WSUS clients and the new "Windows Update"

[Tom Penharston]

Should the new "Windows Update" be available to computers that access a
WSUS? I think it should be unavailable, at least by default. I think
the WSUS should handle all updates as long as it is online.

We know that Windows Update (from the IE browser) always downloads
updates from a Microsoft server. It doesn't matter if the Group Policy
of the client is directed to a WSUS on a local area network. This has
always seemed confusing to me. Unless the WSUS fails, and I mean fails
for a long duration like 72 hours, I can't imagine why the Microsoft
Servers should be used at all, even by the manual browser updates. In
the very least a message could be displayed indicating that the client
usually reports to a WSUS, "are you sure you want to bypass your local
WSUS and get updates straight from Microsoft?"

Now Microsoft has upped the ante by including Office Updates in the new
Windows Update download. Will my WSUS still acurately report installed
Office updates from a Microsoft server?

-Tom

 

[Tom Penharston]

Ooops, the new product is called Microsoft Update. Corrections follow:

Should the new "MICROSOFT UPDATE" be available to computers that access
a
WSUS? I think it should be unavailable, at least by default. I think
the WSUS should handle all updates as long as it is online.

We know that Windows Update (from the IE browser) always downloads
updates from a Microsoft server. It doesn't matter if the Group Policy

of the client is directed to a WSUS on a local area network. This has
always seemed confusing to me. Unless the WSUS fails, and I mean fails

for a long duration like 72 hours, I can't imagine why the Microsoft
Servers should be used at all, even by the manual browser updates. In
the very least a message could be displayed indicating that the client
usually reports to a WSUS, "are you sure you want to bypass your local
WSUS and get updates straight from Microsoft?"


Now Microsoft has upped the ante by including Office Updates in the new

MICROSOFT UPDATE download. Will my WSUS still acurately report
installed
Office updates from a Microsoft server?