PSWindowsUpdate

This module contain cmdlets to manage Windows Update Client.

Table of Contents

• PSWindowsUpdate
• Release Notes
• Install module from the PowerShell Gallery
• Usage and Examples
  • Get-WindowsUpdate / Install-WindowsUpdate
  • Add-WUServiceManager
  • Get-WUHistory
  • Remove-WindowsUpdate
  • Get-WUSettings / Set-WUSettings
• Support

Release Notes

v2.2.1

• Set-WUSettings added params to control TargetRelease for control Feature Updates version and Windows Update for Business
• Fixed Remove-WindowsUpdate bug
• Fixed Get-WUHistory bug
• Fixed Get-WindowsUpdate sendreport bug

v2.2.0

• New cmdlet Reset-WUComponents, for reset Windows Updates components to default
• New cmdlet Get-WUOfflineMSU, for download offline msu package from microsoft Update Catalog

v2.1.1

• Remove-WindowsUpdate added WU Api uninstallation mode
• Fixed bug with slow run cmdlets
• Added support for Office 365 users to send emails

v2.1.0

• New cmdlet Set-PSWUSettings, for save PSWUSettings to xml file
• Param -SendReport can use smtp server credentials
• Install-WindowsUpdate added -RecurseCycle param, to install next updates after reboot
• Install-WindowsUpdate added new pre search criteria: DeploymentAction, IsAssigned, IsPresent, BrowseOnly and AutoSelectOnWebSites
• Change location of PSWindowsUpdate.log file to $Env:TEMP
• Fixed Get-WULastResults bugs
• Fixed Remove-WUServiceManager bugs

v2.0.0

• Rewrite whole script module to binary module

Install module from the PowerShell Gallery

Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate

Usage and Examples

Import the module:

Import-Module PSWindowsUpdate

Get-WindowsUpdate / Install-WindowsUpdate

Get windows updates available from default service manager.

Get-WindowsUpdate

Get all available update on remote machine MG-PC, that contains in Title this two words 'Aktualizacja' and 'Windows 11' (as regular expression).

Get-WindowsUpdate -ComputerName MG-PC -MicrosoftUpdate -Title "Aktualizacja.*Windows 11" -Verbose

Hide update with KBArticleID: KB4034658.

Get-WindowsUpdate -KBArticleID KB4034658 -Hide -Verbose

...or use alias

Hide-WindowsUpdate -KBArticleID KB4034658 -Verbose

Schedule job at 6:00 PM to install update with UpdateId='ddb74579-7a1f-4d1f-80c8-e8647055314e' and RevisionNumber=200. Update will be automaticaly accepted and after all server will be automaticaly restarted if needed.

Get-WindowsUpdate -MicrosoftUpdate -UpdateID ddb74579-7a1f-4d1f-80c8-e8647055314e -RevisionNumber 200 -ScheduleJob (Get-Date -Hour 18 -Minute 0 -Second 0) -Install -AcceptAll -AutoReboot -Verbose

...or use alias

Install-WindowsUpdate -MicrosoftUpdate -UpdateID ddb74579-7a1f-4d1f-80c8-e8647055314e -RevisionNumber 200 -ScheduleJob (Get-Date -Hour 18 -Minute 0 -Second 0) -AcceptAll -AutoReboot -Verbose

Add-WUServiceManager

Try register Microsoft Update service as Service Manager.

Add-WUServiceManager -MicrosoftUpdate

Try register Offline Sync Service from file C:\wsusscn2.cab.

Add-WUServiceManager -ScanFileLocation C:\wsusscn2.cab

Get-WUHistory

Get Windows Update history.

Get-WUHistory

Get Windows Update Agent history for last 24h.

Get-WUHistory -MaxDate (Get-Date).AddDays(-1)

Remove-WindowsUpdate

Try to uninstall update with specific KBArticleID = KB958830.

Get-WUUninstall -KBArticleID KB958830

Get-WUSettings / Set-WUSettings

Get current Windows Update Client configuration.

Get-WUSettings

Set the target version for feature updates to Windows 10 22H2.

Set-WUSettings -TargetReleaseVersion -TargetReleaseVersionInfo 22H2 -ProductVersion "Windows 10"

Support

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