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&nbsp; I have SBS2011 and one disk was running out of HD space, so I have decided to check it out. I noticed that there was WSUS folder with 53GB of space.<br />
&nbsp; How can I purge them?<br />
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Hi, 

  I have SBS2011 and one disk was running out of HD space, so I have decided to check it out. I noticed that there was WSUS folder with 53GB of space.
  How can I purge them?

Thanks.

WSUS folder exceeding 53GB on SBS2011

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), previously known as Software Update Services (SUS), is a computer program developed by Microsoft that enables administrators to manage the distribution of updates and hotfixes released for Microsoft products to computers.