SUS Blog
This is the Windows Server Update Services support team blog. We cover all things relating to WSUS and Windows Update.
Update released for MS09-054
From the MSRC blog: Today we released an update 976749 that addresses two issues with MS09-054 that...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/03/2009
Upgrading WSUS Service Pack 1 to Service Pack 2
I get this question every once in a while so I thought I’d share what I learned here. We have...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/02/2009
New WSUS Product Category for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
In case you missed the announcement on Friday, there will be a new product category added to the...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/26/2009
Troubleshooting and data gathering for WSUS
I was working with the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) support team a few months back looking...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/21/2009
Questions and answers from the October security bulletin webcast
The folks at the MSRC have posted the questions and answers from the security bulletin webcast we...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/21/2009
The System Center Online Desktop Manager beta is coming soon
You’ve heard about it and read about and now you’ll soon have the chance to try it out...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/14/2009
October 2009 Security Bulletin Release
Below is the summary of Microsoft’s Security Bulletin Release for October 2009: This month, we...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/14/2009
Visual Studio product family to be renamed "Developer Tools, Runtimes, and Redistributables"
Looks like soon the Visual Studio product family will be renamed to "Developer Tools, Runtimes, and...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/13/2009
October 2009 Bulletin Release Advance Notification
The folks over on the MSRC blog just announced Advance Notification for the October 2009 Security...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/08/2009
September 2009 Security Bulletin Webcast Video and Customer Q and A
In case you missed the announcement last Friday, the MSRC released the September 2009 security...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/15/2009
New WSUS KB: KB974500 - After you disable the "Download express installation files" option, client computers may be unable to receive new updates
We had a new WSUS related Knowledge Base article published last week, this one describing an issue...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/14/2009
Microsoft Security Advisory 975497 Released
Just a heads up that yesterday we released Security Advisory 975497 that provides information about...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/09/2009
September 2009 Security Bulletin Release
This month we released five critical bulletins to address vulnerabilities in Windows and protect...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/08/2009
Microsoft Security Advisory 975191 Released
Just a heads up in case you missed the announcement over on the Microsoft Security Response Center...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/02/2009
New WSUS KB: KB972455 - Description of Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2
We had a new WSUS related Knowledge Base article published last week, this one describing all the...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/01/2009
Internet Explorer 8 is now available via WSUS
In case you missed the big news over on the IEBlog, on Tuesday they announced that they have made...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/27/2009
WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 2 is now available
Looks like the WSUS product team just released WSUS SP2 to the web along with a Knowledge Base...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/26/2009
Powershell package in KB926139 only offers update to WinXP SP3, not SP2
We’ve been getting a couple questions about this so I wanted to let everyone know what the status...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/20/2009
Notification of revised WSUSScn2.cab released on 08/17/2009
On Monday the WU/MU team released a revised WSUSSCN2.CAB file. This new cab file addresses reported...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/19/2009
August 2009 Security Bulletin Webcast Video and Customer Q&A
Looks like the folks on the MSRC blog just posted the August security bulleting webcast and customer...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/18/2009
FYI: Re-offer reports confirmed for KB973869
I just wanted to let you know that the MU team has investigated some reports that the KB973869...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/17/2009
Notification of revised WSUSScn2.cab released on 08/03/2009
This afternoon the WU/MU team released a revised WSUSSCN2.CAB file. This new cab file address...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/03/2009
New WSUS KB: After upgrading to WSUS 3.0 SP2 on Small Business Server 2008, only the local language is enabled
We had one new WSUS related Knowledge Base article published last week, this one regarding an issue...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/03/2009
Microsoft Security Advisory 973882, Microsoft Security Bulletins MS09-034 and MS09-035 Released
Just an FYI that we released: 973882 - Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/28/2009
July 2009 Out-of-Band releases scheduled for tomorrow (7/28)
Just an FYI that an out of band release is scheduled for tomorrow at 10:00am Pacific time. The...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/27/2009
Jumping on the Facebook bandwagon
I was looking around Facebook the other day and thought “Wow, there sure are a lot of companies out...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/20/2009
Microsoft Security Advisory 973472 Released
Just an FYI that we just posted Microsoft Security Advisory 973472, an update that highlights a...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/13/2009
Questions about Timing and Microsoft Security Advisory 972890
I just posted about the MSRC’s Advance Notification for the July 2009 security bulleting release but...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/09/2009
Advance Notification for the July 2009 Security Bulletin Release
The folks over on the MSRC blog just posted the July 2009 Advance Notification for the July 2009...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/09/2009
Windows XP Service Pack 3 install fails with errors 0x8007f00d and 0x8007f02b
I had an interesting case last week and since it was caused by applying a workaround for another...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/07/2009
Microsoft Security Advisory 972890 Released
Just and FYI that we’ve released Microsoft Security Advisory 972890. This discusses new, limited...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/06/2009
How to move WSUS from one server to another
Sometimes you may find that it’s necessary to move your WSUS server from one machine to...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/02/2009
Coming soon: Two new updates for .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
We are planning on releasing two updates related to the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. Both of...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/23/2009
FCS update re-offer problem resolved – Update now available on WSUS
I see that the WSUS product team just made an announcement about the FCS update re-offer problem and...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/22/2009
Summary of Microsoft’s monthly security bulletin release for June 2009
In case you somehow caught a sudden case of amnesia and forgot that we were releasing the June...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/10/2009
June 2009 Advance Notification: Tomorrow we will be releasing a total of 10 security bulletins
Just a heads up that tomorrow, June 9 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific, we will be releasing a total of 10...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/08/2009
Microsoft Security Advisory 971778 Vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow Released
Just and FYI that we’ve released Microsoft Security Advisory 971778. This discusses a new...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/01/2009
Two new WSUS product categories for Office Communicator Server and Office Communicator
Just an FYI that the WSUS product team announced the release of 2 new categories for “Office...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/28/2009
WSUS 3.0 SP2 RC Program now available on Microsoft Connect!
Looks like Cecilia Cole announced the availability of the WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 2 Release Candidate...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/26/2009
Examining some common problems for Software Update Points
Here’s a great article that our Product Quality Program Manager for Configuration Manager recently...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/26/2009
Coming soon - A new product family: Live Search
Just an FYI that earlier today the WSUS product team officially announced the new Live Search...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/21/2009
Coming soon to WSUS - Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2
Looks like the Microsoft Update Product Team blog just announced that Service Pack 2 for Windows...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/21/2009
A quick fix for Windows Update client issues
Many times here in the WSUS product support group we get calls that boil down to some sort of issue...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/21/2009
FYI: We just posted Microsoft Security Advisory 971492
Actually this was last evening but in case you missed it here are the details from the MSRC blog:...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/20/2009
Security Bulletin Webcast Video, Questions and Answers – May 2009
In case you missed it on Friday, the folks over at the MSRC blog posted their webcast Question and...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/18/2009
Installing WSUS 3.0 SP1 through Windows Server 2008 SP2 Server Manager
The good folks over on the WSUS product team blog just published a great post on how to install WSUS...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/13/2009
May 2009 Security Bulletin Release
Just saw this on the MSRC blog and thought I’d give everyone a heads up: Today we released one...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/12/2009
.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Family Update package revisions coming soon!
Just an FYI that today over on the WSUS Product Team blog they announced that .NET Framework 3.5 SP1...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/07/2009
Resolving the duplicate SUSClientID issue, or “Why don’t all my clients show up in the WSUS console?”
A common issue we seem to get calls on again and again is the issue where a customer has WSUS...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/05/2009