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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 GPO - Specific week specified, but ignored

I have configured a GPO to force updates via GPO in a scheduled maintenance window since these boxes were previously getting updates and just rebooting outside of active hours. I would prefer that these servers are only rebooted one weekend out of…
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Public facing WSUS - best practices

At the moment people from the company, who use company laptops at home, need to be connected via VPN to have Windows Update not throw errors, since the WSUS server is only for internal use. I know it's possible to make WSUS public-facing; given…
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Moving WSUS DB To Another Drive

So I am moving the WID SUSDB from my C Drive to my E drive on my Windows Server 2016 server. I need to make more room for other C Drive required software and items coming down the pike. Both are internal partitions on the same RAID 5 virtual disk.…
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Is it possible to configure WSUS to download and put updates for a specific software type in a specific location?

Our network uses WSUS to download and install approved updates to most of our workstations. We also have SharePoint servers that we manually update via cumulative updates (CUs) once per month. The current process requires us going to Microsoft's…
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Possible to not cache updates on WSUS server?

Is it possible to not cache windows updates on the WSUS server AT ALL (because updates take up so much disk space) and have clients retrieve them from internet based update servers (updates will be cached on clients using Delivery Optimization)…
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WSUS Post-Installation Tasks Failed Windows Server 2012

I am installing WSUS on a server running Server 2012. The post-installation tasks fail. I have tried un-installing, then re-installing WSUS with no luck. This is the error message in the logs : Instantiating UpdateServer CreateDefaultSubscription…
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how wsus download updates

I have just installed wsus role in a windows 2016 server. It was my understanding that wsus would have been contacted by all the computers/servers in the network and would have downloaded the files that they need. In less than a day wsus is…
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WSUS version compatibility

Could someone explain WSUS version compatibility? Specifically, if I have Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10, what is the oldest version of WSUS that can update these? I don't need to upgrade the OS, just install patches/hotfixes.
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How to show if an update installed on windows 7 from WSUS Server?

How to identify if an update installed on windows 7 from WSUS Server? I want to understand this from client side but not server side. Thanks
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WSUS error updates on some computers

Hy everybody ! I have a problem with my WSUS server. A error appear showing that is install only at 99% some updates on computers (see my attachment). It is possible do refresh and install this updates ? Thank you !
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Server 2008 R2 Windows Update Auto Install Not Restarting

I have a large group of servers without a domain that are managing updates through a single WSUS server. Recently we have added a few new servers and manually set the local policy to connect to the WSUS server and download and install with reboot…
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WSUS flooded the disk space

Unfortunatley the silly Me configured to synchronize Windows Server Update Service with all Windows Products. What could possibly go wrong... Now the disk space is full. I just checked the products of Microsoft I know we use in our company. Now is…
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Latest WSUS Server Sync expired Group Policy Preference CSEs

Last night's sync of my WSUS server expired the KB943729 updates for all OS versions. I can't seem to find a reason for this. I assume they're due to be replaced, but haven't been yet. Unless I'm missing something, clients that have already…
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System hang and increased startup time due to svchost.exe

I have a domain network, most of the windows 7 systems are taking too much time to startup and settle up. High disk activity and increased memory usage are noticed. I have a locally hosted WSUS server which i doubt causing the issue. The high memory…
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WSUS refuse to install

Dears.. I hope you are doing well.. I am facing issue with WSUS. Actually, It was working fine and works with SCCM until an issue appears. So, I decided to reinstall WSUS, but I faced another problem.. when I specify DB instance and content path …
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