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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to read an RSS feed

Summary: “Hey, Scripting Guy!” shows you how to use Invoke-RestMethod to read a list of entries from an RSS feed. (image)  How can I use Windows PowerShell to see the list of articles from an RSS feed?    (image)   Just use the Invoke-RestMethod and provide the full path to the link to the RSS feed. Here is an example:    Invoke-...

PowerTip: Get a list of security patches installed in the last 90 days

Summary: Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, Thomas Rayner, shows how to get a list of all the security patches installed in the last three months. (image) How can I list all the security patches that I’ve installed in the last 90 days? (image) There’s a class for that! Just use , and you can retrieve this information. Here is an ...