SUS Blog
This is the Windows Server Update Services support team blog. We cover all things relating to WSUS and Windows Update.
October Update Tuesday: Security Intelligence Report volume 11 announced
Hello, On this October Update Tuesday, we are releasing the 11th volume of the Security Intelligence...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/11/2011
Advanced Notification for the October 2011 Bulletin Release
Hello, As we do each month, we're providing advanced notification on the release of eight security...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/06/2011
Microsoft releases Security Advisory 2588513
Hello. Today we released Security Advisory 2588513, addressing an information-disclosure issue in...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/26/2011
Cumulative non-security update protects from fraudulent certificates
Today, Microsoft re-released KB2616676 non-security update for customers using Microsoft Windows XP...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/19/2011
Q&A from the September 2011 Security Bulletin Webcast
Hello, Today we published the September Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/16/2011
More on DigiNotar Certificates, and September Bulletins
In an effort to protect customers, last week we released Security Advisory 2607712 along with a...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/13/2011
Advanced Notification for the September 2011 Bulletin Release
Hello everyone,As we do each month, we're providing advanced notification on the release of five...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/08/2011
Microsoft updates Security Advisory 2607712
Today we’re updating Security Advisory 2607712, to announce that based on our investigation,...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/06/2011
More on Microsoft’s response to the DigiNotar compromise
Microsoft’s investigation into the scope and impact of the DigiNotar compromise has continued...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/04/2011
WSUS documentation library updates for August
Just a quick heads up that we posted a couple minor doc updates for WSUS over in TechNet today:...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/01/2011
Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 2607712
Today we’re releasing Security Advisory 2607712, to address at least one fraudulent digital...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/29/2011
Windows Update Clients Unable to Receive Updates with Error 8024402C
Here’s a heads up on yet another cool article I found over on the TechNet Wiki that was written by...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/29/2011
Guidance about WSUS on a Domain Controller
Here’s a heads up on another cool article I found over on the TechNet Wiki today. This is another...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/25/2011
NOW LIVE: The Microsoft TechNet Gallery
As many of you probably already know, for a long time the Script Repository (a special-purpose...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/18/2011
Fixing “File cert verification failed” errors in WSUS
Here’s a heads up on a nice article I found over on the TechNet Wiki today. This is one written by...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/17/2011
Looking for an Anti-Virus exclusion list? Here’s your one-stop shop
Security is something that is at the top of everyone’s mind, but what if your A/V software actually...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/16/2011
Best Practices for Securing WSUS with SSL
Here’s another great article I found while I was checking out what was new over on the TechNet Wiki...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/15/2011
Q&A From the August 2011 Security Bulletin Webcast
Hello, Today we published the August Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/11/2011
BlueHat Prize Q&A with Katie Moussouris
Hi everyone, Black Hat this year was really great. We spent a lot of time talking to people and...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/10/2011
A live BlueHat Prize webcast and the August 2011 security updates
Hello all. It has been very nearly a week since our BlueHat Prize contest announcement at Black Hat....
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/09/2011
Advance Notification Service for the August 2011 Bulletin Release
Hello all. Before we look at next week’s bulletin release, we’d like to recommend...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/03/2011
MSRC Progress Report Shows Continued Progress of MSRC Key Initiatives
Today, the MSRC released its third annual progress report highlighting advancements of key Microsoft...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/27/2011
Announcing the BlueHat Prize for Advancement of Exploit Mitigations
Protecting the general computing ecosystem is a really tough job, and given some of the media...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/27/2011
The WSUS 3.0 SP2 documentation has been updated
Just in case you missed the original announcement, last week we published an updated version of WSUS...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/26/2011
Q&A From July 2011 Security Bulletin Webcast
Hello, Today we published the July Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/15/2011
A guide to exploit mitigations and the July 2011 security bulletin release
Hello all -- Over the years we’ve often talked about exploit mitigations – DEP, ASLR,...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/12/2011
Rustock updates and Advance Notification Service for the July 2011 Security Bulletin Release
Hello all -- This week we released a special Security Intelligence Reportthat showcases some of the...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/07/2011
Service Pack 1 for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Released to WSUS
The WSUS product team just announced that they released SP1 for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 to...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/29/2011
Q&A from June 2011 Security Bulletin Webcast
Hello, Today we published the June Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/18/2011
Autorun-Related Malware sees big declines, plus the June 2011 Microsoft Security Bulletin Release
Looks like the MSRC has some positive news regarding the recent security tightening around Autorun...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/14/2011
Autorun-Related Malware Declines and the June 2011 Security Bulletin Release
Hello there. First off, I’d like to share some news regarding the updates we made to the...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/14/2011
June Advance Notification Service and 10 Immutable Laws Revisited
Before we get into this month’s release, we wanted to alert you to updates to a document...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/09/2011
Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Revision Issue Resolved
A revision was made to the WSUS offering for Windows 7 / Window Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1)...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT] Date: 05/31/2011
Revision made to the WSUS offering for Windows 7 / Window Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Just a quick heads up that we issued a revision to the WSUS offering for Windows 7 / Window Server...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/31/2011
Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Revision Issue
A revision was made to the WSUS offering for Windows 7 / Window Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1)...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT] Date: 05/27/2011
System Center Updates Publisher 2011 now available for download
Just in case you missed it, Jeff Wettlaufer (Senior Technical Product Manager for System Center)...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/24/2011
MS11-018 is re-released for IE7 on Windows XP and Server 2003
Just a quick FYI that yesterday we re-released MS11-018. If you are using Internet Explorer 7 on...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/17/2011
MS11-018 Internet Explorer 7.0 Cumulative Security Update (KB2497640) Revised
MS11-018 (KB2497640) for Internet Explorer 7.0 has been revised today to correct an error in...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT] Date: 05/16/2011
MS11-018 re-released for IE7 on Windows XP and Server 2003
Hello, Today we re-released MS11-018. If you are using Internet Explorer 7 on supported...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/16/2011
Q&A from May 2011 Security Bulletin Webcast
Hello, Today we published the May Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/12/2011
The May 2011 Security Bulletin Release is Here
Just in case you somehow managed to miss the announcement, the May security bulletin release is upon...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/10/2011
May 2011 Security Bulletin Release
Hello everyone, Pete Voss here again, and as I previously mentioned in the Advanced Notification on...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/10/2011
The System Center Blog Aggregator app is now available on Android
A few weeks back I announced the System Center Blog Aggregator app for Windows Phone 7 and today I...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/10/2011
How to create an Internet facing WSUS server that uses different internal and external names
Hi everyone, Joao Madureira here. I’m a Senior Support Escalation Engineer here at Microsoft...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/09/2011
The MSRC announces Exploitability Index improvements & Advance Notification Service for the May 2011 Security Bulletin Release
Today the Microsoft Security Response Center announced changes to Microsoft’s Exploitability Index:...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/05/2011
Exploitability Index Improvements & Advance Notification Service for May 2011 Bulletin Release
Hello everyone, Today we are announcing changes to Microsoft’s Exploitability Index. Since...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/05/2011
Exploitability Index Improvements Now Offer Additional Guidance
Exploitability Index Improvements Now Offer Additional Guidance In October of 2008, Microsoft...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/05/2011
Our WSUS home page has been updated
Just a quick heads up that the Windows Server UA security writing team just announced that our ...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/25/2011
TechNet Wiki: Windows Server Update Services Learning Roadmap Community Edition
Want to get a jump start on learning WSUS? Or maybe you want to hone your expertise on a few...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/21/2011