Windows updates have historically been a constant annoyance for IT staff. Manual updates were a huge pain, and, while the advent of the Automatic Update feature improved the situation, it brought with ...

Microsoft this week described a few perks and best practices for IT pros to follow when managing and deploying Windows 10 updates. Microsoft has added a new "View optional updates" link in Windows ...

One of the challenges that comes with running a network is keeping your operating systems patched and secure. In response to this problem, Microsoft has released Windows Server Update Service 3.0 SP2 ...

I'm configuring WSUS 3 on a machine which has hosted it in the past, and I'm using an identical setup with identical account.<BR><BR>When WSUS tries to connect to Windows Update it receives a 407 from ...

Q: A company's administrator needs to configure client-side targeting for new computers so that they add themselves to the correct computer group to receive WSUS updates. Which of the following can be ...

There are few things I love more than getting something for “free” and having it turn out to be valuable. That’s certainly true with Microsoft’s latest attempt at easing patch management pain, WSUS ...

Microsoft gave a few pointers this week to IT pros grappling with how to manage and deploy Windows 10 updates, as well as spotlighted a new "View optional updates" feature in Windows 10. According to ...

This posting is 1 of a monthlong series of postings on the Microsoft System Center family of products. This is an excerpt from my book “System Center Enterprise ...