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Optimize on-premises monthly update delivery using the cloud

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AriaUpdated
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Jun 23, 2020
Did you know you can leverage Windows Update for Business to receive updates securely from Microsoft and reduce VPN traffic regardless of what tool you are using to manage updates today? In this blog...
Updated Jun 23, 2020
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The_Smart_One
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Jul 11, 2020

AriaUpdated 

Hi. Please help me understand the meaning of "optimize" here, because neither of the things you explain seems optimum to me.

  • In the traditional scenario, we deploy one WSUS per site. One WSUS connects to Microsoft and receives all updates once, then as many as infinite number of devices can install it. The Internet bandwidth consumed is equal to number of updates received. Speed of delivery is equal to the speed of the local network.
  • In your recommendation, all devices on the site use the Internet connection. Bandwidth consumed: [Number of devices] × [Number of updates]. Speed of delivery is equal to either the speed of the local network or the speed of the Internet, whichever is slower. (Usually, it is the Internet.)

In neither of the two cases, VPN traffic is incurred and the first one is orders of magnitude superior to the second one.

But... you call the second one "optimum". What's your logic here?