Change The Default Storage Options For WSUS

By default, a WSUS server will download updates from Microsoft Update and store them locally. You can force clients to obtain updates from the Microsoft Update Web site instead of storing the updates on the WSUS server. Using this option instead of the default is useful in situations where clients have high speed Internet connections but the connection to the WSUS is slow. This configuration still allows you to approve updates; it only alters where clients download them from.

You can change where updates are stored by selecting Synchronization Options within the WSUS administrative console (Click Start, point to All Programs, Administrative Tools, and click Microsoft Windows Server Update Services). Click the Advanced option under Update Files and Languages and click OK to accept the warning message. From Advanced Synchronization Options under Update Files, click one of the following options:

• Store update files locally on this server

• Do not store updates locally; clients install updates from Microsoft Update

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