[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS. Size indeed matters not.] On this one, just say no. - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA
Fri, Jan 30 2009 0:00 bradley

On this one, just say no.

So you have a SBS 2003 box with WSUS 3 and along the way you've picked up .NET 2.0.

If you are in that boat, you will find that you will get offered .NET 3.5 sp1 "and family" update to your systems.

Well sorry but .NET is one of the three patching family members that I'm not fond of at my Dinner table.  The other one is a SQL 2005 sp3 service pack that I'll also wait on.  The last one I'm not keen to patch is XML as it has issues installing sometimes.

Bottom line I always patch with security patches if my risk factors that I've determined tell me to patch as soon as possible.  However with Service Packs, I can wait.  I will wait.  I will test.  I will hold back.  And I will get my server into a condition to be Service packed.  I will take a backup.  I will do a system state backup.  I will get to a mental happy place to deal with issues should they crop up (and with .NET getting to that mental happy place to be prepared for issues takes me a LONG time, lemme tell ya). 

There is no need to install any service pack on the day, the week or perhaps even the month it comes out.

On these service packs, just say no for now and hold back.

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# re: On this one, just say no.

Friday, January 30, 2009 9:12 AM by Wayne McIntyre

958934            Outlook 2007 crashes after you install a package that contains the .NET Framework 3.5 with SP1 and the .NET Framework 2.0 with SP2 on an Exchange 2007 Client Access server

support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

Just an FYI for your readers in case anyone that does install it, to make sure they apply this hotfix as well.

# re: On this one, just say no.

Friday, January 30, 2009 9:16 AM by Wayne McIntyre

Of course that applies to SBS 2008 and not 2003 just to clarify.

# re: On this one, just say no.

Friday, January 30, 2009 9:47 AM by indy

I also abhor .net patches.  They often involve recompiling, so they can take 10+ minutes on older systems.  They do break often (I can remember patch hell with Quickbooks 2006 and .net.)

We've installed SQL 2005 SP3 and no issues on servers or clients.

# SQL Server 2000 SP4 anyone?

Friday, January 30, 2009 10:52 AM by Joe Raby

I still see a lot of issues with that one not installing correctly.