Internet Explorer 8 will be available on WSUS on August 25, 2009

Posted by Adrian in Internet, Microsoft and Windows on 07 1st, 2009 | no responses

Great news for system administrators. On August 25 2009 Internet Explorer 8.0 will be available for download as an Update rollup.

After the WSUS administrator approves the IE8 EULA, organizations that have WSUS configured to auto-approve Update rollup packages will see Internet Explorer 8 installed automatically on computers running Internet Explorer 6 or 7 on Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit), and Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit).

Cumulative security updates for Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List updates will also be released via WSUS as they become available.

Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) enables information technology administrators to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates to computers running the Windows operating system. By using WSUS, administrators can fully manage the distribution of updates that are released through Microsoft Update to computers in their network.

If you don’t want to install Internet Explorer 8 in your organization turn off auto-approve for Update rollup packages in WSUS before August 25. After the date, you’ll have to synchronize your WSUS server, decline the Internet Explorer 8 update packages, and reenable automatic approval for Update rollups if you normally have that setting enabled.