I built a lab environment consisting of a domain controller, a WSUS server and a client machine. I finally decided to take matters into my own hands. And I swear I've read every single one of them and tried every single suggestion. If you google 'force wsus client to check in to wsus server', you'll see almost 300,000 results.
Is that really too much to ask? Actually, it might be. All you want is for your clients to report their current status into WSUS on demand. NET method (New-Object -ComObject ).DetectNow().īut despite having tried everything, you're at at a loss. You know about wuauclt /reportnow and /detectnow. In either case, you are mostly frustrated because even in the latest release of WSUS that there is no reliable way to force clients to check in and report their status. Perhaps you're relatively new to WSUS or you're a veteran that has been using the product since its inception. You're most likely here because you are an IT administrator and you have a network that deploys Windows Updates via Windows Server Update Services or WSUS.
