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To add the role, you have to reboot to allow the updates to complete the install. Once booted, you have to go and add the wsus role.<br />
This time the role will be added after you complete the option settings, whether you want internal or SQL server to host the db and which option you want for the web/iis config default wsus web ports or you customize. Once complete, you would use the interface to configure your server options, classifications, products, synchronization schedule to retrieve update lists, automatic approval...
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To add the role, you have to reboot to allow the updates to complete the install. Once booted, you have to go and add the wsus role.
This time the role will be added after you complete the option settings, whether you want internal or SQL server to host the db and which option you want for the web/iis config default wsus web ports or you customize. Once complete, you would use the interface to configure your server options, classifications, products, synchronization schedule to retrieve update lists, automatic approval...

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Having trouble installing &nbsp;WSUS on Server 2012 Standard on a physical server.<br />
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Error message: &nbsp;&quot;WSUS Role failed on Windows server 2012 with error&quot;the operation cannot be completed because the server that you specified requires a restart&quot; This is after adding the Role of Windows server update service. After the reboot the Windows update service is not installed. Thanks, Bill
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Having trouble installing  WSUS on Server 2012 Standard on a physical server.

Error message:  "WSUS Role failed on Windows server 2012 with error"the operation cannot be completed because the server that you specified requires a restart" This is after adding the Role of Windows server update service. After the reboot the Windows update service is not installed. Thanks, Bill

How do I install WSUS on Server 2012 Standard

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.

Windows OS

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

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.