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Reboot before patching by spruitt

We've all experienced users that blame absolutely everything on patching. My personal favorite is the person who blamed us for the problem that started just after she received my email announcing that...

Patching in SCCM 2007 by spruitt

Here’s a summary of some of the most significant differences I found in patching between SMS 2003 and SCCM 2007. Note that other differences I don’t list may be significant to your deployment process....

Patching and Communications by spruitt

Patch Management is only partly a technical activity. Good communications are at least as important, if not even more so. No matter how well you designed your deployment plan to support the needs of your...

Patch Process Design and Communications by spruitt

Have you ever designed a patching process, only to find that users and managers complained after you implemented it, and no one supported you? Good planning and communications with the right people help...

Recurring advertisements are required for patching by spruitt

My co-worker Shaun Cassells made an important discovery when we began patching with SMS 2003. When you advertise the patch update packages, you must always set up a recurring execution. The logic of the...

Patch Management Process Overview by spruitt

I've seen several postings recently from people just getting into SMS patching that don't know where to start. This article is intended to help them understand the basics of the process, and link...

Unexpected reboots when patching by spruitt

Have you ever had users complain that their computer rebooted unexpectedly about the time you deployed patches? Maybe it gave them a brief warning, but no chance to postpone? We ran into that, and it took...

Baseline Patching by spruitt

Do you concentrate just on applying the latest updates? Do you figure that once last month's patches are done you can forget about them? If so, you are leaving some machines vulnerable without realizing...

Patch Deployment Strategy and Scheduling by spruitt

How do you schedule when updates will be applied to your machines? What deployment strategy and design do you use? Patching always carries the risk of unnecessary accidental disruption, but that risk can...
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