Re: WSUS vs Windowsupdate.microsoft.com - Newbe!

"jzemaitis" <> wrote in message
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> Quick question... My servers are now pointing to WSUS for the first
> time. A server connecting to WSUS, visible in the WSUS console...
> Should you patch that machine using the windowsupdate.microsoft.com? Or
> does that bypass WSUS? It appears that updates that are not approved
> are showing up going that route... Hm. Also, we have a script that will
> run patches remotly using PS tools. Once the remote patch is done and
> the server reports as 100% compliant, going to
> windowsupdate.microsoft.com still shows outstanding updates... is this
> normal?

Let me ask these two questions first:

1. Why have you deployed WSUS, generally speaking?
2. Why have you configured your servers to use WSUS?

In addition to those two questions (which are as much rhetorical as they are
my actual curiosity),
I would also suggest starting with this document, where I suspect you'll
find most of your questions answered.

WSUS Overview
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...29(WS.10).aspx




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