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Thanks, I seen a few articles on the subject but not that specific one.
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Thanks, I seen a few articles on the subject but not that specific one.

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If I bring a 2008 R2 Server online with a clean install of WSUS, can I sync it or move my 2003 WSUS server to it and then remove the old one? <br />
If that is not a easy task, here is my follow-up question. Instead of downloading thousands of updates, can I change Group Policy to look at the new WSUS server even though it has no approved updates yet. That way when I look at the available updates I should get the special icon that shows that an update is needed by these pcs once the report status? <br />
Thanks.
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If I bring a 2008 R2 Server online with a clean install of WSUS, can I sync it or move my 2003 WSUS server to it and then remove the old one? 
If that is not a easy task, here is my follow-up question. Instead of downloading thousands of updates, can I change Group Policy to look at the new WSUS server even though it has no approved updates yet. That way when I look at the available updates I should get the special icon that shows that an update is needed by these pcs once the report status? 
Thanks.

WSUS Move

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

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

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

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.