Chapter 6: Assessing and Deploying a Patch Management Infrastructure

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Exam Objectives in this Chapter:

• Assess the current status of service packs and hotfixes. Tools include MBSA and MBSACLI.

  • Assess current patch levels by using MBSA.

  • Assess current patch levels by using MBSACLI scripted solutions.

• Deploy service packs and hotfixes.

  • Deploy service packs and hotfixes on new client and server computers. Considerations include slipstreaming, custom scripts, and isolated installation or test networks.

  • Deploy service packs and hotfixes to existing client and server computers.

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