IUpdateServerConfiguration.DownloadUpdateBinariesAsNeeded

Retrieves or sets a value that indicates if updates are downloaded only when they are approved.

public bool DownloadUpdateBinariesAsNeeded {get; set;}

Public Property DownloadUpdateBinariesAsNeeded As bool

Property Value

True to download only approved updates. Otherwise, false to download all updates when the WSUS server synchronizes with Microsoft Update.

Remarks

WSUS ignores this property if IUpdateServerConfiguration.HostBinariesOnMicrosoftUpdate is true.

The synchronization process downloads the update's metadata and license agreement. Once the metadata is downloaded, WSUS uses IUpdateServerConfiguration.HostBinariesOnMicrosoftUpdate and DownloadUpdateBinariesAsNeeded to determine if the update file is downloaded. If both properties are false, WSUS downloads the update file. If HostBinariesOnMicrosoftUpdate is false and DownloadUpdateBinariesAsNeeded is true, WSUS downloads the update file only after it is approved for deployment.

Setting DownloadUpdateBinariesAsNeeded to false saves disk space on the WSUS server, but may delay deployment to the clients.

An administrator can manually approve an update or create an automatic approval rule to automatically approve an update and its revisions.

Requirements

Server	Requires Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server SP4 and later.
Namespace	Defined in Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.
Assembly	Requires Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration (in Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.dll).
.NET Framework	Requires .NET Framework 1.1.

See Also

IUpdateServerConfiguration.DownloadExpressPackages
IUpdateServerConfiguration.HostBinariesOnMicrosoftUpdate