The first day of Microsoft's Ignite conference in Atlanta included a number of announcements in regards to Windows Server 2016, System Center 2016, Office 365, Windows 10, and other Microsoft products. The conference continues throughout the week, so there may be more to come but this compiles most of the announcements in one place. You can watch the recorded events or review … [Read more...]
WSUS 3.0 SP2 end-of-life extended to match Server 2008 R2
Microsoft has announced an update to the lifecycle of Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2. The utility for managing Windows Updates in a corporate environment will have its extended support end date pushed back to January 14th, 2020. You can confirm this information on the Microsoft Product Lifecycle page for the WSUS 3.0 product. This new timeline matches the … [Read more...]
Jeffrey Snover talks DevOpsification of Windows Server
Jeffrey Snover presented at the WinOps Conference in May. The session is now available to watch on YouTube. The topic discussed is 'The DevOpsification of Windows Server'. Jeffrey Snover, a technical fellow at Microsoft, is the chief architect of Windows Server 2016 so he has been able to shift a lot of functionality from the traditional operator model to work with the DevOps … [Read more...]
Cannot connect to WSUS console after changing to HTTPS
I converted a Windows Server Update Services box to use HTTPS instead of the default HTTP port. Running on Server 2012 R2, this has most WSUS traffic use port 8531 instead of 8530. I actually made this change a while ago but ended up reverting the change to HTTPS because I was unable to connect to the WSUS console afterwards. Giving it another shot, I followed the directions … [Read more...]
Microsoft publishes KB3159706 WSUS update as long-term fix for KB3148812
After previous issues with KB3148812, Microsoft has re-released the fix that allows WSUS to decrypt Windows 10 Upgrade content. The new fix is released under KB3159706. Unlike most Windows Updates, this one does require manual steps to be taken after it is installed. These steps are documented in the KB3159706 article. The manual steps involve enabling HTTP Activation in .NET … [Read more...]