How to configure E-Mail notification in WSUS

How to configure E-Mail notification in WSUS

The WSUS server can be configured to send e-mail notifications of new updates and reports on the status of the WSUS network. Notifications will be sent whenever the WSUS server synchronizes new updates, and status reports can be sent daily or weekly. 

Set up e-mail notifications

1. In the WSUS Administration console, click Options in the left pane.
2. In the center pane, click E-Mail Notifications.
3. Click the General
4. If you want update notifications, select the Send e-mail notification when new updates are synchronized check box.
5. In the Recipients box, type the e-mail addresses of the people who should receive update notifications. Separate the names with semi-colons.
6. If you want status reports, select the Send status reports check box.
7. In the Frequency box, select either Daily or Weekly.
8. In the Send reports at box, set the time at which you want status reports to be sent.
9. In the Recipients box type the e-mail addresses of the people who should receive status reports, delimited by semicolons.
10. In the Language box, select the language in which the status reports should be sent.
11. Click Apply to save these settings

Set up the e-mail server

1. Click the E-Mail Server tab.
2. In the Outgoing e-mail server (SMTP) box, type the name of your SMTP server.
3. In the Port number box, type the server's SMTP port (25 by default). In case you have relay defined in exchange servers, you can add the WSUS server in the list in exchange server and use the defined port number
4. In the Sender name box, type the sender's e-mail display name. Generally this will be the name of the WSUS administrator.
5. In the E-mail address box, type the sender's e-mail address.
6. If the SMTP server not requires logon information, Unselect the My SMTP server requires authentication check box. if requires logon authentication you can select this option and enter the credentials.
7. Click Apply to save this information.
8. After saving the e-mail server information, test your configuration by clicking Test. The Event Viewer will show any issues related to sending the e-mail.
   Note: The IP of WSUS server need to be added to the Exchange Relay server to enable access to send anonymous emails.