Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)

This content supports the Plan deployment for updating Windows VMs in Azure Azure Architecture Center article. For information about these files please see that article.

Contents

• Configure-WSUSServer script that allows you to quickly set up a WSUS server that will automatically synchronize and approve updates for a chosen set of products and languages.

• WSUS Configuration JSON file which allow you to configure these options:

  • Whether update payloads should be stored locally (and, if so, where they should be stored), or left on the Microsoft servers.
  • Which products, update classifications, and languages should be available on the server.
  • Whether the server should automatically approve updates for installation or leave updates unapproved unless an administrator approves them.
  • Whether the server should automatically retrieve new updates from Microsoft, and, if so, how often.
  • Whether Express update packages should be used. (Express update packages reduce server-to-client bandwidth at the expense of client CPU/disk usage and server-to-server bandwidth.)
  • Whether the script should overwrite its previous settings. (Normally, to avoid inadvertent reconfiguration that might disrupt server operation, the script will run only once on a given server.)