I just got a newsletter entitled “[TechRepublic] Deploy patches with Software Update Services” that recommends Software Update Services for patching, but states that it doesn’t support things like SQL.
I think it’s worth mentioning that its replacement, Windows Update Services (which otherwise would have been known as SUS 2.0) DOES in fact support application servers as well.
And it’s still free. You can read about it at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sus/wusbeta.mspx
And you can also register there to join the Beta program if you wish.
Cheers,
Kevin Lovegrove
Bahrain Petroleum Company
