How to configure Group Policy to download and install updates from WSUS

Configure client systems to download updates from WSUS – SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. Help and Support

1. Login DC.
2. Open Group Policy Management.
3. In the left pane, expand Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components, and then select Windows Update.
4. In the right pane, select Configure Automatic Updates, and then enable the policy: 1) Click the Action menu, and then select Edit. 2) Select Enabled. 3) In the Options section, under Configure automatic updating, select the appropriate download and notification option. 4) If you selected option 4 – Auto download and schedule the install, select the appropriate options under Scheduled install day and next to Scheduled install time. 5) Click OK.
5. In the Group Policy Editor window, select Specify intranet Microsoft update service location.
6. Enable the policy.  1) Click the Action menu, and then select Edit. 2) Select Enabled. 3) In the Options section, under Set the intranet update service for detecting updates, enter the URL for the WSUS server.
   For example, enter http://wsusServer[:port], where wsusServeris the name of the WSUS server and port is the port number, if the WSUS server uses a port other than port 80.

4) Under Set the intranet statistics server, enter the same URL.

5) Click OK.