---
type: source
title: "Windows: WSUS - URZ Update Service"
tags: [wsus, windows, updates, urz]
related: [wsus, update-service, windows-vollservice]
created: 2026-06-30
updated: 2026-06-30
sources: ["output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_allgemein_sonstiges_update_service_windows_wsus.md"]
---

# Windows: WSUS - URZ Update Service

This source documents the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) provided by the Universitätsrechenzentrum (URZ) for patching Microsoft Windows operating systems and other Microsoft software.

## Key Provisions

### Eligibility and Configuration
- **Domain Requirement**: Only computers that are members of the Windows domain can utilize WSUS.
- **Automatic Setup**: Domain membership triggers the automatic configuration of the update service on the client machine.

### Usage Tiers
- **Mandatory Usage**: For devices under the [[windows-vollservice]] (part of the [[device-management-system]]), WSUS is mandatory and cannot be bypassed.
- **Optional Usage**: Other domain-joined computers can bypass WSUS by navigating to **Settings $\rightarrow$ Windows Update** and selecting **"Suchen Sie online nach Updates von Microsoft Update"** to check for updates directly from Microsoft.

## Software Support Matrix

### Supported
- **Operating Systems**: Windows 10 (version 1809 and newer), Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019.
- **Microsoft Applications**: Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Edge, Office 2013, Office 2016, and Office 2019.
- **Developer Tools & Runtimes**: .NET 5.0, .NET Core, Windows Runtimes and Redistributables, Report Viewer, and Visual Studio.
- **Other**: Hardware drivers.

### Unsupported
- **Office**: Microsoft Office 365 and legacy versions (2011 and older).
- **Legacy Windows**: Windows 10 (up to version 1803), Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP, and older.
- **Legacy Windows Server**: Windows Server 2012, 2008, 2003, and older.
- **General**: Any software not explicitly listed as supported.
