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WSUS Missing Feature?
Posted under Church IT, Random Thought by Jim
Is it just me, or is WSUS missing a needed feature? If an update synchronizes with the server and you then approve it, you get the usual “The files for this update have not been downloaded…” message while WSUS is downloading the files. But there seems to be no way to determine how long the download will take or how far it is in the process!
Yeah, 95% of the time I don’t care when the update will come down and just let WSUS do its thing without a second thought, but there are times like now when I have approved an update for a server product and want to apply it now, but WSUS inexplicably gives no indication as to how long the download will take and how far it’s gotten. Would it have been too much for Microsoft to add a graph (not that MS installation graphs have ever been remotely accurate, but still…. lie to me!) Even fake information is better than none at all! (And yes, I know you can configure WSUS to download unapproved updates so they are “ready” when you approve, but that uses disk space I’m not willing to give up).
If I’m an idiot and just can’t see this obvious feature, please educate me!

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