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SCOM Emergency Security Patches

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Hello,

I am looking for a statement of how SCOM emergency fixes, specifically security related, are released and communicated. I am hoping that they use WSUS. A description of how Microsoft communicates patch requirements and notification for SCOM would be great.

Thanks so much for your hep.

Monday, May 30, 2011 3:07 PM

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Hi, SCOM patches are not in WSUS or windows update or microsoft update. This had to do with some kind of standardized way of creating/packaging/testing patches and they didn't conform to that at the time. Anyway, they bring hotfixes and Cumulative Updates.

You can find the best advice on which hotfixes to apply over here:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2009/01/27/which-hotfixes-should-i-apply.aspx

And you can also find more information on how to stay informed here:
http://thoughtsonopsmgr.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-microsoft-support-top-solutions-rss.html

Also on some general SCOM/System Center community sites and a number of SCOM blogs you will see anouncements of new cumulative updates and so on.
Bob Cornelissen - BICTT (My BICTT Blog)
- Marked as answer by Blake Mengotto Tuesday, May 31, 2011 6:11 AM
Monday, May 30, 2011 6:00 PM