SUS Blog
This is the Windows Server Update Services support team blog. We cover all things relating to WSUS and Windows Update.
November 2008 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions and Answers
Over on the MSRC blog they posted on the availability of this months webcast covering the questions...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/17/2008
WSUS clients install updates properly but don't send any status reports back to the server
Here's a cool tip and a cool tool that was sent to me by Joe Tindale, one of the top Support...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/12/2008
TechNet Webcast: Information About Microsoft November Security Bulletins
Just a quick FYI that we have a webcast discussing the November security bulletins tomorrow at...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/11/2008
November 2008 Bulletin Release
Over on the MSRC blog they have a post about the two bulletins included in the November 2008...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/11/2008
Updated Knowledge Base articles for 11-2 through 11-8
We had two updated Knowledge Base articles for the week. One is the old familiar 894199 article but...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/11/2008
News and Support information - Now on Twitter
Hi everyone, just a quick FYI that if you're signed up for Twitter you can now receive Tweets on all...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/06/2008
Latest on MS08-067
Looks like Christopher Budd over on the MSRC blog has another update on MS08-067 for us. Overall not...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/06/2008
How to manually remove all of WSUS
NOTE: This article is out of date and no longer applies. We are researching alternaitves and will...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/05/2008
Updated Knowledge Base articles for 10-26 through 11-1
We had three updated Knowledge Base articles for the week - two on Microsoft Update and one on WSUS....
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/04/2008
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Now Available
OK, I know this isn't WSUS specific but it was just too cool to let slide under the radar. Today, at...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/03/2008
A quick update on MS08-067 and Microsoft Security Advisory 958963
Over on the MSRC blog Christopher Budd posted a quick update on the latest information around...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/03/2008
New additions: Windows Live OneCare and System Center Online
Over on the WSUS product team blog Cecilia announced a couple new additions: ----- Windows Live...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/30/2008
WSUS clients fail synchronization with 0x80244015 and 0x8024400D errors
Here's a good WSUS tip from Joe Tindale, one of the top Senior Support Escalation Engineer in our...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/29/2008
MS08-067 - Out-Of-Band Security Bulletin Webcast Q&A
Yesterday the MSRC blog had a post about the Q&A session for the out-of-band MS08-067 security...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/28/2008
Updated Knowledge Base articles for 10-19 through 10-25
We had three updated Knowledge Base articles for the week - one on Microsoft Update and two on WSUS....
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/27/2008
MS08-067 Released
Remember when I said we posted an advance notification of an out-of-band security bulletin that was...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/23/2008
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for October 2008
Just a quick FYI that we posted an advance notification of an out-of-band security bulletin that is...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/23/2008
New product family available to WSUS - Forefront Stirling Beta
First it was the Silverlight update rollup, next it's the Forefront 'Stirling' beta. Over on the...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/22/2008
October 2008 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions and Answers
Over on the MSRC blog they posted last months Q&A online so you can catch up on what they...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/21/2008
WSUS: The latest Silverlight update rollup was released today
Just an FYI that over on the WSUS product team blog there's a post about the release of the latest...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/21/2008
New and Updated Knowledge Base articles for 10-12 through 10-18
We had two updated Knowledge Base articles for the week - one on Windows Update and one on WSUS....
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/21/2008
WSUS: Updates page times out while trying to view or approve updates
Hello, Joe Tindale here from the WSUS team to give you some tips on those timeout errors you may see...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/20/2008
Supported configurations for using WSUS to distribute Forefront Client Security Definition updates within SCCM 2007
Just a quick FYI on a recent Knowledge Base article we released describing the supported...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/16/2008
Cool WSUS troubleshooting tools and script examples
You're probably already well aware of Microsoft's CodePlex open source project hosting website but...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/16/2008
Want to stay current on all the new KB articles? Here's how
If you're in charge of administering WSUS then chances are you're pretty concerned with making sure...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/15/2008
WSUS: Console fails to connect with "The WSUS administration console was unable to connect to the WSUS Server via the remote API" error
Here's an interesting one that was recently written up by David Kirchmer, one of our Senior Support...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/15/2008
October 2008 Monthly Bulletin Release
Over on the Microsoft Security Response Center blog they posted the updates included in the October...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/14/2008
TechNet Webcast: Deploying Windows Vista Service Pack 1
There's a new webcast planned that I thought you might be interested in. It basically covers what's...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/14/2008
New and Updated Knowledge Base articles for 10-5 through 10-11
We had four updated Knowledge Base articles for the week - two on Windows Update, one on WSUS and...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/13/2008
Coming Soon: New BizTalk Server Product Family and Host Integration Server Product Categories
In case you missed it, the WSUS product recently announced that in a few days you will see a new...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/09/2008
"Office Communications Server" becomes “Office Communications Server and Office Communicator”
Over on the WSUS product team blog they announced that later this month you will see the product...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/08/2008
New and Updated Knowledge Base articles for 9-28 through 10-4
We had one updated and eight new Knowledge Base articles for the week - five on Windows Update and...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/06/2008
New and Updated Knowledge Base articles for 9-21 through 9-27
We had nine new and one updated Knowledge Base article for the week - links and titles are below:...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/01/2008
Troubleshooting WSUS
If you've been working with WSUS for a while then you're probably already aware of...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/25/2008
WSUS: Client sync fails with 80072ee7 and 0x8024402c errors in WindowsUpdate.log
Here's a cool tip that comes from Joe Tindale, one of our top Senior Support Escalation Engineers...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/24/2008
Updated Knowledge Base articles for 9-7 through 9-13
We had two updated Knowledge Base articles for the week: One on WSUS and one on Microsoft Update....
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/23/2008
Updated Knowledge Base articles for 8-31 through 9-6
We had nine updated Knowledge Base articles for the week: One on WSUS, six on Windows Update and two...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/22/2008
WSUS clients fail with WARNING: SyncServerUpdatesInternal failed: 0x80244010
Here’s an issue we have been seeing lately that I wanted to let you know about. If...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/18/2008
New Category for Microsoft Expression Product Family
In case you missed this over on the WSUS product team blog, in the next few weeks they'll be adding...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/18/2008
Extending the size of the SoftwareDistribution.log and Change.log
Have you ever wanted to extend the size of your softwaredistribution.log and/or change.log? If so...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/17/2008
New Revisions for MS08-053 (KB954156) and MS08-054 (KB954154)
In case you missed the announcement, the WSUS product team has released new revisions for MS08-053...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/16/2008
.NET Framework updates not being offered to Windows XP SP3 computers
A week or so back I mentioned that KB943729 is detected as not applicable on Windows XP Service Pack...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/16/2008
New and Updated Knowledge Base articles for 8-31 through 9-6
We had seven new or updated Knowledge Base articles for the week: Six on Windows Update and one on...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/15/2008
WSUS: KB943729 detected as not applicable on Windows XP SP3 installations
We're getting a few calls on this one so I thought it would be worth a mention here. Thanks to Joe...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/04/2008
WSUS: Windows Vista clients reboot automatically even though a user is logged on
Here's an interesting WSUS/Vista issue written up Joe Tindale, a Senior Support Escalation Engineer...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/03/2008
WSUS: New and Updated Knowledge Base articles for 8-24 through 8-30
We had three updated Update related Knowledge Base articles for the week: Two on Microsoft Update...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/02/2008
New Visual Studio 8 product category added to your WSUS server Products and Classifications dialog
Wait, didn't I just post something about new product categories? I yea, I did. Well there's one more...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/28/2008
WSUS: Two new product categories in the WSUS Synchronization Options dialogs
The good folks over in the WSUS product group recently posted on their blog about two new product...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/28/2008
WSUS: Service Packs may be reported as not applicable even though they are installed
The question about how Service Packs are reported is one that seems to come up all the time, and...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/27/2008
Missing End User License Agreement (EULA) will cause error 0x80240033 in the UpdatesHandler.log
Here's an interesting issue written up by Scott Ellison, a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in our...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/26/2008