• Reduce your WSUS Server Footprint by Selectively Importing Drivers

    Some content in this article was written by Marta Barillas, a SDET on the WSUS team. Did you know that 80% of the content in Microsoft Update (MU) is drivers? Drivers represent a huge amount of content, so if your organization has standard devices...
  • Considerations for multiple WSUS instances sharing a content database when using System Center Configuration Manager, but without Network Load Balancing (NLB)

    When you use System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) to manage updates, SCCM causes clients not to use WSUS servers directly for all operations (such as reporting). In this configuration, it is possible for multiple WSUS instances as part of SCCM to...
  • Configuring WSUS 6.x for Network Load Balancing (NLB)

    Some content in this section was written by Marta Barillas, a SDET on the WSUS engineering team. This blog post applies to Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. For instructions using WSUS 3.x with NLB, please see this TechNet article...
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 coming to WSUS

    This post was authored by Vivek Mishra on behalf of the .NET Framework team. Hi WSUS Admins, The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 will be made available via Windows Server Update Services on 26 Nov 2013 and this blog highlights some of the key aspects...
  • Enabling a more predictable Windows Update experience for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 (KB 2885694)

    On computers running the RTM release of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, Windows Update no longer defined when to install updates. Instead, Automatic Maintenance is used for that purpose, minimizing activity during active computer use. Windows Update...