A common question that comes up during WSUS planning phase is if WSUS is supported on when installed on a Domain Controller. Although this is documented in TechNet in various locations, it is important to highlight some additional recommendations as well as enumerate the main source of documentation for that. The goal of this article is to consolidate the Guidance on running WSUS on a Domain Controller.
Thanks to Rob Coffey and Yuri Diogenes for his help with this Article.
Carsten Siemens edited Revision 1. Comment: Added tag: en-US, has comment
Yuri Diogenes [MSFT] edited Original. Comment: adding additional bullets and security considerations
well indeed. There is always a roll back plan
'If someone unfamiliar with Domain Controllers is troubleshooting a WSUS and removes the Windows Internal Database, this would be catastrophic to the domain. ' - Why?