Verifying That Clients Are Using GPO Settings for WSUS

Group Policy will be applied to clients every 90 to 120 minutes by default. You can wait two hours and check to see if it has been applied, or you can use the gpupdate /force command from the command prompt to force an immediate refresh of Group Policy. Using the command if you're trying to verify the update.

After the GPO has been applied, you can verify that the clients are using the WSUS server. How to run the gpupdate /force command and then verify that clients are configured to their updates from the WSUS server.

Verifying That Clients Are Using the WSUS Server for Updates

1. Log on to a Windows 7 client in the domain that is affected by this Group Policy.
2. Force Group Policy to be updated with the following steps:
   • Launch a command prompt.
   • Type the following command and press Enter.
     gpupdate /force
     After a moment, you'll receive two messages indicating that both the User Policy and Computer Policy have been updated. Close the command-prompt window.
   • Click Start → All Programs → Windows Update.
     Notice that the You Receive Updates setting is now set to Managed by Your System Administrator. If WSUS wasn't being used, this setting would instead display For Windows and Other Products from Microsoft Update.

If you want the client to connect to the WSUS server immediately and check for updates, you can enter the following command at the command prompt:

However, if no updates have been approved by the WSUS server, nothing will be downloaded.