Presenting valuable information for professionals involved in maintaining and securing Microsoft systems and applications, Software Deployment, Updating, and Patching provides the skills necessary to develop a comprehensive strategy for updating and securing Microsoft systems with the latest packs and patches. It demonstrates how to perform inventories of IT assets, identify old versions as well as new updates and patches, test compatibility, target deployment, and evaluate management technologies. It also shows readers how to create and implement their own deployment plans with recovery and remediation options and illustrates how to recognize potential vulnerabilities.