Lesson 1: Understanding Windows Server Update Services

Before deploying Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), you must understand how both the client and server components should be configured for different environments. Without proper planning, updates can take too long to distribute, waste large amounts of your limited Internet and wide area network (WAN) bandwidth, or fail to install correctly. This lesson provides background and planning information for WSUS.

Note: New Features

If you are familiar with earlier versions of WSUS, WSUS 3.0 with Service Pack 2 provides a significant amount of new functionality. Most significantly, there is now a console to manage WSUS; you no longer need to manage it using a Web browser. Additionally, it supports ...

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