#WINDOWS UPDATE IPTRACE HOW TO#
#WINDOWS UPDATE IPTRACE CODE#
#WINDOWS UPDATE IPTRACE SERIES#

An update will be not be included if its Title, Description, Knowledge Base articles, or security bulletins contains this string. An update will be included only if its Title, Description, Knowledge Base articles, or security bulletins contains this string. If set to false, all updates are included. If set to true, only WSUS infrastructure updates will be included. Gets or sets whether or not to filter for WSUS infrastructure updates. This value may be a combination of any number of values from UpdateInstallationStates. An update will be included only if it has at least one computer in one of the specified states. Gets or sets the installation states to search for. An update will be included only if its creation date is greater than or equal to this value. Gets or sets the minimum creation date to search for. An update will be included only if its arrival date is greater than or equal to this value. Gets or sets the minimum arrival date to search for. Gets or sets whether to exclude optional updates from the list. An update will be included only if it does not have any computers in any of the specified states. Gets or sets the installation states to exclude. This value may be a combination of any number of values from ApprovedStates. An update will be included only if it matches at least one of the specified states. Gets or sets the approval states to search for. Here is a list of the editable properties for the Update Scope object: The image that follows displays this information. OK, let’s take a look at these properties.

#WINDOWS UPDATE IPTRACE CODE#

The code that follows creates an instance of the UpdateScope. For more information about this class, see UpdateScope Class on MSDN. To create this object, we need to use the class. Much as we did with the Computer Target Scope object, we need first to create the Update Scope object so we can then look at its properties and make adjustments, if needed. …As the name implies, this is a scope that can be used to filter a list of updates on the WSUS server. If you are asking, “What is the Update Scope?” Much like yesterday, I will dive into some of the objects that we have worked with throughout the week and make use of some of the methods that require the Update Scope object to work properly. Today we are moving from working with the Computer Target Scope and generating some cool reports to working with the Update Scope on the WSUS server. You can also see Boe’s biography in the Day 1 blog.ĭay 1: Introduction to WSUS and PowerShellĭay 2: Use PowerShell to Perform Basic Administrative Tasks on WSUSĭay 3: Approve or Decline WSUS Updates by Using PowerShellĭay 4: Use PowerShell to Find Missing Updates on WSUS Client Computers

#WINDOWS UPDATE IPTRACE SERIES#

In case you have missed them, here are links to the blog series thus far. Boe Prox has certainly been sharing quite a bit of Windows PowerShell goodness. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here.

#WINDOWS UPDATE IPTRACE HOW TO#

Summary: Learn how to use the WSUS Update Scope with Windows PowerShell to get update status information for client computers.

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