The Windows update service for Elastic Desktop Service (EDS) Enterprise validates official Microsoft updates through an internal Alibaba Cloud WSUS server and blocks high-risk patches that may cause system instability, ensuring security without update-related downtime.
Limitations
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This feature is supported only on Windows Server 2022/2019 images of version
2.10.0or later.
Enable Windows updates
After you configure and enable Windows updates, update options appear when eligible cloud computers shut down or restart.
Log on to the EDS enterprise console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose Resource Management > Cloud Computers.
In the top navigation bar, select a region.
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Enable Windows updates for one or more cloud computers.
Single cloud computer
On the Elastic Desktop Service (EDS) Enterprise page, find the target cloud computer. In the Actions column, click More and select Configure Windows Updates.
Multiple cloud computers
On the Elastic Desktop Service (EDS) Enterprise page, select the target cloud computers. In the lower-left corner, choose .
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In the Configure Windows Updates panel, enable Accept Windows Updates and then configure the following options.
Option
Description
Set Intranet update server to detect updates
The server that detects updates. Defaults to the Alibaba Cloud intranet update server. Customizable.
Set Intranet statistics server
The server that collects update statistics. Defaults to the Alibaba Cloud intranet statistics server. Customizable.
Always override the user-specified intranet Microsoft update service location
Selected by default. The specified location overrides any user-configured update service location on cloud computers.
NoteClick Restore to Default Location to reset the intranet update server and intranet statistics server to the default Alibaba Cloud WSUS server.
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Click OK.
Test connectivity to the update server
Run one of the following commands on a cloud computer to test connectivity to the update server. Replace the URL with your actual update server address.
CMD
Prerequisite: Enable Telnet Client in Turn Windows features on or off.
telnet update.cloud.aliyuncs.com 80PowerShell
Test-NetConnection -ComputerName update.cloud.aliyuncs.com -Port 80Update Windows
Prerequisite: The cloud computer must be in the running state. Shut down or hibernating cloud computers cannot receive updates.
Log on to the EDS enterprise console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose Resource Management > Cloud Computers.
In the top navigation bar, select a region.
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Update Windows for one or more cloud computers.
NoteFor eligible cloud computers, update options appear upon shutdown or restart. The specific options vary. The following steps use update and restart as an example.
Single cloud computer
On the Elastic Desktop Service (EDS) Enterprise page, find the target cloud computer. In the Restart column, click restart, select OK, and then click OK.
Multiple cloud computers
On the Elastic Desktop Service (EDS) Enterprise page, select the target cloud computers. In the lower-left corner, click Restart. In the dialog box that appears, select Update and restart, and then click OK.