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Microsoft Windows Server Update Services

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) enables information technology administrators to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates to computers that are running the Windows operating system. By using WSUS, administrators can fully manage the distribution of updates that are released through Microsoft Update to computers in their network. It's free.

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WSUS and Delivery Optimization disable

Windows 10 clients are downloading a lot of the updates from the internet instead of the WSUS server. The WSUS itself is configured correctly, the clients are also reporting all to the WSUS servers. and with windows 10 differ-differ version delivery…
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WSUS cleanup with SQL Management Studio

So I have an upstream WSUS server which never ran the cleanup wizard. The content folder is around 800GB and there were also a lot of unneeded product categories enabled including drivers. As a first step I disabled unneeded categories and synced.…
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Diagnose WSUS "not applicable" update

I have published a custom .msi application package to WSUS on Windows Server 2012 R2 using WSUS Package Publisher. The update is approved for a group of computers, some of which install said update without a problem (Windows 7 Client PCs). However,…
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MDT Deployed Image has tanked ability to Apply Cumulative Windows 10 updates

My understanding of the issue has changed as we've been attempting to troubleshoot. It may make more sense to scroll down and read 'Update 6' first before reading through the entire body. We appear to be having some major Windows Update issues on…
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HUGE (1,2TB) WSUS does not get smaller when cleaning

In our company we use WSUS and for almost 2 years it was just left alone and has some problems because of it. The biggest problem is that it is blocking our hard drives because of its humongus size of almsot 1,2 TB! We tried cleaning which resulted…
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DNS Entry to Re-Direct WU to WSUS for non Domain Devices

A little background, I'm not a systems administrator but overheard ours discussing this very issue and wanted to do some looking into it myself. We run an internal network with numerous VMs (and some physical hosts) which have no internet access.…
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How to fix: WSUS on Windows Server 2016 does not download Update Packages

I have a Server with Windows Server 2016 OS in my network. I Configured WSUS service on it for deploying update packages in Domain. Everything went well but now I have a problem. When I approve selected packages for download and try to deploy to…
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WSUS Synchronization Schedule - Once per month?

WSUS has no option for syncing once per month. It requires a daily synchronization. Is it possible to change this to once per month through GPO or other means? Is the only other option to manually sync?
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WSUS 3.0 SP2 installation fails at "configuring database" step

Attempting to install WSUS 3.0 SP2 on a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise system. I'm asking the setup to create a new database on one of our existing SQL Server 2005 systems. When the setup gets to the "configuring database" step it stops and throws…
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What is the client behavior for declined updates in WSUS?

When I decline a particular update in WSUS, my understanding is that means the WSUS server will stop offering that particular update. However, does the Windows Update client continue to display that it needs that particular update, but just never…
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Passing Remote Client IP to WSUS Server behind Reverse Proxy Server

We have an internet facing WSUS server for our remote windows clients (laptops, remote users, etc..). As an extra layer of protection, we have placed the WSUS server behind a Reverse Proxy server using ARR/URL Rewrite, which proxies the requests to…
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Clients of replica WSUS aren't targetted to groups and appear in 'Unassigned Computers'

I have two WSUS v3 servers, our company has a single domain AD that spans two sites, and each site has one WSUS server. The stub site's WSUS server is configured as a replica. Settings, groups, updates etc. all appear to propagate fine from the…
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WSUS Clients ignoring registry settings

I installed WSUS on Server 2012 R2. Installation went well on the server side. I do not have an Active Directory environment so I have to use registry settings on the clients. I used the following registry settings: Windows Registry Editor…
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Windows Update Error 8024200d and 80070002

I have a Windows 2008 R2 server that has been unable to install the July update 4025341. All my updates run through WSUS and all my other servers installed fine. When installing through the update client I receive an error code of 8024200d. I…
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WSUS - Updates needed by Computers

I inherited the administration of a WSUS environment, but I have some trouble understanding. Most of the computers have a “Warning”-symbol, and show that a number of updates are needed. So, as far as I understand these computers need some updates…
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