New Windows Update Covers More Products

"The fifth revision of Windows Update is set to enter beta testing, as Microsoft continues efforts to improve its facility for keeping customers' systems up to date.

Windows Update V5 is slated to be a significant upgrade, eventually extending the service's reach beyond Windows to all Microsoft products. The company will initially support updates to Office 2003, as well as SQL and Exchange.

The first test version -- what Microsoft calls 'the Alpha' release -- of V5 will launch in late September, according to the company. Subsequent updates will be made every two or three months.

'The vision for Windows Update V5 is to provide an efficient and effective means to keep all Microsoft products secure and up to date with the latest patches, starting with Windows, Office, SQL, and Exchange,' Microsoft wrote in an e-mail to beta nominees."

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