Just to throw my 2 cents in with Scott, some suggestions,<br><br>- sign up for the update notification tool that Wes mentioned<br>- Make sure you're also on the security alert mailing list from cisco also just in case, If i can remember when I went to sign up for that I'll post it. <br>
<br>From my perspective, I have a maintenance window once a month to run non-critical updates/patches. On the MCS server windows OS platforms I check whats out there a few weeks in advance.. if there is an OS service release I'll pencil it in for my window barring any major catastrophes with it. I don't touch the actual UCCX / CER / CCM application service releases or patches unless I have a specific reason to do so. If there is a security patch out for OS or application that I feel we are exposed to, that gets patched as soon as I can weasel some downtime for it.<br>
<br>We just upgraded to the appliance platform for CCM recently and I haven't really formulated my own update strategy yet for that.. since the OS and application updates are bundled. Still mulling that over but I may opt for only as needed or dictated by security concerns.<br>
<br><br>-- <br>Ed Leatherman<br>Senior Voice Engineer<br>West Virginia University<br>Telecommunications and Network Operations