MS Office Patching Strategy

[Jamie]

Which of the following patching strategies for MS Office apps. (MS Office
2003, Visio 2003, Project 2003) is the best practice:

1. Deploying these apps. with Group Policy and then patching those apps. on
the desktop with WSUS?

2. Deploying these apps. with Group Policy and then deploying the patches
through Group Policy using .msp's and .msm's.

Thanks

 

[Ada Pan [MSFT]]

Hello,

Based on my knowledge, there is no big difference between these two methods
to deploy Office applications and updates. From my opinion, it depends on
which method you are more familiar with.

For more information about how to deploy Office installation and updates,
please refer to the following articles:

Installing Office 2003
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/CH011480631033.aspx

Strategies for Updating Office 2003 Installations
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011525741033.aspx

Using Windows Server Update Services and Microsoft Update.
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=HA100245941033&CTT=5&O
rigin=HA011525741033

Hope this helps.


Regards,

Ada Pan

Microsoft Online Partner Support
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