content: Uhh....and Server 2012 R2 comes with Windows Server Update Services as an available role...so I don't get it? I can't comment on 2016 since I haven't used that version yet, but if you're running server and not managing it with WSUS, you're just declining to manage your updates. Having the default behavior in an enterprise environment where the administrator isn't capable of configuring updates be "just auto update" is probably a good thing.