Configuring the Windows Update client

Windows computers download updates from Microsoft servers by default. To override this behavior, you can either configure the Windows Update client using GPO settings or manually update the registry of each client.

Getting ready

Run this recipe from WSUS1 with RSAT installed for working with Group Policy Objects.

$FeatureName = 'RSAT'
Install-WindowsFeature $FeatureName -IncludeAllSubFeature

How to do it...

The steps for the recipe are as follows:

1. Define and view the WSUS server URL using the properties returned from Get-WsusServer:

      $WSUSServer = Get-WsusServer
      $WSUSServerURL = "http{2}://{0}:{1}" -f `
                      $WSUSServer.Name, 
                      $WSUSServer.PortNumber,
                      ('','s')[$WSUSServer.UseSecureConnection]
      $WSUSServerURL

2. Create a Group Policy Object (GPO) and link it to your domain:

$PolicyName = "WSUS Client"
       New-GPO -Name $PolicyName
       New-GPLink -Name $PolicyName -Target "DC=RESKIT...