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Here are the steps to configure SSL on your servers running the Windows Server Update Services. This guide was written using Server 2012 R2, however it should be the same steps for Windows Server 2008 R2 as well.  This guide also assumes you have a working instance of WSUS installed and configured, using default ports. Login to your WSUS server Open up  Server Manager Select  Tools  ->  Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager Generate a SSL certificate Click on your Server and select  Server Certificates If you have your own PKI environment, follow these steps, if not, jump to step three Click  Create Domain Certificate  on the right side Fill in the requested information on the Distinguished Name Properties page and click  Next Select your certificate authority and enter a friendly name (this can be anything), and then click  Finish If you need to submit a certificate request to an external certificate authority like Goaddy, Verisgn, Comodo; follow these steps

Java (and 3rd party software) through WSUS for free ! This post hasn't been updated in over 1 year. The information contained within may no longer be accurate, or let alone work. You're welcome to contact me if you'd like an update. Note: Not all posts will (or can) be updated. THIS ARTICLE IS OUT OF DATE! THERE IS AN UPDATED VERSION: WSUS PACKAGE PUBLISHER . COMMENTS ARE CLOSED. Updated: March 28, 2014 Note:  This article is over a year old and may not contain relevant information. I do my best to keep things updated, especially because this is a popular post. I am working on a rewrite as I find an alternative to LUP as I am not sure how that software functions in a modern enterprise. In the meantime, please feel free to comment anything that may possibly be out of date and I’ll fix it up as I can! Thank you! As a network administrator, I  hate  Java with a burning passion. First, Oracle is slow as frozen molasses to tell Java clients to update, secondly it

Pushing Packages with WSUS Package Publisher ! This post hasn't been updated in over 1 year. The information contained within may no longer be accurate, or let alone work. You're welcome to contact me if you'd like an update. Note: Not all posts will (or can) be updated. I have a  fairly popular post  on here regarding pushing out Java via WSUS. In the previous post, I used LUP or Local Update Publisher. Now, LUP was a good tool however it appears to be no longer updated and it’s a little clunky so it takes some time to properly use and setup. Now, I’ve since moved over to  PDQ Deploy  from Admin Arsenal. It’s a fantastic product and I’d highly recommend using it (including the free mode) in addition to WPP. So let’s get down to business. Generate your Code Signing Certificate Since we’re going to need to sign code, we need to generate ourselves a code signing certificate and push this certificate out to our users so they’ll be able to install our custom package