In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Susan Bradley, the SBS Diva, about her other life — patching servers.

Susan digs into Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), including what it updates and what it doesn’t (check this out for more info), as well as some third party tools for patching. WSUS lets administrators centralize patching of servers and workstations, so that your machines don’t all go fetching the same patches. It also provides means to control what patches get installed and what don’t. Susan also points us to patchmanagement.org for access to listservs about WSUS and patch management in general.

Susan started her career in computing with IBM 8088 computers and Compaq “luggable” portables. To this day she is convinced that her right arm is longer than her left arm because she lugged those dang “luggables” for an entire summer at an audit job. Now she practically has an RJ45 connection growing out of her body. In addition to blogging at sbsdiva.com, she writes articles for Brian Livingston’s WindowsSecrets.com on the topic of patching. Extremely honored to be the author of the smallbiz chapter in the Windows 2008 Security Resource kit, she’s also co author of the upcoming SBS 2008 unleashed.

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