Questions tagged [wsus]

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 computer group not showing computers after re-install

Recently I ran into a problem where our D drive was needing moved to another server and coincidentally the WSUS content was in need of a good cleaning. We recently upgraded many things within our network and no longer needed to have all of the…
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After building a WSUS server in a windows 2016 server I get failed to synchronize error followed by 'System.Net.WebException: The underlying conne...'

So I started with the basic procedure of adding the Windows Sever Update Services (WSUS) roles. After doing so I created a self-signed certificate and add the domain names where required. Image of left pane that contains the create the cert…
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DC cannot find WSUS server

We have a domain controller which is stuck in OOBE because it cannot update from WSUS and does not appear in the WSUS console. When running nslookup wsusservername on the DC we get the following response: C:\Windows\system32>nslookup…
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What firewall changes are required to download Windows updates?

I have a Windows 2019 server sitting behind a firewall and an Internet proxy. What are the network ports and URLs that need to be whitelisted for this server to download Windows patches/updates from the Internet?
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Optimize WSUS for work-from-home users

We self-host our infrastructure. Most users work from home using (more or less) poor Internet connections with VPN. Besides MS E5 and third-party options, is there a (documented) method of getting over 150 users up to date via WSUS remotely? I have…
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Computers doesn't show in WSUS

I have installed WSUS and configured it is supposed to be. Made sure that the port is accessible, the GPO has been updated in all machines, also I confirmed that the policy is was applied. But I still can't see the machines on the WSUS server. I…
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Puzzling change of language in windows server 2012

I'm using WSUS on Windows Server 2012. Initially the language was Italian. I then switched to English. In the list of services all are in English but one. There is still one that is listed "Servizio di registrazione W3C". What is the English…
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Domain Controller not connecting to WSUS 8024402C - most likely caused by DNS

I'm trying to configure WSUS on a domain. All of the clients are working and connecting to WSUS with the exception of the Domain Controller (running Server 2012). When i check for updates I get the Error Code 8024402C. Looking at the Windowsupdate…
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Error installing WSUS in windows server 2012

I can´t install WSUS in windows server 2012, when i finished to install and start the post installation tasks, show a irrecuperable error, "the object name 'SUSDB.dbo.tbSchemaVersion' is not valid".
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WSUS Manual Update

I have a WSUS server and I want to manually place patches on it. It is the intention that this WSUS serve will then update other servers with the aforementioned patches. Is this a viable option with WSUS ?
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Provide WSUS access to Internet when using Squid proxy

I am planning to deploy a WSUS server. Of course this WSUS server will need access to Windows Update Catalog to download the patches. So it needs Internet access and we have a Squid proxy on the network. I know you can configure Internet browser…
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Windows Server 2019 not updating after restoring recent snapshot

I'm facing an issue regarding the Windows Server 2019 update. I have recently restored the Windows Server with a recent snapshot. Every time I install a Windows Update it's undoing changes, this is the error code list in event viewer…
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WSUS patch segregation

how do i white list and black list MS patches as i need to install it on my client servers. We don't have the resources/test bench to test each patch against our builds. what is the best way to segregated these patches and when should i start these…
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Enable WSUS targeting using PowerShell

I need a PowerShell script to enable client side targeting and set a target group name for the computer by changing this registry…
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