Introduction
Before you install Patch Management, it is recommended that you install WSUS server 3.0. The following is a description of the steps that you have to go through to do this.
Step | Action |
1 | *Installing WSUS 3.0 on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1*
To install WSUS 3.0 on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, the following must be installed on your computer: |
Alternative step 1 | *Installing WSUS 3.0 on Windows Server 2008*
To install WSUS 3.0 on Windows Server 2008, the following must be installed on your computer: Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Ensure that the following components are enabled: -  Windows Authentication
 - ASP.NET
 -  6.0 Management Compatibility
 - IIS Metabase Compatibility
 - Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2005. To download this software, visit the Download Center using the following link:http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=70410.
 - Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005 Service Pack 1. To download this software, visit the Download Center using the following link:http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=66143.
 - The .NET Framework 2.0 and BITS 2.0 update are available on Windows Server 2008 as part of the operating system.
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2 | When installing the WSUS 3.0 server, you have to make sure that you perform the following important steps during the installation: - Make sure that the computer assignment uses group policy or registry settings.
- Make sure that all updates are set to be stored on the local WSUS server 3.0.
- Make sure to specify exactly which languages you want to download updates for.
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3 | Click here to learn how: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/912b37d7-021e-4c95-b317-49dd15b4611c1033.mspx?mfr=true\\
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