SUS Client Setting

Client Side installation of SUS service

The SUS component is available for download from (http://www.microsoft.com/
windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/default.asp). After the download is complete, double-
click the setup file to begin the installation process and simply follow the menu
prompts for a Typical installation (a Custom installation lets you choose the folder
where the service is installed and the location where updates are stored).

To Use Group Policy to Configure Clients to Access SUS

After SUS is installed in your environment, you need to configure the client systems to
use it—otherwise, they will just keep using the Windows Update public server instead.
You must use Group Policy to configure clients to use the SUS server.

To set the Group Policy, follow these steps:
1. Log on as a domain administrator or open the Active Directory Users And Computers
tool using the Run As command to enter the appropriate credentials.
2. Right-click the domain or organizational unit and choose Properties from the
shortcut menu.
3. Switch to the Group Policy tab.
4. You could edit the default domain policy, but it is normally recommended that
you create another one for these types of secondary settings. To do this, choose
the New button and name the new policy that appears in the window.
5. After you have named the policy, click the Edit button to open the Group Policy
Object Editor window.
6. Expand the Computer Configuration node, then the Administrative Templates
node, then the Windows Components node, and then the Windows Update node.
7. Double-click the Configure Automatic Updates setting to specify any of the following:
❑ Notify The User Before Download And Before Installation
❑ Automatically Download And Notify The User Before Installation
❑ Automatically Download And Schedule An Automatic Installation
8. Double-click the Specify Intranet Microsoft Update Service Location setting.
Change the setting to Enabled and enter the name of the internal SUS server that
the clients in the domain should use into both fields. This information can be
entered by name or by IP address.
9. Double-click the Reschedule Automatic Updates scheduled installations setting to
change the schedule for automatic installation on clients.
10. Double-click the No Auto-Restart For Scheduled Automatic Updates installations
to prevent clients from restarting after an automatic installation.