jmwills Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 This should work, even on 2012E. So if you like PowerShell and have a need for WSUS, give it a try. http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/04/15/installing-wsus-on-windows-server-2012.aspx' As long as you have all of the parameters correct, it;s sit back and sip the coffee while PS does the heavy lifting. I recentlty stood up a SharePoint 2013 installation on Server 2012 and the entire process from configuring all the Roles & Features as well as downloading and installing the pre-requisites was done thru powershell. Impressed I was, to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Cool. BTW, just thought, what's it like to do Windows Updates from the Stan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwills Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 Not too bad, unless they (MS) gets really stupid with a rollup. Then I go to the catalog and getg what I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantasysage Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Short of your home lab, I can't imagine maintaining WSUS in a home environment is worth the trouble. The database can grow quite large, as can the repository. It can also be finicky and a pain to fix if something goes wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwills Posted April 25, 2013 Author Share Posted April 25, 2013 If you need it, then you need it. I had to standup one at home for an offline network at work. Exporting and importing the databases is/was a good lesson for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drashna Jaelre Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Short of your home lab, I can't imagine maintaining WSUS in a home environment is worth the trouble. The database can grow quite large, as can the repository. It can also be finicky and a pain to fix if something goes wrong. What if you have a bunch of computers (5-10), or maintain a virtual lab for testing. And either have "rural connection" or a low data cap... or have satellite... I've heard of people that have 40GB caps. Windows Update can kill that EASILY. Oh... and then there is if you live in Australia..... Shall I come up with other reasons for you? There are plenty of good ones. But yes, I do understand that it's not for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 True Drashna, but you have to admit these are fringe cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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