Automating the Application of Operating System Service Packs in Deployment Shares

Operating system service packs are a normal part of the software life cycle. The existing operating systems in deployment shares need to be updated with these service packs to help ensure that newly deployed or refreshed computers are current with the latest security recommendations and configuration settings.

In instances where an organization has many deployment shares with multiple operating systems in each deployment share, the process for manually updating the operating systems in each deployment share with the service packs can be time consuming. The methods for automating the application of operating system service packs in deployment shares include:

· Copying updated source content that already contains the service pack (for example, Windows 7 with SP1 media) to the folder in the deployment share in which the existing operating system resides, as described in Automating the Application of Operating System Service Packs from Updated Source Media

· Applying the service pack to a reference computer, and then capturing an updated image from a reference computer, as described in Automating the Application of Operating System Service Packs Using a Reference Computer and Windows PowerShell