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MOAC 70-687 - Configuring Windows 8 Lab Manual LAB 21 CONFIGURING AND MANAGING UPDATES

THIS LAB CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES:

Exercise 21.1 Changing Update Settings from the Control Panel

Exercise 21.2 Configuring Windows Update Policies

Exercise 21.3 Uninstalling an Installed Update

Lab Challenge Managing Update settings with GPOs

Changing Update Settings from the Control Exercise 21.1 Panel Overview In this exercise, you will use the Control Panel to configure Windows updates.

Mindset Unless you use Group Policy (which is often the solution used within larger organizations) to manage Windows updates, you must use the Control Panel to manage Windows update settings. Completion time 10 minutes MOAC 70-687 - Configuring Windows 8 Lab Manual

Which settings are available for Important updates? Question 1

8. Take a screen shot of the Change settings window by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 21 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.

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Exercise 21.2 Configuring Windows Update Policies Overview In this exercise, you will use Local Group Policy to configure Windows update settings. Mindset For an organization, one person downloading updates could waste valuable bandwidth, particularly if a site is connected to the Internet or Windows Update server through a slow WAN link. In addition, updates can cause unforeseen problems. Therefore, as an administrator, you need to control how updates get deployed to client computers. Completion time 15 minutes

Which default Configure automatic updating setting is selected? Question 2

By default, when are updates installed? Question 3 MOAC 70-687 - Configuring Windows 8 Lab Manual

10. Take a screen shot of the Configure Automatic Updates window by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 21 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.

15. Take a screen shot of the Specify intranet Microsoft update service location dialog box by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 21 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.

If the Delay Restart for scheduled installations is not defined, what is the default delay? Question 4

Exercise 21.3 Uninstalling an Installed Update Overview In this exercise, you will install an update, and then remove the update.

Mindset If you have a problem with an update and you cannot find an easy solution to fix the problem, you might need to remove the update. Completion time 20 minutes

If you hide an update that you know want to install, which option is clicked to view the update? Question 5

13. When you are prompted to Restart the computer, take a screen shot by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 21 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V. MOAC 70-687 - Configuring Windows 8 Lab Manual

Configuring the Do Not Display Install Updates Lab Challenge and Shutdown Policy Overview During this exercise, you will configure Local Group Policy from a computer running Windows 8.

Mindset For organizations that manage the updates deployed to users, an administrator might choose not to display that install updates are available to be installed when the computer is being shut down. Completion time 10 minutes

To complete this challenge, you must have a virtual machine on your computer running Windows 8. You will write out the procedure to configure the Do not display 'Install Updates and Shut Down' option in Shut Down Windows dialog box and then take a snapshot of the Do not display 'Install Updates and Shut Down' option in Shut Down Windows dialog box page by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste the resulting image into the Lab 21 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.