[Wusa-microsoft] Kick off conversation

[Chris Clayton]

My question for the week:  Has Microsoft's patching process become
reliable enough to have servers automatically downloading and installing
patches on a schedule?  In a former job where I had more time and got
paid extra for overtime, I was encouraged to babysit the patch
installation and server reboot process one Friday night a month.  I
haven't felt like I have that kind of time for about the last year or
more, so I don't know that I have a choice.

 

 

My background:  About 20 years as a PC user (started with DOS on an IBM
PS/2 Model 30), and six years working in IT with most of that time spent
supporting Windows platforms.  I got my start in the now-defunct
computer rental company Houlihan Computer Solutions.  I worked for St.
Louis Community College at Florissant Valley for almost five years
before coming here in December.  At StLCC I was a key member of the
district-wide Active Directory domain implementation, migration and
consolidation team.  We moved over 6,000 users, 1,500 desktops, and
dozens of servers in a half-dozen NT4 and 2000 AD domains into one 2003
AD domain with seven sites.

 

Currently I help Brad Pots with the ResTech domain and a couple others,
especially as it affects our 100+ lab computers and other clients.  I
also support a couple of Mac Xserves and around 30 Mac clients.  That's
just part of my job supervising the day-to-day activities of ResTech,
but I need not enumerate those other duties here I think.

 

Chris

 

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Chris Clayton

User Services Supervisor

Residential Technology Services

Office:  314-935-7417

Email:  cclayton at wustl.edu

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