1.4 Relationship to Other Protocols

WSUSAR uses SOAP over HTTP, as described in [RFC2616], and SOAP over HTTPS, as described in [RFC2818], and as shown in the following layering diagram.

Relationship to other protocols

Figure 1: Relationship to other protocols

Although WSUSAR defines how updates and update metadata are managed and assigned to target groups, it does not define how those updates and update metadata are added to the update server. That is specified Windows Update Services Server-Server Protocol [MS-WSUSSS].

WSUSAR also does not specify how computers are discovered. That is defined in Windows Update Services: Client-Server Protocol [MS-WUSP].