WSUS Default website

Yasar mistry 251 Reputation points
2022-04-26T09:53:14.22+00:00

Dear Support,

We have server 2016 and install WSUS server, my question is what if i disabled the Default WSUS Website and only run the administration website.
What will be impact?

We use 8530 port.

Please advise
Thanks
Reagrds
Yasar

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  1. Limitless Technology 39,351 Reputation points
    2022-04-27T08:57:32.897+00:00

    Hi there,

    Yes, you can disable the Default WSUS Website and it seems it doesn't have much effort on WSUS services. It also depends upon the number of servers you have.

    Disabling default web page on WSUS server https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/5070d56a-2746-401c-84a4-30dd8ccb82da/disabling-default-web-page-on-wsus-server?forum=winserverwsus

    If your network is "air-gapped"--if it does not have access to the internet at all--you can still use WSUS to provide updates to client computers on the network.

    If you only have one WSUS server, it must have internet access, because it needs to download updates from Microsoft. If you have multiple WSUS servers, only one server needs internet access. The others only need network access to the internet-connected WSUS server. Your client computers don't need internet access; they only need network access to a WSUS server.

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