WSUS vs ConfigMgr/SCCM

WSUS vs ConfigMgr/SCCM

WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) and Microsoft Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr/SCCM) are both Microsoft products. While they’re often discussed together, especially in relation to updates, they are two distinct products. In the most general terms, WSUS is...
Plan WSUS Maintenance

Plan WSUS Maintenance

How often do you perform WSUS maintenance? Is it a monthly task? Quarterly? Or maybe even yearly? You need to have a plan for WSUS maintenance. Microsoft recommends monthly maintenance. But ideally, you should be proactively maintaining your servers and database for...
How to Easily Decline WSUS Updates

How to Easily Decline WSUS Updates

If you do not need—or do not want to deploy—certain updates to your network ever, you need to manually select and decline updates. Declining updates for the sake of managing what you see in the update views is NOT the way to manage WSUS. You should scope your views...
How to Automate WSUS Maintenance

How to Automate WSUS Maintenance

How much time do you spend on WSUS maintenance? Do you put it off because of the time it requires, or do you just dread the monotonous tasks of going through updates? Do you even know that you need to do WSUS maintenance? Did you know that there is an easy way to...
Why WAM is Only Available for Purchase by Credit Card

Why WAM is Only Available for Purchase by Credit Card

In order to keep WAM affordable for businesses and to continue providing prompt support and new development, we streamline our ordering process. That includes having all our transactions done online so that customers can purchase a WAM license and immediately begin...