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How to get installed windows update using PowerShell?
To get the installed windows updates using PowerShell, we can use the Get-Hotfix command. This command gets the hotfixes and updates that are installed on the local and the remote computer.
This command is the part of Microsoft.Management.PowerShell utility.
Example
Get-HotFix
Output
PS C:\> Get-HotFix Source Description HotFixID InstalledBy InstalledOn ------ ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- LABMACHINE... Update KB3191565 LABMACHINE2K12\Ad... 1/15/2021 12:00:00 AM LABMACHINE... Update KB2999226 LABMACHINE2K12\Ad... 1/13/2021 12:00:00 AM
In the above output, you can see the SourceMachine Name, HotfixID, InstalledBy, and the Installed Date.
You can also sort it by the InstalledOn parameter. For example,
Example
Get-HotFix | Sort-Object InstalledOn -Descending
This command supports the ComputerName parameter which is a string array so we can pass the multiple remote computers to get the installed hotfixes.
PS C:\> help Get-HotFix -Parameter ComputerName -ComputerName <System.String[]> Specifies a remote computer. Type the NetBIOS name, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, or a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of a remote computer.
For example,
Example
Get-HotFix -ComputerName LabMachine2k12,AD,LabMachine2k16
Updated on: 08-Feb-2021
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