Thank you to everyone who replied to my questions. Good advice all, I do appreciate it. Thanks again! John Resotko Assistant Director, Systems Administration and Support Michigan State University College of Law email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> phone: 517-432-6836 From: Resotko, John [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 8:52 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MSUNAG] MS Update servers, first attempt Good morning all, I'm not an AD shop (yet), but we're seeing such long update times when running MS Windows Update that we're thinking about setting up our own stand-alone MS Update server. Does anyone know of some good Technet articles on the subject, or can anyone offer some good advice if you've done this before? My thanks, as always, for any advice or suggestions. John Resotko Assistant Director, Systems Administration and Support Michigan State University College of Law 648 N. Shaw Lane, Room 208 Law Building East Lansing, MI 48842-1300 email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> phone: 517-432-6836 fax: 517-432-6861 web: http://www.law.msu.edu/ MSU IT Council , Law College representative and board member: https://tech.msu.edu/itcouncil/index.php