Scripted check for outstanding Windows Updates

Created by Jeremy Burgess, Modified on Fri, 20 Sep, 2024 at 11:45 AM by Jeremy Burgess

Symptoms

You are managing several Windows servers and want to check for available Windows updates.

Cause

n/a

Resolution

This assumes that you are running Powershell as admin and that your account has administrative access to any other named computer.

# Use this if "The term 'get-windowsupdate' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program."
Install-Module -Name PSWindowsUpdate -RequiredVersion 2.2.0.3

# Restart Powershell if you just installed the module
Powershell

# To get updates from the local computer only
Get–WindowsUpdate

# Or run on multiple computers
foreach ($computer in @('computer1', 'computer2', 'computer3') ) {
    Get-WindowsUpdate -ComputerName $computer
}