#Windows features not loading install
#Windows features not loading update
#Windows features not loading Offline

#Windows features not loading Offline

I donвЂ™t even know if this is possible, but you might need to have two WSUS servers, one where everything is approved, so it offline downloads all updates, and then downstream have a secondary one that the computers report to so you can manually approve when you want. In that case, youвЂ™d have all the updates but the problem is that they would all be approved and installed. In this case IвЂ™d highly recommend using WSUS with SQL, instead of the WID (Windows internal Database), and make sure your keep the WSUS database clean.

#Windows features not loading update

After an admin approves the вЂњneededвЂќ update, WSUS will reach out and download the update making it available to the host.ДЇor offline synchronization, in a use case where you canвЂ™t have that back and forth communication to sync/download only вЂњneededвЂќ and approve from there, technically youвЂ™d need to synchronization all categories, and then approve all updates which would probably be 100вЂ™s of GB or even possibly TBs of data. Your case is interesting, because typically in most environments thereвЂ™s the master synchronization, and then as clients contact WSUS, admins approve updates that are вЂњNeededвЂќ.

#Windows features not loading install

To load them offline, I donвЂ™t even know if this is possible (I havenвЂ™t GoogleвЂ™d it), but could you put a Windows ISO on a network share, and use DISM to install components or roles you need for your specific use case? If youвЂ™re doing this for Features and Roles, I donвЂ™t think this will work for your scenario. Having them completely cut off kinda breaks that, lol. The resolutions IвЂ™ve posted allow the Windows workstations to bypass WSUS to install Features or Roles. Please see an example of the configuration below: Wait for your GPO to update, or run вЂњgpupdate /forceвЂќ on the workstations.Make sure вЂњDownload repair content and optional features directly from Windows Update instead of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)вЂќ IS checked.Make sure вЂњNever attempt to download payload from Windows UpdateвЂќ is NOT checked.Double click or open вЂњSpecify settings for optional component installation and component repairвЂќ.Navigate to вЂњComputer ConfigurationвЂќ, вЂњPoliciesвЂќ, вЂњAdministrative TemplatesвЂќ, and then вЂњSystemвЂќ.Make sure it applies to the computers youвЂ™d like

Create a new GPO, or modify an existing one.

Open the group policy editor on your domain.

Enable download of вЂњOptional featuresвЂќ directly from Windows Update The workstations will still use your WSUS server for approvals, downloads, and updates, however in the event content is not found, it will query Windows Update. To resolve this, you need to modify your domainвЂ™s group policy settings to allow your workstations to query Windows Update servers for additional content. You may see вЂњfailure to download filesвЂќ, вЂњcannot downloadвЂќ, or errors like вЂњ0x800F0954вЂќ when running DISM to install packages. NET Framework, Language Speech packs, etcвЂ¦

This will stop you from installing things like the RSAT tools. If you are running Microsoft Windows in a domain environment with WSUS configured, you may notice that youвЂ™re not able to install some FODs (Features on Demand), or use the вЂњTurn Windows features on or offвЂќ.