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March 30, 2004 07:30 PM

What You Need to Know About Windows Update Services

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Paul Thurrott

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Windows Update Services (WUS) is the successor to Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS) and the application Microsoft previously referred to as SUS 2.0. Essentially a free Windows Server add-on that lets small and midsized businesses easily handle patch management for servers and clients, WUS is one of the most exciting out-of-band (OOB) Windows Server upgrades Microsoft has shipped since Windows Server 2003 debuted in April 2003. The product's functionality sits between that of Windows Updat...

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Hi Everyone, I was wondering is WUS compatible with Small Business Server 2003..? Has anyone installed WUS onto SBS 03..? Are there any problems associated..?

Regards, Lone Ranger

Anonymous User 7/4/2005 9:05:01 PM

Been a while since I last visited... To add even further to the last person's comment. You obviously have Foxtel and express difficulty in using the remote..?

Anonymous User 4/28/2005 11:05:58 PM

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Anonymous User 3/15/2005 8:42:50 AM

Anybody Know a final Relase date for WUS. Microsoft keeps saying first half of 2005 but nothing concrete at this time?

Anonymous User 3/2/2005 8:03:36 AM

To add even further to the last person's comments ... have you read some of the comments on this site? I wouldn't let these people loose with the remote control for my telly. Someone couldn't get his Hotmail account to work! Forget WUS, lets just pan the muppets.

Anonymous User 2/28/2005 10:35:32 AM

For people looking for help with WUS Beta MS have a support newsgroup which can be found here.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/wus/newsgroup.mspx

Anonymous User 2/24/2005 1:43:12 AM

Interesting read Paul.

Adding to the last person's comment. How does this help out those who are legitimately wanting to know answers to their questions apart from raise your ego that you are running an IT Dept.

Anonymous User 2/23/2005 8:10:32 PM

Firstly - Paul - Good article... WUS does look great... we ARE having teething probs but its a beta so expect nothing else.

As for some of these guys and gals posting questions here... it makes me wonder... if they are running IT departments... God help us!

Anonymous User 2/15/2005 2:29:45 PM

There are no computers to view in the WUS Computers View. Also getting an event ID 30. The server was unable to read the file C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Windows Update Services\\Administration\\errors\\AccessDenied.htm. The file does not exist. PLEASE HELP!!!

Anonymous User 2/10/2005 9:05:10 AM

I cannot get any computers to show up in the list of computers to add to WUS. Any ideas?

Anonymous User 2/10/2005 8:40:50 AM

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