Preparation of the environment to manage updates deployment consists of two phases:
- Installation and configuration of the WSUS server
- Installation and configuration of the software update point server role
WSUS is a part of the server operating system. Its database can be installed on the SQL server or using Windows Internal Database.
When installing the WSUS server, the administrator needs to point a local folder where the server will store license information for updates.
Note
There are many updates where it is necessary to get to know the license agreement. Specifying the mentioned folder is not a must; however, it is required for Windows Update Agent to also deploy these updates that require accepting of license terms.
After the server is installed, there is a need to perform synchronization of the server with Microsoft Update. The synchronization...