Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) deprecation

ejsironExactly. They should just go ahead and set a price per security update. That will make them money!

Karl-WE"this decision makes much sense to me, knowing about all the limitations and issues of WSUS, leaving alone Windows internal database. It became a growing patchwork solution to deploy, admininistrate and optimize, to an unacceptable state without ajtek WAM, till today." These limitations only exist because Microsoft hasn't re-invested any of the dollars they made with Windows Server since 2012 into WSUS. They completely failed to bring the WSUS role along with the rest of the OS. They left it untouched in over 12 years, while the additional amount of updates for these past 12 years clearly overtaxed the entire system. This decision makes absolutely no sense to me, because I see update management capabilities as a core component that should be available in cloud-detached environments as well. Stripping the OS of features, then putting on a price tag while the OS cost remains the same is greedy. What's next? The neglect of file services, because Azure Blob Storage exists?