Month: June 2005

WSUS RequirementsThe following lists the software requirements for WSUS servers and client computers. WSUS Servers• Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 3 (SP3) or Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, or Web Edition.• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0.• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.• Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)2.0;http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=46794.• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1; http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47359.• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1; http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47368. • Both the system partition and the partition on which you install WSUS must be formatted with the NTFS file system.• A minimum of 1 GB free space is required for the system partition.• A minimum of 6 GB free space is … Continue reading Windows Server Update Services Client / Server Requirements aka Check-List

Here you will find WSUS Database Requirements for Windows 2000 & Windows 2003 Servers; On Windows 2000: Install Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) prior to running WSUS Setup & install a security patch, http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47363 to MSDE to protect your WSUS server. For Windows 2003: Although database software is required to install WSUS, it is not listed here because the default WSUS installation on Windows Server 2003 includes Windows SQL Server™ 2000 Desktop Engine (WMSDE) database software. More on http://wsuswiki/WSUSDB

Here are couple of WSUS News Groups where you can post issues related to WSUS; http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/community/newsgroups/default.mspx NEW – Windows Server Update Services mailing list on patchmanagement.org http://www.wsus.info/forums/ http://www.faqshop.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=4 http://myitforum.techtarget.com/forums/tt.asp?appid=46 http://groups.msn.com/NTarabia/ Happy Testing!

NEW – Windows Server Update Services mailing list on http://patchmanagement.org. This is the place to ask questions and share comments about Microsoft’s WSUS server. To subscribe, send a blank email to subscribe-wsus@patchmanagement.org. Check out WSUS Mailing List Frequently Asked Questions on http://www.patchmanagement.org/wsusfaqs.asp Here are couple of WSUS News Groups where you can post issues related to WSUS & SUS. I will be moderating these forums. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/community/newsgroups/default.mspx http://www.wsus.info/forums/ http://www.faqshop.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=4

Windows Server Update Services is now officially avaialbe on http://www.microsoft.com/WSUS. Download it here and find out how you can fully manage the distribution of updates that are released through Microsoft Update to computers in your network. Dont forget to check WSUS FAQ & See WSUS Guides on Microsoft Download 

So, finally WSUS is RTM’d (see here) http://susserver.com is now moved to a new domain http://wsus.info/ The official site http://microsoft.com/WSUS is not updated yet. Here are couple of WSUS News Groups where you can post issues related to WSUS & SUS. I will be moderating these forums. http://www.wsus.info/forums/ http://www.faqshop.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=4 For all the stuff related to WSUS, check out WIKI site on http://wsuswiki.com Stay tuned. Lot’s of excitement to follow.

Long awaited Windows Server Update Services aka WSUS is finally released to manufacturing. This was announced at TechEd Orlando by Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer. Gordon Mangione, Corporate Vice President, Security Business & Technology Unit said, “Specifically, today we announced the availability of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and Microsoft Update (MU). WSUS is an update management component of Windows Server 2003 that enables IT administrators to more easily assess, control and automate the deployment of Microsoft software updates. WSUS gives customers the ability to better secure Windows environments and minimize downtime. MU is the next generation of the popular Windows Update … Continue reading Long awaited Windows Server Update Services is finally Released To Manufacturing