Tag Archives: WSUS

WSUS to offer Edge V 109 as an update (Sept. 14, 2023)

Posted on 2023-09-16 by guenni

[German]Brief note and question for the administrators among the readership. I just received a reader note that Microsoft has received an update of Edge Build 109.0.1518.140 on WSUS and that there may be conflicts because more recent versions are overwritten. … Continue reading →

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WSUS bug preventing updates distributed to Windows 11 22H2/Server 2022 fixed

Posted on 2023-07-31 by guenni

[German]Since February 2022 there was the problem that in Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) updates could not be distributed to clients running Windows 11 22H2 as well as Windows Server 2022. I had even published a corresponding post on the … Continue reading →

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PSA: WSUS import is now required via PowerShell

Posted on 2023-07-27 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has started to disable the possibility to import updates manually in WSUS (Windows Server Update Service). The background is that the ActiveX components in question are outdated and Internet Explorer is being replaced by Edge. Yesterday, there was already … Continue reading →

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Reminder: UUP updates for Windows coming March 28, 2023

Posted on 2023-03-27 by guenni

[German]Brief reminder for administrators in enterprise environments. On March 28, 2023, Microsoft will turn on its Unified Update Platform (UUP). This applies to Windows 11 version 22H2 for now and is intended to bring the power of Windows Update and … Continue reading →

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Windows: Unified Update Platform will get active end of March 2023, prepare WSUS

Posted on 2023-03-03 by guenni

[English]Starting March 28, 2023, Microsoft will arm its Unified Update Platform (UUP) after a lengthy preview period for Windows 11 version 22H2. This is intended to bring the power of Windows Update and Windows Update for Business to on-premises Windows … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/11: Using Windows Update for Business and WSUS together

Posted on 2023-03-02 by guenni

[German]Brief information for administrators in enterprise environments. Microsoft has published an article as of February 28, 2023 with notes on what has changed when scanning for updates on clients running Windows 10 and Windows 11 and how the machines scan … Continue reading →

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Microsoft's February 2023 Patchday: Incorrect updates in WSUS, Exchange and Windows

Posted on 2023-02-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released a large number of security updates for Windows and Exchange on February 14, 2023. However, they made a mistake with some updates and simply delivered the wrong update packages via Windows Update, WSUS or the downloads. Some … Continue reading →

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Windows Update KB5012170 (Secure Boot DBX) re-released for WSUS (Oct. 2022)

Posted on 2022-10-17 by guenni

[German]Brief information for administrators in the Windows environment. A reader just informed me that Windows Update KB5012170 has been re-released in WSUS. This update was released on Patchday, August 9, 2022 to fix issues in Secure Boot DBX. However, this … Continue reading →

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WSUS chaos: Preview updates for Windows and Net withdrawn as superseded on 9/21/2022

Posted on 2022-09-23 by guenni

[German]Small addendum from this week. Microsoft had released several preview updates for Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server 2019/2022 as well as .NET Framework on September 20, 2022. However, it looks like Microsoft withdrew these updates from WSUS (and … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 22H2: Already distributed via WSUS in August 2022; Clients no longer find updates

Posted on 2022-09-22 by guenni

[German]I got reports from a few people  complaining that their Windows 10 clients didn't get updates via WSUS in September 2022. Then it turned out that their clients were already upgraded to version 22H2 via WSUS in August 2022 via … Continue reading →

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