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So, to be clear, Group Policy is a mechanism for managing all kinds of settings in Windows computers that are joined to a domain. ItвЂ™s those underlying registry values that actually affect/control the behavior of the particular computer. That is, any time you create a Group Policy in your domain, any computer that receives the Group Policy settings will get certain registry keys/values created or modified. That said, itвЂ™s important to understand that Group Policy itself is really just a mechanism for controlling registry keys/values on target computers.

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The Windows Update control panel GUI only lets you choose вЂWindows UpdateвЂ™ or вЂMicrosoft UpdateвЂ™, so any time a local WSUS server is being used, Group Policy will have to be used to configure target computers to point to that particular WSUS. Note, Group Policy (or Local Policy, or its corresponding registry modifications) is actually the only mechanism that Windows provides for specifying your own update server. If you are using a local WSUS server in your environment, then you will have previously configured Group Policy settings on your domain, instructing target computers to utilize the local WSUS server. WSUS, Group Policy, and Underlying Registry Values An example of this settings dialog is below: This option is equivalent to using вЂMicrosoft UpdateвЂ™ in BatchPatch.

As an end-user on a given computer, in the Windows Update control panel you are also provided with an option to вЂ Receive updates for other Microsoft Products when you update WindowsвЂ.

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When you first install a fresh copy of Windows, the default behavior is for it to use вЂWindows UpdateвЂ™ to check for updates. In general, Windows stores the Windows Update configuration in the registry.

See вЂActions > Windows Updates > Opt-inвЂ¦вЂ™ Before using Microsoft Update, target servers must be opted-in to the service. Includes Windows updates AND updates for other Microsoft products. Microsoft Update: Bypasses the target computerвЂ™s configuration and searches for updates on MicrosoftвЂ™s public server. Windows Update: Bypasses the target computerвЂ™s configuration and searches for updates on MicrosoftвЂ™s public server. The вЂServer SelectionвЂ™ field enables you to select which Windows Update source server target computers will use to perform their Windows Update searches and downloads.Дefault / Managed: Uses the target computerвЂ™s existing configuration to determine where to search for updates. Currently BatchPatch provides you with three different options to choose from for вЂServer SelectionвЂ™ in the BatchPatch settings window (вЂTools > Settings > Windows Update > Server SelectionвЂ™)

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