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Karl-WE
MVP
Feb 18, 2021

Fixing WSUS OS description in WSUS DB based on Windows OS version number

Currently WSUS does no longer list the OS version correctly. I have passed on some links on this to Aria.

This has started with the amazing change of enablement packages.

Windows 1909 are reported as 1903 aswell as 20H2 are reported as vNext in the column OS description.

the only feasible way to fix this so the version string matches with the client OS version (which is reported correctly in WSUS) is to run a 3rd party script of MVP Adam 

I plea to introduce a fix for Windows Server 2016 / 2019 to correct this behaviour.
Are there any plans to address this? 

currently I am not aware about such issues in Azure AD or Intune / update management dashboard.

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  • AriaUpdated's avatar
    AriaUpdated
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    Feb 18, 2021

    Karl-WE Hey Karl, thanks for reaching out and sharing the information! I ended up looking into it and found that it has always been like this.  This happens because of the shared code base between 1903/1909 and 2004/20H2 and the fact wuaueng.dll version stay the same post upgrade to the newer version from the pairs.

     

    We are looking at potential options to alleviate this pain. Thanks again for sharing your feedback.

    • Karl-WE's avatar
      Karl-WE
      MVP
      Feb 18, 2021

      Hi all,

      thanks for your time and feedback.

       

      I know and understand the point why it happens

      and would like to encourage you to have a talk with your MVP Adam Marshall from good ol' Canada, how he easily adresses this on a database layer with powershell.


      And no fear this would make his great WAM obsolete.

      The main point is the reason for this regression is not by design but rather unfortunate Implementation which never expected enablement packages.

      20H1 will be the next version that uses it so we have then 5 supported products usual WSUS admins cannot differentiate in reports and GUI. That should make a sufficient business case in terms of users 🙂

      Enablement packages and reduced CUs, imho are the best invention in Windows since.

      Now we need to get good old WSUS database fit for that news.

      Eventually considering to upgrade the WID from 2012 express to 2019 too 🙂 in the vNext.

  • Namrata_Bachwani's avatar
    Namrata_Bachwani
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    Feb 18, 2021

    Hi Karl-WE,

     

    Thank you for sharing information on this with my colleague. We have logged the feedback and will investigate.

     

    Thanks!

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