WSUS

System Requirements

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• Supported Operating Systems:Windows 7;Windows Server 2003;Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1;Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2;Windows Server 2008;Windows Vista;Windows Vista Service Pack 1;Windows Vista Service Pack 2;Windows XP Service Pack 3

Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 SP1 or later versions, Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later versions, Windows Small Business Server 2008, Windows Small Business Server 2003 and Windows XP SP3

• WSUS 3.0 SP2 Server Software Prerequisites:

• Notice that additional prerequisites apply for Windows Small Business Server. See the “Windows Small Business Server Prerequisites” section for more information.
• Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 or later versions
• The Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or later versions
• Server component cannot be installed on Windows client OS
• You must have one of the following supported databases installed:
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express, Standard, or Enterprise EditionSQL Server 2005 SP2
• Windows Internal Database
• If one of the supported versions of SQL Server is not installed, the WSUS 3.0 SP2 Setup Wizard will install Windows Internal Database.
• Microsoft Management Console 3.0
• Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2008
• Windows Server 2008 R2 requires WSUS 3.0 SP2. If you use Windows Server 2008 R2, then you should install WSUS 3.0 SP2. Do not install WSUS 3.0 SP1 on Windows Server 2008 R2.
• WSUS 3.0 SP2 is not supported for use with Terminal Services on the front-end server in a remote SQL configuration.