Microsoft WSUS 3.0

WSUS Site Design Architecture

David M. Stein — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:36:00 GMT

This session is conceptual in nature and discusses the issues involved with deciding how to construct and manage a WSUS environment. From a single server, to multiple single servers, to hierarchical relationships, geographic and WAN link issues, roles and resources and so forth.

Scaling WSUS Servers

David M. Stein — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:38:00 GMT

This guide explains how and why you would scale from one to multiple WSUS servers in a given environment. This covers adding servers and re-assigning clients via Group Policy to split the workload in a logical manner.

WSUS Reporting Features

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:56:00 GMT

This guide covers the reporting features in WSUS 3.0, including exporting and printing capabilities.

Installing a WSUS Child Replica Server

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:21:00 GMT

This session covers setting up a WSUS server to be a child replica to an upstream WSUS server. We also discuss what a child replica server is, how it works and what features it supports differently than a "normal" WSUS server.

WSUS 3.0 Single Site Installation

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:00:00 GMT

This guide will walk you through a typical installation for a single WSUS server setup. This is the same process as used for multiple WSUS servers, only that you would configure an upstream synchronization server on each of your child servers if you were using a hierarchical structure for WSUS.

Upgrade WSUS 3.0 to Service Pack 1

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:17:00 GMT

This session covers upgrading an existing WSUS 3.0 server to Service Pack 1.

Installing WSUS 3.0 SP1 on Windows Server 2008

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:53:00 GMT

This session will walk you through the process for installing WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 1 on a Windows Server 2008 host from start to finish.

WSUS Database Re-Indexing Maintenance

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:10:00 GMT

This session covers why you would want to re-index your WSUS database and how to properly accomplish this.

Troubleshooting WSUS Servers

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:53:00 GMT

This session covers some of methods you can employ to help track down pesky WSUS issues on your servers.

Troubleshooting WSUS Client Issues

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:10:00 GMT

This session covers various ways and methods you can use to diagnose potential problems occurring on clients within your WSUS managed environment. This focuses on logs and event logs as well as a few other things you can look at which provide clues as to where problems might occur.

Using WSUS Computer Groups

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:19:00 GMT

This session explains what WSUS computer groups are, what they're good for, and how to use them in various ways to make your life easier when it comes to maintaining a managed environment (and having a life at the same time)

Importing Updates with WSUS 3.0

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:16:00 GMT

This session covers how to use the new Import feature to add out-of-band updates to your WSUS deployment pipeline and gain incredibel flexibility and control over your managed environment with minimal effort.

Deploy WSUS to WorkGroup Clients

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:10:00 GMT

This session covers how to properly deploy WSUS to client computers in a Workgroup environment.

Deploying WSUS to Domain Clients

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:07:00 GMT

This session covers how to properly deploy WSUS coveraged to client computers in a domain environment.

WSUS Group Policy Settings

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:32:00 GMT

This session covers all of the available WSUS / Automatic Updates settings provided through Group Policy up to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

WSUS Advanced Options

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:29:00 GMT

This session walks through all of the available advanced options in WSUS 3.0

Filtering Updates in WSUS

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:21:00 GMT

This session demonstrates how to filter update views to suit various needs within WSUS 3.0

Assigning Clients to WSUS Servers

David M. Stein — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:17:00 GMT

This session covers the process for assigning client computers to your WSUS servers, step-by-step.