Windows Home Server 2011 : Patching Home Computers with WSUS - Installing WSUS, Configuring WSUS

1. Installing WSUS

To download WSUS, first head for technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx.

Click the Download link, click the Download button for the 64-bit version of WSUS 3.0 SP2, click Run to download the setup file, and then click Run again to launch the WSUS Setup Wizard.

Next, follow these steps:

2. Configuring WSUS

After WSUS is installed, the Windows Server Update Services Configuration Wizard appears. (If you don’t have this wizard onscreen, select Start, Administrative Tools, Windows Server Update Services, open the Update Services, SERVER branch [where SERVER is the name of your Windows Home Server computer], click Options, and then click WSUS Server Configuration Wizard.) Follow these steps to use this wizard to configure WSUS for your Windows Home Server network:

1.	In the wizard’s initial dialog box, click Next. The wizard asks if you want to join the Microsoft Update Improvement Program.
2.	Activate or deactivate the Yes, I Would Like to Join the Microsoft Update Improvement Program, as desired, and then click Next. The wizard prompts you to choose the server from which your WSUS server will synchronize the updates.
3.	Select the Synchronize from Microsoft Update option, and then click Next. The wizard asks if your WSUS server requires a proxy server.
4.	Your home network doesn’t use a proxy server, so click Next to move on. The wizard prompts you to connect to the update server.
5.	Click Start Connecting. The wizard connects to Windows Update and then downloads information about the available updates, which might take a few minutes.
6.	Click Next. The wizard prompts you to select the languages you want to download.
7.	Activate the check box beside each language you need, and then click Next. The wizard asks you to select the products for which you want updates downloaded.
8.	Activate the check box beside each product you want updated (see Figure 1), and then click Next. The wizard prompts you to select the update classifications you want to include in the synchronization. Figure 1. In the Choose Products dialog box, activate the check box beside each product you want WSUS to update.
9.	Activate the check box beside each type of classification you want to sync: Critical Updates— These are fixes that address critical, nonsecurity-related problems. Definition Updates— These are updates to the definition databases of software programs, particularly security-related software. Definition databases include virus lists for antivirus software; spyware and other malicious code for antispyware programs; and junk email filters for email programs. Drivers— These are updated device drivers for existing hardware, and new device drivers for recently released hardware. Feature Packs— These are updates that include new product features, particularly features that are intended to be included in the product’s next release. Security Updates— These are fixes that address product-specific security issues. Service Packs— These are broad updates that include a cumulative set of all hotfixes, security updates, critical updates, new features, and other updates that have been created since the product was released. Tools— These are utilities designed to accomplish some task. Update Rollups— These are broad, product-specific updates that include a cumulative set of hotfixes, security updates, critical updates, and other updates that have been created since the product was released. Updates— These are fixes that address noncritical, nonsecurity-related problems. Note If you elected to store updates locally and disk space is tight, you don’t need to sync every update type. At a minimum, however, you should sync Critical Updates, Definition Updates, and Security Updates.
10.	Click Next. The wizard asks whether you want to synchronize manually or on a schedule.
11.	If you prefer to run the sync yourself, leave the Synchronize Manually option selected; otherwise, select Synchronize Automatically, and then use the First Synchronization spin boxes to set the sync time you want to use, as shown in Figure 2. Note, too, that you can leave the Synchronizations Per Day value set to 1, which is often enough. When you’re ready to move on, click Next. Figure 2. Select Synchronize Automatically to have WSUS automatically look for new updates.
12.	In the Finished dialog box, leave the Launch the Windows Server Update Services Administration Console and the Begin Initial Synchronization check boxes activated, and then click Finish.