SUS Blog
This is the Windows Server Update Services support team blog. We cover all things relating to WSUS and Windows Update.
December 2014 Updates
Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released seven security updates – three rated Critical...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 12/09/2014
Advance Notification Service for the December 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today, we provide advance notification for the release of seven Security Bulletins. Three of these...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 12/04/2014
Security Bulletin MS14-068 released
Today, we released an out-of-band security update to address a vulnerability in Kerberos which could...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 11/19/2014
Out-of-band release for Security Bulletin MS14-068
On Tuesday, November 18, 2014, at approximately 10 a.m. PST, we will release an out-of-band security...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 11/18/2014
November 2014 Updates
Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 14 security updates – four rated Critical, nine...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 11/11/2014
Advance Notification Service for the November 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today, we provide advance notification for the release of 16 Security Bulletins. Five of these...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 11/06/2014
Security Advisory 3009008 revised
Today, we revised Security Advisory 3009008 to provide an easy, one-click Fix it for customers to...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 10/29/2014
Security Advisory 3010060 released
Today, we released Security Advisory 3010060 to provide additional protections regarding limited,...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 10/21/2014
Security Advisory 3009008 released
Today, we released Security Advisory 3009008 to address a vulnerability in Secure Sockets Layer...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 10/14/2014
October 2014 Updates
Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released eight security updates – three rated Critical...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 10/14/2014
Advance Notification Service for the October 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today, we provide advance notification for the release of nine Security Bulletins. Three of these...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 10/09/2014
September 2014 Security Bulletin Release Webcast and Q&A
Today we’re publishing the September 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 09/12/2014
The September 2014 Security Updates
Today, as a part of our regular Update Tuesday process, we released four security bulletins –...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 09/09/2014
New Guided Walkthrough for troubleshooting problems relating to WSUS agents that are not reporting to a server
We have a new Guided Walkthrough (GWT) that is available which helps identify and resolve issues...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/08/2014
Advance Notification Service for the September 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today, we provide advance notification for the release of four Security Bulletins. One of these...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 09/04/2014
Security Bulletin MS14-045 rereleased
Every month for many years, we’ve released a number of updates focused on the continuous...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 08/27/2014
August 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast and Q&A
Today, we published the August 2014 Security Bulletin webcast questions and answers page along with...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 08/18/2014
August 2014 Security Updates
Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released nine security updates – two rated Critical and...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 08/12/2014
Advance Notification Service for the August 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today, we provide advance notification for the release of nine Security Bulletins. Two of these are...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 08/07/2014
General Availability for Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 5.0
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 07/31/2014
July 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast and Q&A
Today we published the July 2014 Security Bulletin webcast questions and answers page along with the...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 07/14/2014
Security Advisory 2982792 released, Certificate Trust List updated
Today, we are updating the Certificate Trust List (CTL) for all supported releases of Microsoft...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 07/10/2014
Upcoming Update to WSUS (KB 2887535)
We recently announced on the Microsoft Update Product Team Blog a set of changes made to the Windows...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 07/08/2014
Advance Notification Service for the July 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today, we provide advance notification for the release of six Security Bulletins. Two of these are...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 07/03/2014
Driving a Collectively Stronger Security Community with Microsoft Interflow
Today, Microsoft is pleased to announce the private preview of Microsoft Interflow, a security and...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 06/23/2014
Update not available to Clients after approved by WSUS (Update Files failed to download)
Marta Barillas also wrote a significant portion of this blog posting. Some customers have indicated...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 06/17/2014
Microsoft releases Security Advisory 2974294
Today, we released Security Advisory 2974294 to inform global customers about an update for the...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 06/17/2014
June 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast and Q&A
Today we published the June 2014 Security Bulletin webcast questions and answers page along with the...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 06/13/2014
Theoretical Thinking and the June 2014 Bulletin Release
As security professionals, we are trained to think in worst-case scenarios. We run through the land...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 06/10/2014
Advance Notification Service for the June 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today we provide advance notification for the release of seven Bulletins, two rated Critical and...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 06/05/2014
Meet myBulletins: an online security bulletin customization service
Microsoft is committed to promoting a safer, more trusted Internet and providing monthly security...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 05/28/2014
May 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast and Q&A
Today we published the May 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We answered...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 05/16/2014
The May 2014 Security Updates
Today, we released eight security bulletins – two rated Critical and six rated Important...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 05/13/2014
Advance Notification Service for the May 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today we provide Advance Notification Service (ANS) for the release of eight bulletins, two rated...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 05/08/2014
Security Update Released to Address Recent Internet Explorer Vulnerability
Today, we released a security update to address the Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability first...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 05/01/2014
Out-of-Band Release to Address Microsoft Security Advisory 2963983
At approximately 10 a.m. PDT, we will release an out-of-band security update to address the issue...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 05/01/2014
Microsoft releases Security Advisory 2963983
Today, we released Security Advisory 2963983 regarding an issue that impacts Internet Explorer. At...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 04/26/2014
Solution to KB2919355 preventing interaction with WSUS 3.2 over SSL
A fix is now available from Microsoft that resolves the issue where some computers that have the KB...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 04/16/2014
April 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast and Q&A
Today we published the April 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 04/11/2014
Windows 8.1 Update prevents interaction with WSUS 3.2 over SSL
There is a known issue which causes some PCs updated with the Windows 8.1 Update to stop scanning...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 04/08/2014
The April 2014 Security Updates
T. S. Elliot once said, “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 04/08/2014
Advance Notification Service for the April 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today we provide advance notification for the release of four bulletins, two rated Critical and two...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 04/03/2014
The Next Leap Forward in Cyber Defense: Taking Action to Help Defeat Adversaries
It is often said that attackers have an advantage, because the defenders have to protect every part...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 04/02/2014
WSUS Installation Fails with No Specified Error and ‘Tools’ Folder is Missing after WSUS Installation
Symptoms When installing WSUS through the Add Roles and Features Wizard (ARW), the Post-Installation...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 04/01/2014
Reduce your WSUS Server Footprint by Selectively Importing Drivers
Some content in this article was written by Marta Barillas, a SDET on the WSUS team. Did you know...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 03/28/2014
Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 2953095
Today we released Security Advisory 2953095 to notify customers of a vulnerability in Microsoft...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 03/24/2014
Considerations for multiple WSUS instances sharing a content database when using System Center Configuration Manager, but without Network Load Balancing (NLB)
When you use System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) to manage updates, SCCM causes clients not...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 03/22/2014
Configuring WSUS 6.x for Network Load Balancing (NLB)
Some content in this section was written by Marta Barillas, a SDET on the WSUS engineering team.This...
Author: WSUS Product Team Date: 03/22/2014
March 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast and Q&A
Today we published the March 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 03/17/2014