• Reduce your WSUS Server Footprint by Selectively Importing Drivers

    Posted 9 months ago
    by Ben Herila [MSFT]}
    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)

    Posted 9 months ago
    by Ben Herila [MSFT]}
    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)

    Posted 9 months ago
    by Ben Herila [MSFT]}
    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...