Phew! Long title for sure. Here's a stupid challenge for you: Drink three imported beers in quick succession and repeat the title of this post ten times as fast as you can. Go ahead, I'll wait... I ran across this on the TechNet blog site and...
You know, what gets me is the dichotomy that exists with WS08. It's actually more about Microsoft than WS08 though. I absolutely LOVE WS08 as far as technical features go. It rocks. It's truly an amazing product. But, and there is a "but"...
If you haven't read it already, this post by Cecilia Cole at Microsoft is extremely helpful and concise. It illustrates the use of the "Import Updates" feature in WSUS 3.0 as well. She also explains at the end that this manual process will be addressed...