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So are you saying automatic updates are configured to &quot;pull&quot; approved updates from your WSUS server, as opposed to directly from Microsoft?<br />
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And ultimately, if automatic updates is not configured on a server, it wont be &quot;pulling&quot; updates from your WSUS Server, so will ultimately fall behind on patch status?
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So are you saying automatic updates are configured to "pull" approved updates from your WSUS server, as opposed to directly from Microsoft?

And ultimately, if automatic updates is not configured on a server, it wont be "pulling" updates from your WSUS Server, so will ultimately fall behind on patch status?

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What role does &quot;automatic updates&quot; play on windows server in relation to WSUS. I have run some MBSA reports over windows file servers, and the only server massively behind on patch status does not have the automatic updates feature &nbsp;configured. I am guessing this plays a role in interacting with WSUS? Can anyone give an example on the role it plays with WSUS?
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What role does "automatic updates" play on windows server in relation to WSUS. I have run some MBSA reports over windows file servers, and the only server massively behind on patch status does not have the automatic updates feature  configured. I am guessing this plays a role in interacting with WSUS? Can anyone give an example on the role it plays with WSUS?

automatic updates feature windows server

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Microsoft Server OS

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Microsoft server applications are those applications developed specifically, but not necessarily exclusively, on the Windows Server platform. In addition to well-known products like SQL Server, Exchange, Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft Dynamics, Forefront, Lync and Sharepoint, they include applications like Skype, BizTalk, Hyper-V, Groove and Commerce Server. Server applications are managed with the Microsoft System Center.

Microsoft Server Apps

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.