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Can a child WSUS server in a hierarchy get all the approvals from its parent server located at the main office but download the updates directly from the Windows Update site?

April 26, 2017approvals child download hierarchy located main Office parent server WSUS

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Can a child WSUS server in a hierarchy get all the approvals from its parent server located at the main office but download the updates directly from the Windows Update site?

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A. No. However the Import Export can be used to import content into WSUS server in the branch office. Using this method the slow WAN link between main and branch office will not be strained by downloading giga bytes of updates.