Tag Archives: WSUS

WSUS is Now Deprecated

By Scott | Published: April 3, 2025

Microsoft announced at the end of last year that WSUS is now officially deprecated. Microsoft said: As part of our vision for simplified Windows management from the cloud, Microsoft has announced deprecation of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Specifically, this means that we are no longer investing in new capabilities, nor are we accepting new […]

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Is it Okay to Install and Run BatchPatch on a WSUS Server?

By Scott | Published: April 27, 2022

First, let me start by saying that we have many customers who run BatchPatch on the same computer where they have the WSUS role installed (Windows Server Update Services). There is nothing inherently wrong about doing this. In many situations, it really isn’t a big deal if BatchPatch and WSUS are running on the same […]

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Can BatchPatch Be Used to Install Windows Updates through SCCM?

By Scott | Published: August 25, 2021

One of the questions we occasionally receive from SCCM users is can BatchPatch install/apply the Windows Updates that are currently being presented to a computer through SCCM? BatchPatch and SCCM? There are a couple things that you need to know… Windows Updates that are being offered to a computer to a computer through SCCM are […]

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Using an Alternate WSUS Server for BatchPatch Windows Update Actions – Part 2

By Scott | Published: June 10, 2021

I recently wrote about how to use an alternate WSUS server with BatchPatch. That posting is long and contains a lot of information about the process. I recommend that you read through it to learn about how everything fits together with BatchPatch, WSUS, and Group Policy. However, today I’d like to just get straight into […]

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Using an Alternate WSUS Server for BatchPatch Windows Update Actions – Part 1

By Scott | Published: May 27, 2021

Currently BatchPatch provides you with three different options to choose from for ‘Server Selection’ in the BatchPatch settings window (‘Tools > Settings > Windows Update > Server Selection’) Default / Managed Windows Update Microsoft Update The ‘Server Selection’ field enables you to select which Windows Update source server target computers will use to perform their […]

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Windows Offline Update for Multiple Computers

By Scott | Published: June 4, 2020

You can use BatchPatch to apply Windows security updates to numerous computers that do not have internet access. Many organizations will have a high-security network where no computer on that network may access the internet. Further, it’s common to have the network so protected that it cannot even house a WSUS for update delivery. If […]

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Using BatchPatch Standalone Without WSUS

By Scott | Published: May 28, 2019

If you are using BatchPatch in a standalone configuration without a WSUS server, there are a few things to be aware of. The first order of business is to configure your environment to work with BatchPatch. Please review the Getting Started page. Make sure that you can successfully run the BatchPatch action ‘Windows updates > […]

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When WSUS and Group Policy (GPO) Are Not Enough

By Scott | Published: May 1, 2019

Does Everyone Need a 3rd-Party Patch Management Solution? A very common statement that you’ll find in discussions on the web about updating Windows computers in a network environment goes something like this: “There is no need to employ a 3rd-party Windows Update management solution because Microsoft provides WSUS and Group Policy objects (GPO) for free.” […]

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Remotely Apply Windows Updates from a Local WSUS Server to Multiple Computers

By Scott | Published: November 9, 2017

Today we’re going to take it back to the basics and review some of the core functionality that BatchPatch offers. Specifically we’re going to look at how you can use BatchPatch to download and install Windows Updates on numerous target computers, simultaneously, when those computers are configured to receive updates from a local WSUS server. […]

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Deciphering “Dual Scan” Behavior in Windows 10

By Scott | Published: October 19, 2017

A few weeks ago I wrote about the relatively new “feature” from Microsoft that they are calling “Dual Scan.” You can (and should) read more about that here so that you understand, in detail, what they have done: ‘Dual Scan’ Difficulties with Windows Update on Windows 10 versions 1607 ‘Anniversary update’ and 1703 ‘Creators update’. […]

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