Alert Alert – Notifications from Microsoft
Microsoft releases a ton of information every day. Surely as an IT Manager or someone working in IT, this comes as no surprise. In recent days I have been looking through the volume of information I get in the form of newsletters, RSS feeds, general emails, and the occasional postal mail and was quite amazed at all of this information. This got me thinking about the notifications they send out for application updates or knowledgebase bulletins. Now that Patch Tuesday is here and we receive updates monthly rather than all the time, things are somewhat easier to manage, but what about the notifications?
What is the best way to get notified of an update to a bulletin or KB article? Please post your preferred method in the comments, it would be interesting to see what is being used.
When it comes to notifications I have looked to a third party service, www.kbalertz.com to send an email whenever a kb document changes. This way it is a digest of things that were updated with the last scan.
How does Kbalertz work?
When you sign up for the site, it will alert you whenever a Microsoft KB article (in one of the categories you choose) is updated. The site scans for new updates every night and sends out alerts the following day.
That is pretty much it. The sign up is simple, enter your email address and a password, then select your mail preferences (text only or HTML) and choose the categories you want to know about. Click Done and you are all set.
If your preferences for KB articles change, simply visit the site, login, and change the products you wish to be notified about.
Hopefully KB Alertz will help you get a handle on some of the massive amounts of information that Microsoft sends out.
