Install WSUS Server 3.0
Introduction
Before you install Patch Management, it is recommended that you install WSUS server 3.0. The following is a description of the steps that you have to go through to do this.
| Step | Action |
| 1 | *Installing WSUS 3.0 on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1* To install WSUS 3.0 on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, the following must be installed on your computer: - Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 - Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 Windows Server 2003. To download this software, visit the Download Center using the following link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=47251. - Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86). To download this software, visit the Download Center using the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1639. (For 64-bit platforms, visit the Download Center using the following link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=70637.) - Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2005. To download this software, visit the Download Center using the following link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=70410. - Microsoft Management Console 3.0 for Windows Server 2003 (KB907265). To download this software, visit the Download Center using the following link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=70412. (For 64-bit platforms, visit the Download Center using the following link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=70638.) |
| Alternative step 1 | *Installing WSUS 3.0 on Windows Server 2008* To install WSUS 3.0 on Windows Server 2008, the following must be installed on your computer: Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Ensure that the following components are enabled: - Windows Authentication - ASP.NET - 6.0 Management Compatibility - IIS Metabase Compatibility - Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2005. To download this software, visit the Download Center using the following link:http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=70410. - Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005 Service Pack 1. To download this software, visit the Download Center using the following link:http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=66143. - The .NET Framework 2.0 and BITS 2.0 update are available on Windows Server 2008 as part of the operating system. |
| 2 | When installing the WSUS 3.0 server, you have to make sure that you perform the following important steps during the installation: - Make sure that the computer assignment uses group policy or registry settings. - Make sure that all updates are set to be stored on the local WSUS server 3.0. - Make sure to specify exactly which languages you want to download updates for. |
| 3 | Click here to learn how: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/912b37d7-021e-4c95-b317-49dd15b4611c1033.mspx?mfr=true\\ |
 | Tip! See also How to install. |
| If you want to… | You can… |
| Create a root point | Patch Management root points. |
| Create a child point | Create a Patch Management child point |
| Create a group | Create a Patch Management Group |
| Approve updates | Approve updates |