Can I use Systems Management Server (SMS) to determine whether this update is required?
” for more information about SMS and EST. Can I use Systems Management Server (SMS) to determine whether this update is required? The following table provides the SMS detection summary for this security update. Product SMS 2.0 SMS 2003 Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Yes Yes SMS 2.0 and SMS 2003 Software Update Services (SUS) Feature Pack can use MBSA 1.2.1 for detection and therefore have the same limitation that is listed earlier in this bulletin related to programs that MBSA 1.2.1 does not detect. For SMS 2.0, the SMS SUS Feature Pack, which includes the Security Update Inventory Tool (SUIT), can be used by SMS to detect security updates. SMS SUIT uses the MBSA 1.2.1 engine for detection. For more information about SUIT, visit the following Microsoft Web site. For more information about the limitations of SUIT, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 306460. The SMS SUS Feature Pack also includes the Microsoft Office Inventory Tool to detect required updates for Microsoft Office
No. SMS uses MBSA for detection and this update is not detected by MBSA. For information about SMS, visit the SMS Web site. However, there is a version of the EST that SMS customers can obtain that offers an integrated experience for SMS administrators from the following Microsoft Web site. The Security Update Inventory Tool is required for detecting Microsoft Windows and other affected Microsoft products. For more information about the limitations of the Security Update Inventory Tool, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 306460 The Enterprise Update Scanning Tool will also cover these other Security Bulletins, and eliminates the need for the MS04-028 Scanning Tool and the SMS February 2005 Security Update Scan Tool: * MS04-028 (Critical) * MS05-004 (Important) * MS05-006 (Moderate) * MS05-009 (Critical) MS05-023 is for an Microsoft Word, so the rules are a little different. Here is the notes from the bulletin: Can I use the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) to determine if
