Windows Server Updates Services (WSUS) provides a solution for businesses that need to deploy updates on the network. It provides administrators with a finer granularity of control when it comes to installing updates on servers and workstations throughout the network.

There are many benefits to using WSUS for deploying updates. For example, it gives administrators an opportunity to download updates to a specific server on the network and use them within a test environment before approving them for installation in the production environment.

The latest version of WSUS is 3.0. Before you attempt to install WSUS 3.0 on a server, there are some pre-installation tasks that you need to be completed. This will ensure that the server meets all the configuration requirements needed to install WSUS. You can find a detailed list of all the hardware and software requirements that must be met in the release notes.

[tags]wsus, server update, windows[/tags]