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When installing the Publisher for an Intune-only configuration, ensure you meet the following requirements:

Software:

**Note**

See the How to fix section of the Windows Server Update Services is not installed Knowledge Base article for details on how to install RSAT.

  • Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2025
    • When using Windows Server, only the WSUS API component needs to be installed, not full WSUS.

**Note**

The Publisher displays the following dialog if the WSUS prerequisites are not installed:

**Windows Server Update Services is not installed.**

See the Windows Server Update Services is not installed Knowledge Base article for details on how to resolve this.

Hardware:

The Publisher is a lightweight Windows application with a GUI frontend and a Windows service backend. The hardware requirements can be found below.

  • CPU: 2 CPU or more
  • Memory: 8GB of RAM or more
  • Disk Space: 80GB of disk space or more
    • The amount of disk space required will depend on the number of selected products.