by Adam J. Marshall | Last updated 2023.02.09 | Published on 2022.11.09 | Blog, Guides, WSUS
You probably already know that backing up your Windows Server Updates Services is crucial. You want to back up because restores are faster than rebuilding WSUS. Although it’s not difficult to rebuild, it takes valuable time we know you don’t have. Your WSUS...
by Adam J. Marshall | Last updated 2023.01.18 | Published on 2022.11.09 | Blog, Guides, WSUS
You probably already know that backing up your Windows Server Update Services is crucial. You want to back up because restores are faster than rebuilding WSUS. Although it’s not difficult to rebuild, it takes valuable time we know you don’t have. Your WSUS...
by Adam J. Marshall | Last updated 2023.05.20 | Published on 2022.06.02 | Guides, WSUS
If you try to install WSUS on Server 2022 using the Windows Internal Database (WID) or SQL Server you may get a “WSUS Post-deployment Configuration Failed” error message. If you go look at the Post-Install log, you will see:...
by Adam J. Marshall | Last updated 2022.10.29 | Published on 2021.10.28 | Blog, Guides, WSUS
I’ve successfully in-place upgraded a WSUS/PDQ Deploy/PDQ Inventory server from Server 2012 > Server 2012R2 > Server 2019 > Server 2022. It is a VM that is appropriately sized for the 3 roles that it has. Caveats with WSUS: After the in-place upgrades,...
by Adam J. Marshall | Last updated 2022.10.29 | Published on 2021.06.24 | Guides, WSUS
If you want to Reset the Windows Update GPO Settings because you are moving away from WSUS, or you need to for troubleshooting purposes (sometimes corruption in the registry permissions prevent expected changes from happening), the easiest way to do this is to remove...
by Admin | Last updated 2023.07.25 | Published on 2021.06.16 | Blog, WSUS
Microsoft has officially announced that Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) users will no longer be able to synchronize and download updates starting on October 31, 2021. While this may be a surprise to some, the writing has been on the wall...