Scheduling MBSA
It's convenient to schedule MBSACLI scans after business hours so that you don't consume network resources during working hours; however, if you do this, you won't be able to scan computers that users take home. It's a good idea to schedule scans at various times during the day.
Another good reason to schedule scans by using MBSACLI is that you can scan from multiple points on your network. For example, if your organization has five remote offices, it is more efficient to scan each remote office by using a computer located in that office. This improves performance, reduces the bandwidth used on your WAN, and allows you to scan computers even if a perimeter firewall blocks the ports that MBSACLI uses to scan.
In this tutorial:
- Managing Software Updates
- Methods for Deploying Updates
- Windows Update Client
- Windows Server Update Services
- System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2
- Manually Installing, Scripting, and Removing Updates
- Overview of Windows 7 Update Files
- How to Script Update Installations
- How to Remove Updates
- Deploying Updates to New Computers
- Other Reasons to Use a Private Network for New Computers
- Managing BITS
- BITS Behavior
- BITS Group Policy Settings
- Configuring the Maximum Bandwidth Served For Peer Client Requests Policy
- Managing BITS with Windows PowerShell
- Windows Update Group Policy Settings
- Configuring Windows Update to Use a Proxy Server
- Tools for Auditing Software Updates
- The MBSA Console
- MBSACLI
- Scheduling MBSA
- Troubleshooting the Windows Update Client
- The Process of Updating Network Software
- Assembling the Update Team
- Inventorying Software
- Creating an Update Process
- Discovering Updates
- Evaluating Updates
- Speeding the Update Process
- Retrieving Updates
- Testing Updates
- Installing Updates
- Removing Updates
- Auditing Updates
- How Microsoft Distributes Updates
- Security Updates
- Update Rollups
- Service Packs
- Microsoft Product Life Cycles