“First thing’s first,” Alex muttered. “Is the feature even there?”
Get-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices InstallState : Available Two hours later, after running Install-WindowsFeature and a reboot:
Alex opened PowerShell as an administrator—no GUI, no clicking through Server Manager. Just a blinking cursor. The goal was simple: verify whether the core WSUS role, including its management console and database components, was installed on WSUS-01.
Display Name Name Install State ------------ ---- ------------- [ ] Windows Server Update Services UpdateServices Available The [ ] bracket was empty. The said “Available,” not “Installed.” Alex’s suspicion was confirmed: the WSUS role was not installed on the server named WSUS-01. No wonder patches weren’t deploying—the service wasn’t even there.