PSS ID Number: 822643
Article Last Modified on 10/10/2003
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0
SUMMARY
Microsoft has updated the Security Patch feature in the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) Software Update Services Feature Pack to use Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) version 1.1.1 as its security scan tool. This updated tool integrates the scan results for MBSA v1.1.1 into the inventory of the SMS client computers that are based on Microsoft Windows NT and later operating systems. This update includes the latest released version of Mbsacli.exe version 1.1.1. Microsoft has also enabled security patch detection for the following products:
- Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000
- Windows Media Player
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Internet Explorer 6
Note If you add new software updates for additional products--for example, for Microsoft SQL Server or for Microsoft Exchange Server--you must perform additional pre-deployment testing.
MORE INFORMATION
To download and install the latest version of the SMS Software Update Services Feature Pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
How to Install the Feature Pack
To install the Feature Pack, you must first remove the existing installation. However, you can keep the existing SMS objects that you used during that existing deployment. In this case, Setup reuses these objects, and much of the setup process involves copying over the newer files. When Setup has completed, review the settings for the package, the program, the collections, and the advertisements to make sure that they are appropriate for your environment. The settings that Setup uses are reasonable default settings, but they may not suit all environments. This is especially true if an earlier deployment used customized settings.
Note Setup detects and removes earlier installations of the Security Patch feature. Permit Setup to remove and to re-create the collections, the packages, the programs, and the advertisements that an earlier installation of the Security Patch created. If you customized any of these objects, you must re-apply those customizations to the newly created objects.
The Security Patch feature originally used the Microsoft Network Security Hotfix Checker (HFNetChk) version 3.32 as its security scan tool. Now it uses MBSA.
For additional information about MBSA, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
320454 Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) Version 1.1.1 Is Available
Keywords: kbSMS200preSP6fix kbQFE KB822643
Technology: kbSMS200 kbSMSSearch
