Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-642): Configuring Windows Server® 2008 Network Infrastructure

Chapter 9: Case Scenario Answers

Case Scenario 1: Planning a Basic WSUS Infrastructure

1. WSUS can act as a distribution point for updates on your LAN. Clients can then retrieve the updates without connecting to Microsoft on the Internet. Although the WSUS server will still need to download updates across the Internet, it will use much less bandwidth than 250 computers individually would.

2. A single WSUS server can serve all 250 computers on your LAN. Although you could configure two WSUS servers redundantly (by configuring a round-robin DNS entry that contained the IP addresses of both WSUS servers), it’s typically unnecessary because a WSUS server can go offline for short periods without affecting client computers.

3. Click the Options node in the Update ...