TABLE OF CONTENTS Without some type of patch managementsoftware, keeping computers up to date can be a full time job. Windows Server Update Services(WSUS) eases a lot of that burden, but is not free of administration. After installing WSUS, youmust configure it to synchronize with Microsoft s Update servers. Once synchronized, you must gothrough all of the updates and decide which ones to deploy to your clients. After everything isworking as expected, back up your WSUS server so that you do not have to repeat all of this workagain.
Before you can update clients, you must synchronize with Microsoft s servers. The defaultinstallation of WSUS does not contain any client updates; therefore, until you perform your firstsynchronization, there will be no updates to approve. This initial synchronization will take sometime and consume a fair amount of bandwidth on your Internet connection. As a precaution, you maywant to perform this task during non-peak hours.
There are five tasks that should be completed to allow WSUS to synchronize for the firsttime.
Schedule a time for WSUS to synchronize or perform a manual synchronization.
Configure WSUS for Internet access.
Tell WSUS where to store updates.
Configure WSUS to download updates in the correct language.
Choose which products and classifications WSUS will download.
All of the synchronization options covered in this section are configured in the same place.We will now walk you through navigating to the Synchronization Options window. Unless mentioned otherwise, the remaining examples and exercises starthere.
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