Keeping your organization’s network secure and up-to-date requires constant vigilance. Patching software vulnerabilities is a crucial defense against cyberattacks, but managing updates across numerous devices can be a daunting task. Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a powerful tool for centralized patch management of Microsoft products. But, in order to get the most out of WSUS, it requires a special tool…
WSUS
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a Microsoft tool that acts as a central hub for managing updates and security patches for Microsoft software across your network. It downloads updates from Microsoft and allows administrators to control how they are distributed to devices. It’s especially useful for small to medium sized organizations because it’s more of an intermediate step between more basic and advanced tools.
It offers features like:
- Update approval
- Targeted deployments
- Bandwidth optimization
- Multilingual support
It includes updates such as:
- Critical updates
- Definition updates
- Feature packs
- Security updates
- Service packs
- And more…
Why Use WAM With WSUS?
While WSUS offers centralized update management, and we do recommend using it, it does have its limitations. In order for WSUS to run optimally, it requires regular manual maintenance which can quickly become a time-consuming burden for your IT staff. If WSUS is not maintained diligently, a number of issues can arise, causing your team a major headache.
To truly get the most out of WSUS, pair it with our automated WSUS maintenance solution: WAM and unleash its full potential. With WAM, you gain:
Automated Maintenance: WAM automates repetitive maintenance tasks like cleanup and optimization. This frees up IT staff from manual upkeep, allowing them to focus on more critical priorities.
Ensures a Smooth Setup: WAM simplifies your WSUS setup with automatic defaults, ensuring optimal performance from the start. By adhering to industry best practices, WAM optimizes your WSUS setup, ensures that your settings are configured correctly, and provides your team with a superior WSUS environment.
Server Cleanup and Decluttering: WAM declutters your WSUS server of unnecessary data like obsolete computer objects and much more. This reclaims valuable storage space and improves overall server performance.
Proactively Catches Issues: WAM can help you identify and fix potential problems before they cause any disruptions to your WSUS service, saving you valuable time and resources.
WSUS is an excellent patching solution, however if it’s not maintained properly, it will become slow, bloated, and cause errors. This eats away at your valuable time. That’s why we recommend pairing WSUS with WAM. It is a powerful combination that will liberate you from troubleshooting WSUS and other tedious tasks.
Get WAM today and get the most out of WSUS!
At AJ Tek, our vision is to make IT simple and automated for other IT professionals. Our flagship product is WAM, WSUS Automated Maintenance. This system performs all of the tasks that a WSUS Administrator needs to do to maintain WSUS properly only leaving the approving of updates and reporting to the WSUS Administrator.
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