There is a really valuable blog post on the Hey Scripting Guy! blog that explains how to install and configure WSUS on Windows Server 2012 using PowerShell. Enjoy! http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/04/15/installing-wsus-on-windows...

I am pleased to announce that, as of today, a fix for this issue is available from Microsoft for WSUS 3.x , in addition to the Windows Server 2012 update that we published last week. WSUS 3.x ships back to Windows Server 2003 R2, and ships in x86 and...

If you are managing updates for Windows Server 2012, you might have noticed that your WSUS server has been synchronizing a greater than usual number of updates these days. Windows Server 2012 is not only Microsoft’s most powerful, but also Microsoft’s...

On March 26, 2013, we will be adding a new product to your WSUS server – Microsoft Lync Server 2013. This product will be under the “Microsoft Lync Server and Microsoft Lync” product family. It will include updates for Microsoft Lync...

Updates under Windows 8 Dynamic Update Category are used by Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 to obtain critical driver, component and setup improvements during initial setup. These updates are automatically obtained by PCs during setup. In environments...

We will be adding a new product family to your WSUS server – Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) . This product family will include updates for the MBAM product. It will allow a variety of update types, e.g. service packs, optional...

Hello, As we mentioned previously , Microsoft is releasing an update to further harden the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) as a defense-in-depth precaution for our customers. This update is now available for download. As an additional measure...

Hello, As part of the phased mitigation strategy we outlined on the MSRC blog , an update was released with Security Advisory 2718704 that prevents unauthorized certificates from being used to attack Windows systems. In an effort to provide additional...

Two new product categories will be added to your WSUS server under the System Center family, entitled System Center 2012 – App Controller and System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager. You will see these new categories when new updates...

A new product category will be added to your WSUS server under the Forefront family, entitled Forefront Identity Manager 2010. You will see this new category when new updates are available for this product. We encourage you to sync this new category if...

We will add a new product family to your WSUS server today – System Center . The System Center product family will contain updates for versions 2012 and higher of System Center products, which include System Center 2012 , a product that combines...

A new product category will be added to your WSUS server under the Windows Small Business Server family, entitled Windows Server Solutions Best Practices Analyzer 1.0. You will see this new category when new updates are available for this product. We...

Due to the urgency of the MS11-100 release on December 29, 2011, the WSUSSCN2.CAB offline catalog file was not available at the time of the MS11-100 release. A revised WSUSSCN2.CAB offline catalog file including MS11-100 has been released and is available...

A new product family has been added to your WSUS server – Microsoft Online Services . The Microsoft Online Services product family will include updates for the Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant product categories. A new product category...

Service Pack 1 for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 was released to Microsoft Update and Windows Server Update Services earlier today, Tuesday, June 28. This service pack includes many interesting improvements and is also a rollup of all fixes that...

A revision was made to the WSUS offering for Windows 7 / Window Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) on 5/24 to address known installation issues. We are aware that this latest revision is incorrectly reporting as "Not Installed" for machines that have...

A revision was made to the WSUS offering for Windows 7 / Window Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) on 5/24 to address known installation issues. We are aware that this latest revision is incorrectly reporting as "Not Installed" for machines that have...

MS11-018 (KB2497640) for Internet Explorer 7.0 has been revised today to correct an error in Microsoft Update logic. The revision corrects an issue that caused the update to incorrectly report that it was already installed on some Windows XP and Windows...

The Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 updates available on WSUS have been revised to ensure that these updates are installed exclusively. This change has been made in response to the issue described in KB975484 . Previously, Service...

A new product category will be added to your WSUS server under the Developer Tools, Runtimes and Redistributables family, entitled Visual Studio 2010. You will see this new category when new updates are available for this product. You should sync...

A new product category will be added to your WSUS server under the Microsoft Application Virtualization family, entitled Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6. The Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 category will allow all classifications of...

We will be adding a new product family to your WSUS server – Microsoft StreamInsight . The Microsoft StreamInsight product family will include updates for all Microsoft StreamInsight products. It will include a variety of update types, e.g. service...

Some WSUS administrators have had questions regarding the latest Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update MS10-090 (KB2416400) ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2416400 ), released on Tuesday, December 14. If you are experiencing issues with the...

HIS 2009 There will be a new product category added to your WSUS server Products and Classifications dialog, under the BizTalk family. The new category will be titled Host Integration Server 2009. The Host Integration Server 2009 category will allow...

There will be a new product category added to your WSUS server Products and Classifications dialog, under the Bing family. The new category will be titled Bing Bar. The Bing Bar category will allow all classifications of updates to be offered to the previous...