Security Compliance

How to disable WSUS auto approvals

This article describes how to disable WSUS auto approvals in Patch Manager.

First published date

10/17/2018 10:22 PM

Last published date

10/17/2018 10:22 PM

Overview

This article explains how to disable WSUS auto approvals.

Product section

Patch Manager

Resolution

  1. Open the WSUS Administration Console.
    Click Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Microsoft Windows Server Update Services.
  2. Go to Options > Automatic Approvals.
  3. Deslect Default Automatic Approval Rule.
  4. Click OK.

See Configure automatic approvals using the WSUS Administration Console for more information. (© 2018 Microsoft Corporation, available at http://www.microsoft.com/, obtained on March 15, 2018)

 

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