WSUS

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS, I say “wuss”) is sort of a local “Microsoft Update” service that allows an administrator to set up a repository of updates and make them available to client machines. Replaces the old System Update Server (SUS).

Among the things that it does better than SUS are:

  • Office updates (woohoo!)
  • Keeps track of which machines connected when, what updates they need to install, and some rudimentary inventory information
  • Computer groups, which can have different update policies
  • Better information about updates, what they require (user input, reboot, etc)
  • Reporting.
  • at a glance “Home page” showing which updates need approved, machines with update problems, etc.

Notes:

To have a client automatically go through the detection phase: wuauclt.exe /detectnow

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