#1. Easy to use cleanup of expired and/or superceded patches and removal of "stale" computers.
#2. Rule-based auto"magic" approval or disapproval based on settings you want. The best program feature to compare it to is the rule builder section of Outlook 98/200[0|3|7].
#3. Native and improved support for SQL 2005 / SQL 2005 Express. Mass changes in approvals/disapprovals run much faster, especially compared with the first release of WSUS or SUS.
#4. Migration of the administration page from a web page to a MMC span-in. This really exploits the new features of MMC 3.0 nicely. It is a good example of what you can build, application interface-wise, with the added features of MMC 3.0. The bundled administration tools in Windows 2003 R2 were just the tip of the iceburg for MMC 3.0.
#5. Configurable e-mail notification of new patches, sync logs, and overall "health" status of all the systems that feed off the WSUS server.
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