WSUS Questions

Question

Hi.

I have a question about group policies

I want to update servers on Saturday night

I have:
Allow Automatic Updates immediate installation: Enabled
Always automatically restart at the scheduled time: 15
Automatic Updates detection frequency: 22
Configure Automatic Updates: 4 Saturday 3:00
Specify intranet Microsoft update service location: my server
Enable client-side targeting: my group
Do not allow update deferral policies to cause scans against Windows Update: Enabled

I can see the computer on the WSUS server. I manually searched the server for updates.

A day has passed, the server does not automatically look for updates.

Questions:

1. What's the difference between policies, Configure Automatic Updates - and -

Always automatically restart at the scheduled time: 15
Automatic Updates detection frequency: 22

?

3. Does the Configure Automatic Updates policy take precedence over the other two policies?
4. Will the server search for updates based on the Automatic Updates Detection Frequency or Configure Automatic Updates policy?

Answer 1

Refer to Microsoft document to configure your WSUS server.
Deploy Windows 10 updates using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-manage-updates-wsus

About your concern, Configure Automatic Updates is the precondition of Automatic Updates detection frequency but is not the precondition of Always automatically restart at the scheduled time.

If the "Configure Automatic Updates" policy is disabled, Automatic Updates detection frequency has no effect.
If the No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations policy setting is enabled, Always automatically restart at the scheduled time has no effect.

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Answer 2

TeemoTang, thank you.

But i don't understant. If policy "Configure Automatic Updates"( 4 Saturday 3:00), Should I turn off the policy, Always automatically restart at the scheduled time:(15) ?
What if I don't want my computer to restart anytime other than Saturday night?