SUS Blog
This is the Windows Server Update Services support team blog. We cover all things relating to WSUS and Windows Update.
Two new Update related KB articles for the week of April 26 – May 2, 2009
We had two new Update related KBs that were published last week, both regarding errors you might get...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/04/2009
New WSUS Knowledge Base article available: KB970605
We had one new WSUS related KB article published last week, this one regarding an issue where even...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/27/2009
So how many blogs does Microsoft have?
Everywhere you look these days it’s all about blogs. Blogs here, blogs there, they’re all over...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/22/2009
Security Bulletin Webcast Questions and Answers - April 2009
Over on the MSRC blog they posted this months Q&A in case you want to see everything that was...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/20/2009
April 2009 Security Bulletin Webcast now available
Just an FYI that the folks over on the MSRC blog just posted their April 2009 Security Bulletin...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/16/2009
April 2009 Security Bulletin video overview
The good folks over at the MSRC blog just posted the overview video for the April Security Bulletins...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/14/2009
Service Pack 2 for Office 2007 coming to WSUS this month
Just an FYI that according to Cecilia Cole, WSUS Program Manager, SP2 for Office 2007 is coming to...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/13/2009
A quick note on the Windows Server Update Services life cycle
We often get questions about when the support End of Life (EOL) is for a particular piece of...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/09/2009
The March 2009 Monthly Security Bulletin Release
The March 2009 security bulletins have been released and we have a grand total of three, including...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 03/10/2009
March 2009 Security Bulletin Advanced Notification
Just a heads up that the good folks over on the Microsoft Security Response Center blog just posted...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 03/05/2009
Clearing the Synchronization history in the WSUS console
You know how after you’ve been using WSUS for a while and you go into the admin console, then to the...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 03/04/2009
New WSUS Knowledge Base article available: KB968248
We had one new WSUS related KB article publish last week, this one regarding Symantec Endpoint...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 03/03/2009
.NET 3.5 SP1 and Family Update Information
Looks like over on the WSUS product team blog they’ve addressed some of the more common questions we...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 03/02/2009
Want to help shape the next version of System Center Configuration Manager?
I know this isn't WSUS specific but since so many of you probably use Configuration Manager as well...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/26/2009
Microsoft Security Advisory (968272) is now available
The folks over on the MSRC blog just posted a note saying that Microsoft Security Advisory (968272)...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/24/2009
Two new Windows Update/Microsoft Update KB articles available
Just an FYI that we had a couple Windows Update/Microsoft Update related Knowledge Base articles...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/24/2009
Troubleshooting guide for issues where WSUS clients are not reporting in
This guide is written to assist specifically in troubleshooting WSUS when clients are not reporting...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/19/2009
February 2009 Security Bulletin Webcast Videos
Looks like the good folks over on the Microsoft Security Response Center blog now have streaming...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/18/2009
WSUS 3.0 console fails to open with "MMC could not create the snap-in" error
We've seen a couple instances of an issue here lately that I wanted to mention just in case anyone...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/17/2009
Security Bulletin Webcast Questions and Answers - February 2009
The good folks over on the Microsoft Security Response Center blog posted February's Q&A session...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/16/2009
More Conficker updates from the Microsoft Security Response Center
Looks like the MSRC folks have a couple new updates regarding the Conficker worm. The first is...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/16/2009
February monthly security bulleting release
I just saw that the folks over on the MSRC blog just posted the info for the February security...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/11/2009
New Information Pages on Conficker
Just an FYI that the MSRC blog posted two new pages that provide information you can use to protect...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/09/2009
Advance Notification for the February security bulletin release
Looks like the MSRC blog just announced advance notification for the February security bulletin...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/05/2009
Unable to Publish Updates using SCUP - Exception occurred during publishing
I was talking to my buddy Clifton Hughes today and he mentioned an interesting issue that we've seen...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/05/2009
WSUS: Downloadmgr error 0x80072AFC after approving updates
I was talking with my good friend Joao Madureira about some of the recent issues he's been seeing on...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/02/2009
Microsoft Management Summit 2009
I know many of you will probably be heading to Las Vegas for MMS 2009 and if so we have all the...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/29/2009
WSUS 3.0 SP2 beta now available
Today the WSUS product group launched the WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 2 beta program over on our Connect...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/26/2009
Centralized Information About The Conficker Worm
Just an FYI in case you missed it, but over on the Microsoft Malware Protection Center blog they...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/26/2009
Installing WSUS 3.0 SP1 through Window Server 2008 SP1 Server Manager
Just an FYI in case you missed it, but the WSUS product team just posted a great article that shows...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/20/2009
January 2009 Security Bulletin Webcast Q&A
Just a quick FYI that the Q&A for the January Security Bulletin Webcast has been posted at...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/15/2009
January 2009 Monthly Security Bulletin Release
Just a quick FYI that we released Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-001 today. This security update...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/13/2009
Just posted: Advance Notification for next week’s January 2009 security bulletin release
Over on the Microsoft Security Response Center blog they posted their Advance Notification for next...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/08/2009
Where did all the posts go?
Many of us are beginning to pack things up and head out for the holidays so I just wanted to give...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/18/2008
Tips for installing clients to Windows SteadyState PCs
The post below was something I submitted to my SMSandMOM blog but I thought you might also like to...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/17/2008
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2008
Just an FYI that we're releasing an out-of-band security bulletin to address 961051 tomorrow at...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/16/2008
SUSFP detects that MS08-062 patches are needed even though IIS is not installed on target machine
Here's another issue you may want to be aware of if you're still using the old SUSFP scan engine to...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/16/2008
FYI: The Microsoft Security Advisory 961051 was updated last Friday
Just an FYI in case you missed it but last Friday we updated some of the information surrounding...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/15/2008
New Microsoft Security Advisory: 961051 - Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution
Just an FYI that we just released a new advisory for an IE related issue. The intro and a link are...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/11/2008
When will the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 be pushed to Windows Update?
Now there's a question I'm not completely unfamiliar with. And for good reason, as this is an...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/10/2008
December 2008 Monthly Security Bulletins Released
Looks like the December 2008 monthly security bulletins are out and the new ones include: MS08-070:...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/09/2008
Advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on December 9, 2008
Just a quick FYI on the security bulletins scheduled to release next week: ======== Microsoft...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/05/2008
WSUS client updates fail with error 80072F8F after configuring a self-signed certificate in IIS
Here's a cool tip that was sent to me by Joao Madureira, a Support Escalation Engineer in our WSUS...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/03/2008
WUAHandler.log - Failed to Add Update Source for WUAgent - Error = 0x80040692
Here's a great tip on an issue you may run into if your using WSUS and ConfigMgr 2007 for updates...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/02/2008
New and updated Knowledge Base articles for 11-16 through 11-22
Sorry for the delay in posting the new KB's but I took a couple days for Thanksgiving and I'm just...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/02/2008
Explaining the detection logic of MS08-052
Mike Johnson, a Senior Support Escalation Engineer for WSUS, recently sent me some interesting info...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/20/2008
More on throttling WSUS downloads
I know I've touched on this before thanks to WSUS Senior Support Engineer Ellis George, but...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/19/2008
Didn't pass that Microsoft Certification exam? Get a free second shot
Just an FYI that Microsoft is offering a free second chance to pass that Microsoft Certification...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/18/2008
Updated Knowledge Base articles for 11-9 through 11-15
We had three updated Knowledge Base articles for the week. One is the old familiar 894199 article...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/17/2008