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WSUS - is it faster?

Hello Experts, I have installed WSUS and have a few questions.
1. Should my "downloads" to the clients be faster? I have WSUS running and I just setup about 6 workstations and the "download" did not seem any faster while updating Windows 7, etc.. Should it be or do I have the wrong expectation?

2. Do I have to manually update what I accept? My thought was that WSUS should provide a local copy of all the Windows/Office products that we use and that it would essentially replace my clients going out to the internet and download helping with bandwidth and performance of downloading updates. I did not expect to have to "approve" all the updates all the time. Am I missing the purpose of WSUS? NOTE: I do like the option of being able to manage/control updates but I don't need this now.

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Ok, that makes sense that it is NOT super fast but the bandwidth is limited by external and that multiple stations are downloading all at once, etc.. I will review WSUS setting to see the automatic update. I have already set the GPO to point to the server and reboot, etc..

Thanks for the feedback.