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How do I make Windows Server 2016 check for Windows Updates?

My Windows Server 2016 will not check for updates unless I press the "Check for updates" button. This is a problem because it automatically installs updates after checking. All I want to do is see if there are updates available. I don't want to install them.

I paid $499 to Microsoft and they could not figure this out. They said the only thing I can do is configure the local policy. Their English was terrible and they put me on hold almost a dozen times. Several times, they came back from hold and completely forgot why they put me on hold so I had to explain everything again. I gave up on them and tried to configure a policy to check for updates as follows:

I enabled "Automatic Updates detection frequency" and set it to 22-hours. This setting states that these settings must be enabled/configured for it to work:
"Configure Automatic Updates"
"Specify intranet Microsoft update service location"

I enabled "Configure Automatic Updates" and set to "3 - Auto download/notify.

I don't know how to configure "Specify intranet Microsoft update service location" to use Microsoft's servers. I don't have a WSUS server.

Anyone know how to make a Windows Server 2016 automatically check for updates without installing them and without WSUS?

Thank you in advance!

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Should have worked OOB so something else may now be broken. Some things to try;
- sfc /scannow
- dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
- manual steps here. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/windows-update-resources#how-do-i-reset-windows-update-components

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@JaxPlanet-9550
Hi,
Do you mean clicking the button "check for updates" then computer will download and install updates not only download updates then notifies you ?
By default , "click button" will download and install updates.
please use below powershell command instead of "click button" (or , you may use GPO "Automatic Updates Detection Frequency" to check updates automatically ) :

(new-object -Comobject Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate).Detectnow()

Windows Server 2016 was modified so that it could be integrated with the new UI.
You could see this blog for more details about how updates now work with Windows Server 2016
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mu/2016/10/25/patching-with-windows-server-2016/
You can refer to the method on the following website to see if the problem can be solved
https://omgdebugging.com/2017/10/09/command-line-equivalent-of-wuauclt-in-windows-10-windows-server-2016/
Hope above information can help you.

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Any progress or updates?

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