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I am currently in the process of installing and configuring a WSUS server for my company's local network, I have one doubt though regarding the installation process. I've not been able to find anywhere which user should be used for the installation of the WSUS services, what I mean by "which user" is pretty much if a Domain Administrator user should be used, a local Administrator user or should I create a specific WSUS domain user with specific rights for this installation?

I appreciate any help you guys can provide.

Best regards.

hectormtnezg
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I assume that you're talking about the user account installing WSUS, and not the user account the WSUS service runs as.

I don't think there's a specific rule listed anywhere. That said, WSUS doesn't require Domain Administrator privileges, or even a domain at all. (We used to use it in a 5,000 PC workgroup environment by adding registry keys.) Any of the accounts you mentioned would work, and you can use whichever account is convenient.

Katherine Villyard
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