Introduction

Keeping your client and server systems updated with patches and updates is an important task undertaken by Windows administrators. Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a feature of Windows Server 2019 that enables you to manage the download and distribution of updates to your organization’s computers.

In addition to updating Windows, WSUS enables you to manage patches and updates for various Microsoft software products. Thus, an update you download from Microsoft and distribute via WSUS may apply to Windows, Microsoft Office, and many other Microsoft software products.

This chapter shows how to install and configure the WSUS server and WSUS client computers. The recipes examine the management, approval, and installation of updates and how you can report on the status of update installation.

Note: Windows Update is one of the few Windows services you can not administer using PowerShell 7 directly. The design of the WSUS module means you can...