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Email Notification

It would be helpful if there was some way for WSUS go notify administrators (based on a customisable list) to get mail alerts when selected WSUS events occur, such as new/unapproved updates, new product synch categories, etc.

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I'd love to see email notification options added. Something like being able to enter one (or more) e-mail addresses so that when a synchronization shows new patches are pending approval, it e-mails the list to let them (us) know. Also, if any patches are determined to be "needed", an e-mail notification of which patches and how many clients need it (for each one) would be a nice e-mail alert to have available. Quite often I stop to check the WUS console only to fine nothing new has been posted. Having it tell me when something is ready to look at would save a lot of time over a week/month.

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SOLUTION:�� I see that the SDK will address that via sample scripts (snip from http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/chats/trans/windowsnet/wnet_092204.mspx")...

"Host: craig (Microsoft)
Q: Will WUS be able to alert admins when new updates become available? via email would be nice....
A: Not in the box, but I have a sample application that will be in the SDK that does exactly this."

Comments:

From christianw - 4/14/06 12:36 AM

Microsoft have changed their release of updates monthly instead of randomly. You can register on the security section http://www.microsoft.com/security of the Microsoft website to be notified of new updates that have been released - and then go to WSUS to synchronise and then approve and download the updates.

From flake - 4/11/05 11:31 PM

This is a really great idea and would greatly acelerate the installation of updates!� Additionally, it would be nice if the meail notification could be delivered in a daily digest format since sometimes there are tens or hundreds of updates.

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