How to Approve WSUS Updates

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In this video I am going to show you how to approve Windows patches with WSUS (Windows Server Update Services)

[derekmorehead]

Great video. Very thorough. If I may offer some advice.

At 2:04, you describe Critical Updates as updates that "could allow a worm to be spread through your environment". This is not accurate. Critical Updates are not related to security at all. Microsoft defines Critical updates as "a widely released fix for a specific problem that addresses a critical, non-security-related bug".

Also, at 4:10 and throughout the second half of your video, you approve every Windows 10 update, many of which include several updates for Language Packs. Unless you have Language Packs deployed for all of these languages (which is highly unlikely), they should not be approved. Approving all of those extraneous updates is only going to increase your WSUS catalog size and increase the memory overhead required for clients to scan against that catalog. You should only approve the updates that are applicable to your environment.

But great content and delivery. Keep 'em coming.

[minnesotanice]

awesome video! I always wondered how patches were pushed out love your content

[josed]

Thank you, i was confused as to how i would select the different computer groups. first time doing this and i want to learn as much i could before i started approving updates.

[Ensure-icit]

Nice Video! quick question, how do you delete backlog of updates off local drive on the WSUS Server?

[yan-liche]

Hi, where is the next video?

Thank you!

[themickdon]

Hi @server academy... I have a problem that i hope you can push me in the right direction. when i approve updates, it doesn't install at the right time (time configured on my GPO). I checked the time on the computer, i checked the GPO but it's just not doing right. For example, i approved for monday night: from 6PM - 7AM. I get on the client computer on tuesday, and it's trying update during working hours.

[lylevandermerwe]

Hi guys...I’m having a bit of an issue and was hoping someone could assist. After an in-place upgrade from server 2008 r2 to 2012 r2 the server reports to WSUS and no updates are being pushed to the server. Please help.

[praveenk]

Hi Sir, Please help we are using WSUS service. We need to Puch updates to client machine which are not connected to office organisation. Without VPN connection any options are there sir?. Over the internet. Please suggest any alternate tool or services sir which are free and paid please suggest both. Like Microsoft intune. Thank you sir 😊.

[attilavidacs]

Just wondering why you're approving superseded updates?

[shabeehsayed]

I cant generate reports . Any ideas how to. I get error generating report message.

[Ilikecatsanddogs]

Do we need those language packs to be installed?

[LFCGavster]

Im unable to connect update services to a server?

[adansaed]

when i approve the updates it won't download the updates what shall i do

[SimplyTek]

Hi, Some approves are superseded by another approve. If we approve them all, it will download all these patches and will occupy to much space in our storage. How can we know which one is the latest one or the correct one to approve?

[HITARIX]

All you did was manually tell clients to download a hell of a lot of language packs. Waste of disk space with no automation.