Microsoft Exam Questions

You need to generate a monthly report on the status of software updates for the client computers

Your network consists of a single Active Directory domain. All domain controllers run Windows Server 2008 R2. All servers run Windows Server 2008 R2. All client computers run Windows 7.

You need to generate a monthly report on the status of software updates for the client computers.

Your solution must meet the following requirements:

– Display all of the operating system updates that installed successfully
– Display all of the Microsoft application updates that installed successfully
– Display all of the operating system updates that failed to install
– Display all of the Microsoft application updates that failed to install
– Minimize administrative effort
– Minimize costs

What should you do?

A.
Install Microsoft System Center Essentials (Essentials) 2007. Deploy management agents on all client computers.

B.
Install Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SysMgr) 2007. Deploy management agents on all client computers.

C.
Install Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 SP2. Configure Windows Update by using a Group Policy object (GPO).

D.
Deploy Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) 2.1 on the client computers. Run MBSA on each client computer, and save the report to a shared folder on the network.

Explanation:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd939886%28WS.10%29.aspx

Whats new in this release?
Integration with Windows Server 2008 R2
Support for the BranchCache feature in Windows Server 2008 R2
Support for Windows 7 client computers
New features
Automatic approval rules include the ability to specify the approval deadline date and time for all computers or for specific computer groups.
Improved handling of language selection for downstream servers includes a new warning dialog that appears when you decide to download updates only for specified languages.
New Update and Computer Status reports let you filter updates that are approved for installation. You can run these reports from the WSUS administration console or use the application programming interface (API) to incorporate this functionality into your own reports.

Windows Update Agent improvements
Client computer scan time is faster than previous versions.

Computers that are managed by WSUS servers can now run scoped scans against those servers, instead of performing a full scan. This results in faster scans for applications that use Microsoft Update APIs such as Windows Defender.

User experience improvements help users organize updates and provide greater clarity on update value and behavior.

Imaged computers are more clearly displayed in the WSUS administration console.

For more information, see article 903262 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

Prevents APIs that are called by non-local system callers in a non-interactive session from failing.

Prevents error code 0x80070057 when you try to install 80 or more updates at the same time from the Windows Update Web page or from the Microsoft Update Web page.

Improves scan times for Windows Update

Improves the speed at which signature updates are delivered

Enables support for Windows Installer reinstallation functionality

Improves error messaging