In case anyone is wondering whether or not it works; it does.

Note;

  • I did upgrade Windows 2008 R2 with all of the patches available at that time (as of 8 June 2010)
  • I was using a 180 day trial of both Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition and SQL Server 2008 R2.
  • I installed Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 via the Server Manager of Windows Server 2008.
  • All of the software is 64-bit
  • I used a HyperV virtual PC to test this out, which was connected to the actual network and Active Directory

Just be sure to select the option to use the local database during the installation of WSUS (I installed SQL locally on the same machine) The reason why I did this is to run a trial of SCCM 2007 R2 (Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager) on that machine. That same machine will then also replace a current WSUS instance on another server.

Expect more on this in the future!