https://rdr-it.com/en/tag/wsus/System administration, virtualization, security and tools for IT professionals.en-USFri, 09 Oct 2026 17:31:24 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-enable-updates-for-windows-server-2025/Mon, 09 Feb 2026 06:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-enable-updates-for-windows-server-2025/Learn how to enable Windows Server 2025 update support in WSUS so you can easily deploy them to your servershttps://rdr-it.com/en/windows-update-optimizing-update-distribution/Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-update-optimizing-update-distribution/Presentation of Distribution Optimization Since Windows 10 and available on Windows Server 2019, it is possible to optimize the distribution of Windows updates by using a …https://rdr-it.com/en/configure-wsus-to-have-computers-download-updates-from-microsoft/Wed, 23 Apr 2025 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/configure-wsus-to-have-computers-download-updates-from-microsoft/In this tutorial, I will explain how to configure WSUS so that computers download updates directly from the Microsoft website and not from your WSUS server. This …https://rdr-it.com/en/install-wsus-role-on-windows-server-2025/Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:34:03 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/install-wsus-role-on-windows-server-2025/In this tutorial, we will see how to install the WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) role on Windows Server 2025, which will allow you to have a server in your …https://rdr-it.com/en/add-windowscapability-resolve-error-0x800f0954/Wed, 08 Mar 2023 05:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/add-windowscapability-resolve-error-0x800f0954/In this tutorial, I will explain how to solve error 0x800f0954 with the PowerShell Add-WindowsCapability Cmdlet when trying to install a Windows feature. This error …https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-manually-import-an-update-from-the-microsoft-update-catalog/Wed, 19 Oct 2022 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-manually-import-an-update-from-the-microsoft-update-catalog/In this tutorial, I will explain how to manually import a site updatehttps://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ in WSUS with PowerShell. By default, this operation is …https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-recreate-the-susdb-database/Thu, 25 Mar 2021 05:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-recreate-the-susdb-database/In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to reset the WSUS service by recreating the SUSDB database on WID (Windows Internal Database) and the updates storage folder …https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-deploy-microsoft-edge/Tue, 16 Feb 2021 05:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-deploy-microsoft-edge/In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to install Microsoft Edge using WSUS services. Microsoft is ending support for Edge Lecagy on March 9, 2021 , so it is …https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-migrate-the-database-on-sqlexpress/Mon, 23 Dec 2019 15:02:23 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-migrate-the-database-on-sqlexpress/In this tutorial, I will explain how to migrate your WSUS database, which is default on Windows Internal Database to SQLExpress. Since Windows Server 2016, the …https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-maintenance-and-optimization/Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:00:31 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-maintenance-and-optimization/Intro In this tutorial, I will explain how to maintain and optimize the installation of your WSUS service to keep it in optimal operating condition. If your WSUS console …https://rdr-it.com/en/wpp-deploying-applications-with-wsus/Wed, 18 Sep 2019 08:53:41 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/wpp-deploying-applications-with-wsus/In this tutorial, we will see how to deploy applications (Firefox, Chrome, Fusion Agent, Java …) using the WSUS role and WPP. As a reminder, WSUS is a Windows role that …https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-remove-drivers-from-updates/Thu, 25 Jul 2019 02:00:25 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-remove-drivers-from-updates/Not long ago, I wanted to enable driver updates through WSUS. When I saw the amount of drivers to download compared to the percentage used, I wanted to backtrack. The …https://rdr-it.com/en/mdt-install-updates-with-wsus/Fri, 05 Apr 2019 02:00:42 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/mdt-install-updates-with-wsus/In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to enable Windows updates to a WSUS server when deploying an image with MDT. Enable updates Open the properties of an installation …https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-set-up-client-side-targeting/Thu, 04 Apr 2019 02:00:13 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-set-up-client-side-targeting/Presentation The client-side targeting on WSUS, when enabled, allows you to directly assign to a group declare in the console. This declaration is not done GPO or by …https://rdr-it.com/en/install-wsus-with-a-sql-server-database/Sun, 31 Mar 2019 02:00:12 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/install-wsus-with-a-sql-server-database/Since Windows 2016 server, it is possible to install the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) directly with a SQL Server database. In this article we will see how to …https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-fix-the-problem-of-downloading-windows-10-updates/Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:30:16 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-fix-the-problem-of-downloading-windows-10-updates/The upgrades of Windows 10 are distributed using an .ESD file. By default, the WSUS server (IIS) does not process requests on ESD files and this fact in the Windows …https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-automatic-approval-of-updates/Thu, 07 Feb 2019 14:11:01 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/wsus-automatic-approval-of-updates/In this tutorial, we will see how to automatically approve definition updates on WSUS. Definition updates are available almost daily, automatic approval avoids doing so. …https://rdr-it.com/en/how-to-install-and-configure-wsus-on-windows-server/Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:01:57 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/how-to-install-and-configure-wsus-on-windows-server/Introduction Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) is a built-in role in Windows Server, which enables the implementation of a Microsoft Updates distribution system …https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-automatically-decline-arm64-updates-on-wsus/Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:01:25 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-automatically-decline-arm64-updates-on-wsus/The PowerShell script below allows you to automatically decline ARM64 updates from Windows 10 into WSUS. The script can be started manually or by a scheduled task. The …https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-automatically-decline-itanium-updates-on-wsus/Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:23:31 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-automatically-decline-itanium-updates-on-wsus/The PowerShell script below allows you to automatically decline Itanium updates in WSUS. The script can be started manually or by a scheduled task. The script must be run …