Microsoft Patch Management WSUS 3.0 Installation (Part 1)

Note: The domain name, computer name etc. that i have used are for demo and a standalone lab only.

This is for the starters who want to implement microsft patch management using WSUS 3.0 and to control clients updates using Group Policy.

On this demo, we will be using Windows 2003 Server Standard with Service Pack 1. This machine must be a member of a domain.

These are the requirements prior to installing WSUS 3.0:

Microsoft IIS must be installed
Windows Installer 3.1 or later
Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 3.0
Microsoft Report Viewer 2008 Redistributable

After installing all the requirements, we can now download and launch WSUS 3.0 installation.

Choose "Full server installation including Administration Console"

Choose "I accept the terms..." and click next

Click Next...

Let's leave the directory to the default. Click Next...

If the server you are installing is hosting other web services, you may choose the create WSUS website otherwise use the existing IIS default.

Click Next...

Click Finished.

Installation is now complete. Let us now proceed to Part 2, which covers the configuration.