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Installing and Configuring WSUS in Windows Server 2016


In Today’s topic, we will learn how to install and configure Windows Server Update Services.
Before that we will understand about the WSUS first.
What is WSUS?
Windows Server Update Services allows network administrators to specify the Microsoft updates that should be installed, create separate groups of computers for different sets of updates, and get reports on the compliance levels of the computers and the updates that must be installed.
To install the WSUS in Windows Server 2016 follow the below steps:
Go to Server Manager – Click on Manage and click on Add roles and Features as shown in below window.
In before you begin window, click next to continue.
Select required installation type and click next to move on.


Select server from the server pool to install this role and click next to continue
Select Windows Server update services role and select Include management tools and click add feature to continue.

Click next on features window.
Click next on Windows Server update services window and click next to continue.
Select the required role services to continue and click next.
Create on folder on your local server to download the updates or else you can give the remote path to avoid disk space issues in WSUS server and provide the path in the below window and click next to continue.

Cross verify the installation selections and proceed further and click on install to continue.
Click close to finish the installation of WSUS role on windows server 2016.
Now we need to configure the WSUS, post installing the role you will see yellow escalation mark on the flag in Server manager click on that and launch Post-Installation tasks.

It will take some time finish post installation tasks.
Post successfully completing you can see the below in server manager task flag
To configure go to WSUS and click next to continue.
On improvement program, select the required option and click next to continue.
Select Synchronize update from Microsoft update and click next to continue.
Click next to proceed further
Click on start connecting to proceed further to save and download upstream server and proxy server information. Your upstream server and proxy server settings and synchronize information about available updates.


Select Download updates only in these languages and select English and click next to continue.
Select the required products Windows 7, windows 10, windows server 2008 r2 and windows server 2012 r2 and click next to continue.
Choose classifications and click next to continue.
Select Synchronize automatically and click next to continue.
Check begin initial synchronization and click next


Click finish to complete the configuration.
This concludes the installation and configuration of WSUS on Windows Server 2016.
Post completing the installation open the WSUS console and it looks like below.

Thank you for reading and Happy Learning ☺

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  1. UnknownAugust 22, 2017 at 11:29 AM

    Its really appreciating :)

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  2. MahadevAugust 22, 2017 at 12:28 PM

    Thank you Muhammad Muzaffar Hayat

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  3. UnknownAugust 23, 2017 at 6:50 PM

    in your opinion, good idea is enable deduplication on this server?

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    1. MahadevAugust 24, 2017 at 1:48 PM

      Data deduplicaiton is good idea as i choose to install WSUS with Windows internal database to avoid space issues. if you have SQL you can go with SQL connectivity with WSUS to avoid performance issues and no need deduplication in this scenario.

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    2. UnknownAugust 29, 2017 at 1:53 PM


      I use external SQL database but why this scenario affects size and no need deduplication? Could you explain

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    3. MahadevAugust 31, 2017 at 7:21 PM

      If you use SQL database no need of deduplication.
      deduplication required only if you have storage capacity issues in your environment to avoid the disk space issues.

      Delete
  4. UnknownAugust 29, 2017 at 1:53 PM

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  5. UnknownJanuary 24, 2018 at 3:06 AM

    Hi there, the photos are not showing on the page. kindly update. thanks in advance

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