neil_g said:Ah right. Don't you need at least 1 2012 dc to manage w8? Same way you need at least 1 2008 to manage w7?
Wsus won't have any baring on group policy.
It is the updates, they fail on windows 7 upgraded to windows 8. Even though we have patched wsus to work with windows 8, they fail.
As windows 8 is basically the same as windows 7 underneath (MS have stated it appears the same), it should work fine.