This Module will help in Auditing Patches across Windows Environment and Validating the Services before and After Patch Reboot.
Create a Folder named MSWindowsUpdate under C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules Place PSM1 and PSD1 File
To Start using Launch Powershell as Administrator and if required execute (Optional) Set-Executionpolicy Unrestrcted -Force
(Mandatory) Import-Module MSWindowsUpdate -DisableNameChecking
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-command -Module MSwindowsupdate
CommandType Name Version Source
Function Get-RunningService 1.0.0.0 MSwindowsupdate Function Post-PatchValidation 1.0.0.0 MSwindowsupdate Function Validate-PatchStatus 1.0.0.0 MSwindowsupdate
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Help Validate-PatchStatus -Full
NAME Validate-PatchStatus
SYNOPSIS This function will get the Number of Patches missing on the remote server and If there is any reboot pending due to patching.
SYNTAX Validate-PatchStatus [-File] []
DESCRIPTION
PARAMETERS -File Specify the File Path Containing Server List
Required? true
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
PS C:\Windows\system32>Validate-PatchStatus -File "C:\temp\Servers.txt"
Computername : Server1
Missing Patch Count : 6
Pending Restart : True
PSComputerName : Server1
RunspaceId : 3c4f2d8b-4e11-4b91-9654-8fea9621ec32
Computername : Server2
Missing Patch Count : 6
Pending Restart : False
PSComputerName : Server2
RunspaceId : 697c2d8d-451d-40bd-80ae-1fc6d8b241f5
Computername : Server3
Missing Patch Count : 6
Pending Restart : True
PSComputerName : Server3
RunspaceId : df62d5b6-f974-4794-ae48-4114b4efb62e
Computername : Server4
Missing Patch Count : 5
Pending Restart : False
PSComputerName : Server4
RunspaceId : 0274387f-6734-409b-9688-a21df69eb542
Computername : Server5
Missing Patch Count : 0
Pending Restart : False
PSComputerName : Server5
RunspaceId : af545dbf-46a1-4b0e-8ad8-f81cbfc44d3a
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
PS C:\Windows\system32>Validate-PatchStatus -File "C:\temp\Servers.txt" | Export-Csv C:\Temp\Output.csv
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Help Post-PatchValidation -Full
NAME Post-PatchValidation
SYNOPSIS This function will help you validate the servers after Patch installation
SYNTAX Post-PatchValidation [-File] []
DESCRIPTION
PARAMETERS -File Specify the File Path Containing Server List
Required? true
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
PS C:\Windows\system32>Post-PatchValidation -File "C:\temp\Servers.txt"
Computername : Server1
Missing Patch Count : 6
Pending Restart : True
Service Validation : Failed
Service Remediated : True
PSComputerName : Server1
RunspaceId : 3c4f2d8b-4e11-4b91-9654-8fea9621ec32
Computername : Server2
Missing Patch Count : 6
Pending Restart : False
Service Validation : Passed
Service Remediated :
PSComputerName : Server2
RunspaceId : 697c2d8d-451d-40bd-80ae-1fc6d8b241f5
Computername : Server3
Missing Patch Count : 6
Pending Restart : True
Service Validation : Passed
Service Remediated :
PSComputerName : Server3
RunspaceId : df62d5b6-f974-4794-ae48-4114b4efb62e
Computername : Server4
Missing Patch Count : 5
Pending Restart : False
Service Validation : Passed
Service Remediated :
PSComputerName : Server4
RunspaceId : 0274387f-6734-409b-9688-a21df69eb542
Computername : Server5
Missing Patch Count : 0
Pending Restart : False
Service Validation : Passed
Service Remediated :
PSComputerName : Server5
RunspaceId : af545dbf-46a1-4b0e-8ad8-f81cbfc44d3a
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
PS C:\Windows\system32>Post-PatchValidation -File "C:\temp\Servers.txt" | Export-Csv C:\Temp\Output.csv
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Help Get-RunningService -Full
NAME Get-RunningService
SYNOPSIS This function will get the list of service running on a remote computer using the input file. The outut will be stored in C:\Windows\Temp\PrePatch_Service.txt
SYNTAX Get-RunningService [-File] []
DESCRIPTION
PARAMETERS -File Specify the File Path Containing Server List
Required? true
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
PS C:\>Get-RunningService -File "C:\temp\Servicetest.txt"
Info : Fetching Service status from 5 Servers
Info : Providing Sufficent time for the execution
Status :Total:5 | Success:5 | Failure:0
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Help Restart-WindowsServer -Full
NAME Restart-WindowsServer
SYNOPSIS This function will restart the windows computer based on the Input file in Parallel with optional paramaters like sleep time and Throttlelimit
SYNTAX Restart-WindowsServer [[-InputFile] ] [[-Parallel] ] [[-Sleep] ] [[-OutputFile] ] []
DESCRIPTION
PARAMETERS -InputFile
Required? false
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Parallel <Int32>
Required? false
Position? 2
Default value 10
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Sleep <Int32>
Required? false
Position? 3
Default value 600
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-OutputFile <String>
Required? false
Position? 4
Default value "C:\Windows\Temp\Restart_Status_$(Get-date -Format MMddyyyy).csv"
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
PS C:\Windows\system32>Restart-WindowsServer -InputFile "C:\temp\Servers.txt" -OutputFile "C:\Windows\temp\Output.csv"
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
PS C:\Windows\system32>Restart-WindowsServer -InputFile "C:\temp\Servers.txt" -Parallel 25 -Sleep 300
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Help Get-PatchReport -Full
NAME Get-PatchReport
SYNOPSIS This function will help you get the Patch Report from the Input file and Exports the content to output file
SYNTAX Get-PatchReport [[-InputFile] ] [[-OutputFile] ] []
DESCRIPTION
PARAMETERS -InputFile
Required? false
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-OutputFile <String>
Required? false
Position? 2
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
PS C:\Windows\system32>Get-PatchReport -InputFile "C:\temp\Servers.txt" -OutputFile "C:\Windows\temp\Output.csv"
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Help Install-MSWindowsUpdate -Full
NAME Install-MSWindowsUpdate
SYNOPSIS This function will install the patches on servers based on input file. This will install all missing patches
SYNTAX Install-MSWindowsUpdate [[-Inputfile] ] [[-Throttle] ] []
DESCRIPTION
PARAMETERS -Inputfile
Required? false
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Throttle <Int32>
Required? false
Position? 2
Default value 10
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
PS C:\Windows\system32>Install-MSWindowsUpdate -InputFile "C:\temp\Servers.txt"
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