WSUS

In today’s Ask the Admin, I look at how Microsoft is preparing to release the Windows 10 November 2019 Update (19H2) and plans to service the May and November 2019 updates together. Insider for Business customers can also get prerelease support.

This month sees Microsoft designate Windows 10 1903 ready for broad deployment, BitLocker no longer trust SSDs that have built-in hardware encryption, Windows 10 reach 900 million devices, and much more.

Dual Scan enabled clients scan WSUS and WU, but only download Windows patches from Microsoft’s update servers (Windows Update).

In the first part of this series, Russell showed you how to enroll Azure virtual machines to Azure Update Management. In the final part, Russell demonstrates scheduling updates, checking update compliance, and how to enable Update Management on non-Azure VMs.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell explains how you can defer Windows 10 Feature Updates by up to 18 months.

Russell Smith shows you how to configure Operations Management Suite's Update Compliance to monitor Windows updates.

Russell Smith shows you how to use Windows Update for Business policy settings to create deployment rings for Windows 10 Feature Updates.

Find out how Windows Update for Business makes it easier for organizations to keep Windows 10 patched and up-to-date.

Someone asked me recently on Twitter about WSUS in Windows Server 2016 and whether it "still mattered." I think it does, so let me show you how easy it is to install.

Learn how to automate the process of installing Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) on a Windows Server 2016 box.

Learn how to defer upgrades and updates in Windows 10 Professional and Enterprise edition.

Learn how to approve and validate updates in the third and final part of our series on expanding WSUS updates.

We're back with our series on WSUS updates! In pt. 2, learn to install, configure, and publish updates for System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP).

Learn to install SCUP and prepare the code signing certificate in part 1 of this new series on Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).

Patches are your friend. Learn to patch Hyper-V in a failover cluster with Windows Server 2012 Cluster Aware Updating and System Center 2012 SP1 VMM.