WSUS Change URL

ComputerHabit 941 Reputation points
2021-04-07T17:38:07.94+00:00

I've had WSUS running under a specific URL for a while. Now I want to change the URL and I just can't seem to find the details.

How do you change the fqdn of the WSUS Server?

I've tried wsusutil to set SSL but that doesn't seem to be right. It just comes back as the old url.

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  1. ComputerHabit 941 Reputation points
    2021-04-07T17:45:47.563+00:00

    I realized what went wrong. I just removed the old URLs in IIS.

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  1. Adam J. Marshall 9,416 Reputation points MVP
    2021-04-07T17:54:46.327+00:00

    Are you talking about in GPO policies for your clients? See part 4 - https://www.ajtek.ca/wsus/how-to-setup-manage-and-maintain-wsus-part-4-creating-your-gpos-for-an-inheritance-setup/

    Are you talking about in the WSUS MMC? Right click, remove, right click Add Server, specify the new name (assuming DNS is already updated).

    Are you talking about changing the computername of the system? If so, use the PowerShell Command
    Rename-Computer -NewName

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