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Thanks for clearing that up. &nbsp;I've managed to get a satisfactory update schedule in place now.
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Thanks for clearing that up.  I've managed to get a satisfactory update schedule in place now.

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Hi Everyone<br />
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I have finally got WSUS configured and updating my clients as I want. &nbsp;I have set critical and security updates to Auto Approval and everything else to install automatically once specifically approved.<br />
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Assuming everything is OK with the Test OU I will push out to the rest of the domain. &nbsp;I havent yet got round to the servers as I wanted to make certain I wasn't rebooting them unexpectedly.<br />
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I just have a couple of things that I wanted to clear up. &nbsp;<br />
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1. &nbsp;Am I right in thinking the Microsoft Updates are released monthly (every 2nd Tuesday) ?<br />
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2. Is there any websites or similar that list known problematic updates so I'm not blindly approving things that could cause a problem. &nbsp;I have had a look at the Microsoft Update website and it appears to show Known Issues that the updates will fix. &nbsp;We had a problem some time back with an Office update and it took a lot of googling to identify the specific update.<br />
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Thanks for reading :)
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Hi Everyone

I have finally got WSUS configured and updating my clients as I want.  I have set critical and security updates to Auto Approval and everything else to install automatically once specifically approved.

Assuming everything is OK with the Test OU I will push out to the rest of the domain.  I havent yet got round to the servers as I wanted to make certain I wasn't rebooting them unexpectedly.

I just have a couple of things that I wanted to clear up.  

1.  Am I right in thinking the Microsoft Updates are released monthly (every 2nd Tuesday) ?

2. Is there any websites or similar that list known problematic updates so I'm not blindly approving things that could cause a problem.  I have had a look at the Microsoft Update website and it appears to show Known Issues that the updates will fix.  We had a problem some time back with an Office update and it took a lot of googling to identify the specific update.

Thanks for reading :)

WSUS 2012R2 Update Approvals

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.

WSUS

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REST

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