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Changing WSUS port numbers with IIS 7

As I mentioned in my previous post, sometimes it may be desired to change the default TCP port on a WSUS server.  When installing Windows Server Update Services 3.x there is a choice between using the IIS default site or to create a custom site.  If you chose the default site, port 80 is automatically used and if you choose custom, it’s port 8530.  It’s done this way to avoid a conflict if the server is already hosting a web site on port 80.

What I recently ran into was that I needed to change the listening port for WSUS, but the IIS Management Console was not added by the WSUS installer on a Server 2008 R2 platform.  So let’s get down to the nitty-gritty, here’s what you have to do:

In Server Manager, scroll to the Web Server Role and choose Add Role Services.  Check the box for IIS Management Console and hit Next > Install.  When that is done you can go to Administrative Tools and then you will find the IIS Manager as expected.  Expand your sites list and highlight the applicable site and then edit the bindings to change the port number.  Make sure you stop and start the site to apply that change.

At this point, your WSUS server will be running on the new port but you will find that your update services MMC will be broken with a connection error message.  Never fear, just choose Remove from Console in the Action menu and remove the instance.  Then choose Connect to Server and re-add your hostname, but with your new TCP port number.  Also don’t forget to update any GPOs that point clients to the update server.  And that’s all there is to it!