SUS and SMS?
Many questions and concerns seem to arise around SMS and SUS . While the two can overlap, its important to understand their similarities and their differences. SUS and the Automatic Update Service The SUS Client is built into Windows Configuration is done with the registry Automatic Update Service Used by both SUS and Windows Update for automatic installs Can be configured by users to download and install at a specific time Concern when both SUS and the SMS 2003 Advanced Client are installed May overlap with an SMS patch and inconvenience the user with an extra reboot. When using the Deploy Software Updates Wizard to create the package, SMS will scan for the patch before installing. SMS should not cause an extra reboot as the patch would already be installed and SMS scanned for it one last time before attempting to install the patch. If the patch needs to be rebooted to be effective and the machine has not been rebooted yet, then SMS could be configured to have the machine r