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Review WSUS 3.

0 Installation Requirements
This guide explains how to install WSUS 3.0. For software requirements and supported
platforms for WSUS 3.0, see the Release Notes (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=71220).
on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server® 2008 operating systems.

Software Requirements for Installing WSUS 3.0 on


Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
To install WSUS 3.0 on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, you must have the following
installed on your computer. If any of these updates require restarting the server when installation
is completed, you should restart your server before installing WSUS 3.0.

 Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0.


 Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1
Windows Server 2003. To download this software, go to the Download Center
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=47251).
 Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86). To download
this software, go to the Download Center (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?
LinkID=68935). (For 64-bit platforms, also go to the Download Center
[http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=70637].)
 Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2005. To obtain this software, go to the
Download Center (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=70410).
 Microsoft Management Console 3.0 for Windows Server 2003 (KB907265). To
download this software, go to the Download Center (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?
LinkID=70412). (For 64-bit platforms, also go to the Download Center
[http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=70638].)
Software Requirements for Installing WSUS 3.0 on
Windows Server 2008
To install WSUS 3.0 on Windows Server 2008, you must have the following installed on your
computer. If any of these updates require restarting the server when installation is completed,
you should restart your server before installing WSUS 3.0.

 Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0. Ensure that the following components
are enabled:
o Windows Authentication
o ASP.NET
o 6.0 Management Compatibility
o IIS Metabase Compatibility
 Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2005. To download this software, go to the
Download Center (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=70410).
 Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005 Service Pack 1. To download this software, go to the
Download Center (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=66143).

The .NET Framework 2.0 and BITS 2.0 update are available on Windows Server 2008 as part of
the operating system.

Disk requirements and recommendations


To install WSUS 3.0, the file system of the server must meet the following requirements:

 Both the system partition and the partition on which you install WSUS 3.0 must be
formatted with the NTFS file system.
 A minimum of 1 GB of free space is recommended for the system partition.
 A minimum of 20 GB of free space is recommended for the volume where WSUS stores
content; 30 GB of free space is recommended.
 A minimum of 2 GB of free space is recommended on the volume where WSUS Setup
installs Windows® Internal Database.

Console-only installation requirements


WSUS 3.0 now allows you to install the WSUS Administration console on remote systems
separate from the WSUS server. Console-only installations may be performed on the following
operating systems:

 Windows Server® 2008
 Windows Vista®
 Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
 Windows XP Service Pack 2
The following are the software prerequisites for console-only installation

 Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86), available on the
Microsoft Download Center (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=68935). For 64-bit
platforms, go to Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x64)
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70637).
 Microsoft Management Console 3.0 for Windows Server 2003 (KB907265), available on
the Microsoft Download Center (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70412). For 64-
bit platforms, go to Microsoft Management Console 3.0 for Windows Server 2003 x64
Edition (KB907265) (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70638).
 Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2005, available on the Microsoft Download
Center (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70410).

Automatic Updates requirements


Automatic Updates is the client component of WSUS 3.0. Automatic Updates has no hardware
requirements other than being connected to the network. You can use Automatic Updates with
WSUS 3.0 on computers running any of the following operating systems:

 Windows Vista.
 Windows Server® 2008.
 Microsoft Windows® Server 2003, all versions and service packs.
 Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2.
 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4, Windows 2000 Server Service
Pack 4, or Windows 2000 Advanced Server Service Pack 4.

Permissions
The following disk permissions must be granted to the specified users for the specified
directories:

1. Either the built-in group Users or the NT Authority\Network Service account (on
Windows Server 2003) should have read permission for the root folder on the drive
where the WSUS content directory resides. If this permission is missing, BITS
downloads will fail.
2. The NT Authority\Network Service account should have "Full Control" permission for
the WSUS content directory, usually <SystemDriver>:WSUS\WsusContent. This
permission is set by WSUS server setup when it creates the directory, but some security
software may reset this permission. If this permission is missing, BITS downloads will
fail.
3. The NT Authority\Network Service account should have “Full Control” permission for
the following folders in order for the WSUS Administration snap-in to display correctly:
o %windir%\Microsoft .NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files
o %windir%\Temp

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