For those following this lab and installing the update point within a domain containing windows 8 operating systems : You should install following update for your WSUS server : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2734608. Additional information can be found on http://www.eightforums.com/windows-updates-activation/9068-update-makes-wsus-win-8-compatible.html. Took me half a day to fork this out. Without this update, you get the famous error 0x80096002 when hitting the "Check for updates" within the Microsoft update screen of your Windows 8... I hope this saves some type for the people following this excellent blog. By the way : this is an outstanding tutorial. I recommended it to all of the system engineers involved with this @ work.