Enterprise and Platinum does support this feature. So again you decide what you are looking for. Microsoft does have VMM (Virtual Machine Manager) to manage the virtual servers but doesn’t offer this feature.

The event was well served with tea/coffee and nice lunch  , we also got the chance to meet the HALO 3 Chief, but I doubt on him as never removed the mask

So if you missed it and you are in the UAE then do register now for the Dubai event and make the use of this learning opportunity.

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