WSUS 3.0 - Client connectivity fixed!

Well the clients didn't do quite as I expected. Having rummaged through the IIS tree it seems that WSUS installs to BOTH websites.

It looks like if you already had WSUS/SUS of some description on your server and then upgrade WSUS will use another port for its site. The next port it will attempt to use is 8530. You can check the port in use by:

1. Open computer management


2. Expand IIS near the bottom


3. Expand the 'web sites' folder and highlight your WSUS site


4. Right-click - Properties will show the general tab


5. Look for the port field

Having spent some more time sifting through newsgroups and forum postings it seems there are a lot of people in the same boat. To fix this error simply point your Windows Update clients to the new URL:

Simply edit your existing group policy which holds your current WSUS info and change the URL in the two boxes shown in the picture to read: http://wsusserver:8530

Your clients will need to update their group policy settings: 'gpupdate /force' and then run a forced update on the Windows Update client 'wuauclt.exe /detectnow'

With luck your clients will update as normal and also report back to the WSUS server any changes, before you would have all the clients listed but the reporting times would not update.