Server 2012

Windows Server 2012

Install WSUS and BDC

• open server Manager after install on server 2012 on system
• under local server, run the latest updates, ensure you can remote desktop into the server and edit firewall rules if necessary.
• upper right corner clock "Manage" and select Add roles and features.
  • Role Based or Feature Based installation, select appropriate server.
• Add Active Directory Domain Services and Windows Server Update Services, it will ask you to add a few more features and roles add them as they are required by AD and WSUS. (Grou Policy, RSAT, WID,etc.)
• create a folder to store updates into and add that path when asked to by the WSUS installer. All other services will have default values that are sufficient.
• When the install finishes, restart if needed and run post installation tasks. If it fails its because you need to specify by the location to where WSUS should store updates.
• Configuration Wizard pops up, select Synchronize with Microsoft Update under choose Upstream, then after clicking next clock "Start Connecting"