Project Description
A tool to assist with managing a WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) server. Provides some functionality missing from the standard WSUS console such as checking computers in WSUS
against Active Directory and batch management of Computer Groups.
Requirements
- Windows Server Updates Services 3.0 is required. This program has been tested against WSUS 3.0 SP2; it should work with earlier 3.0 versions.
- You must either run this program on the WSUS server itself, or on a remote workstation with the WSUS Console installed.
Credit
WSUS Helper incorporates elements from the
Crystal Project, which is
licensed under the LGPLv2.
Development
WSUS Helper is developed in Visual Basic 2010 Express, but currently requires only .NET Framework 2.0.
Works well with…
You might also find the following tools useful in conjunction with WSUS Helper (these tools are not developed by the author):
The Author
The Angry Technician is best known for his blog of the same name, which can be found at
http://angrytechnician.wordpress.com/. He sometimes also manages school IT networks in exchange for money, the way other people do real work for a living.