Category Archives: WSUS

Use the WSUS API and PowerShell to query the SUSDB Database

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Boe Prox

While we know that the WSUS API can be used to perform a multitude of WSUS tasks from approving patches, removing clients to creating automatic approval rules. Diving deeper into the API reveals that we can also find out the … Continue reading →

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Guest Post On Hey, Scripting Guy! on Using The UpdateServices WSUS Module

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Boe Prox

My latest guest spot on Hey, Scripting Guy! is live today! I continue my article on managing the new WSUS server on Windows Server 2012 using the UpdateServices module. I go through each of the cmdlets that are available and … Continue reading →

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PoshWSUS Updated to 2.1.1

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Boe Prox

I just released a new version of my WSUS module, PoshWSUS to codeplex. Nothing new was added to this release, so only bug fixes that were submitted to the Issues page on the codeplex site were addressed. Let me know … Continue reading →

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Name Change to PoshWSUS Commands with PoshWSUS 2.1

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Boe Prox

If you remember, I posted a poll regarding the renaming of the PoshWSUS commands to avoid a naming collision with the UpdateServices module now available with Windows 2012/8 which use the *-WSUS* format. Well, after letting the poll sit for … Continue reading →

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PowerShell Magazine Article on UpdateServices Module

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Boe Prox

My latest article on the PowerShell Magazine went live today. I talk about working with the new UpdateServices module on Windows Server 2012. Check it out!   Client and patch management using the UpdateServices module

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