Configuring WSUS 3.0 on Windows Server 2008 - Closing Thoughts
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We have arrived at the end of this article, and hopefully by now you’ve successfully set up WSUS, configured the way you want it, and it is synchronizing and deploying appropriately without any issues. Throughout this article we presented the major steps for installing, setting up, and configuring WSUS.
WSUS comes with Windows Server 2008 already. This makes it easily affordable and a seamless solution to implement. According to some general statistics, it has been said that WSUS can satisfy the needs of most small-to-medium corporate and enterprise environments. It can also be used in advanced situations where thousands of computers need to be administered, but it may not be the ideal suite.
There are other aftermarket software update and patch management possibilities. Once again, it is up to the IT management to establish a thorough business analysis of requirements and decide whether implementing WSUS is a good decision for the business. Altiris Inc. (a subsidiary of Symantec) has a really high-end and complex patch management suite. It is a multi-purpose solution that integrates into others as well.
For most companies, implementing WSUS turns out to be a wise decision, because it requires no further acquisitions and licensing costs. It’s a solution that is developed and provided by Microsoft, and it integrates easily (since it comes with it) into the entire infrastructure if it’s based on Microsoft products. This article shown you how to implement WSUS and configure it appropriately to get the most out of its offerings.
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