@Dashrender said in What would you use to replace WSUS from SBS:
@Shuey said in What would you use to replace WSUS from SBS:
@JaredBusch said in What would you use to replace WSUS from SBS:
@DustinB3403 said:
Ah....
Sorry for the confusion then. Do they have the resources to run another WSUS server and proper licensing? It really is quite a simple solution.
PDQ Deply has options for 3rd party app updates etc, but requires annual renewal.
Oh, I can easily setup WSUS on one of their existing VMs. Just not really sure I want to with the size overhead for this many users.
Hey Jared, sorry if I sound a little lost, but what is the overhead you're referring to? You pretty much only have two options: Deploy a WSUS server and use a GPO (or regedit) to make the workstations talk to it, or you can manually install updates once per month (or per quarter). I would think you could easily deploy a very small WSUS server (either on 2008 or 2012) using WID and about a 60-80gb hard drive. You could even make it one of the guest VMs.
When I was supporting Office 2010 and Office 2013, Windows 7 and 8.1 I needed more like 120 GB to hold all of the updates, and monthly had to do the cleanup or I would run out of disk space.
Obviously there will be some variables to consider. I was basing my recommendation off our current WSUS setup (over 200 workstations, and 30 servers) vs his environment (8 desktop, 2 laptops and some unnumbered servers). Up until recently when MS changed the way the update cycle works, I cleaned our db every month and we've been doing completely fine with an 80GB hard drive on the server.
