But what does Microsoft offer on its own? Well, Microsoft provides several patch management tools, some of which are available for free.

Microsoft does not appear to be updating Windows Software Update Services, but newer patch management options might be a better choice.

It provides a management infrastructure that also contains MU (Microsoft Update), the successor to the consumer-centric Windows Update service.

Companies expecting a new patch management tool from Microsoft this summer will have to wait a little longer. Microsoft said Tuesday that Windows Update Services, a new tool designed to let system ...

Microsoft will ship on Sept. 2 the first beta of a software installer that is one key piece in a forthcoming overhaul of the company’s patch management architecture.

Patch management and antispyware technologies will be a boon for solution providers in 2005, according to Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Security Business and Technology Unit.

Here's a look at the most recent Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft as well as a collection of recent updates so you can track what's changed.

Users of Microsoft's Systems Management Server may not have been concerned about patch management when they originally bought the product. But that's turned into the No. 1 feature for those ...

Microsoft said it would provide cash, artificial intelligence tools and computing services to schools, colleges and nonprofit ...

Microsoft overhauling "broken" patch management system Occasionally, Microsoft's patches have been known to cause worse problems than the ones they were programmed to solve.

Microsoft Corp. said today it’s rolling out a public preview of Update Management Center, a new tool aimed at system administrators tasked with performing multiple updates of Windows- and Linux ...