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Use the UpdateServices Module to Manage WSUS

Summary: Use the Windows PowerShell and the UpdateServices module to manage WSUS. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have an awesome blog post written by Boe Prox about using the UpdateServices module to manage WSUS. Boe is the 2010 second-place winner of the Scripting Games, and he won a free pass to TechEd 2010 in New ...

Installing WSUS on Windows Server 2012

Summary: Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, talks about installing WSUS on Windows Server 2012 via Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back today to Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox. Without further ado, here is Boe… In a previous Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog post, Introduction to WSUS and PowerShell, I ...

Use the Free PoshWSUS PowerShell Module for WSUS Administrative Work

Summary: Learn how to use the free PoshWSUS Windows PowerShell module to administer your WSUS server. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. We wrap up the weekend and the week with guest blogger, Boe Prox. In case you missed them, here are links for Boe’s blogs: Day 1: Introduction to WSUS and PowerShell Day 2: Use PowerShell to ...

Introduction to PoshWSUS, a Free PowerShell Module to Manage WSUS

Summary: Guest blogger, Boe Prox, discusses the development of the free Windows PowerShell module that he wrote to manage WSUS. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we are celebrating our 2000th Hey, Scripting Guy! blog. I think that in the spirit of community, it is appropriate that today we also have a guest blogger, Boe Prox, ...

Get Windows Update Status Information by Using PowerShell

Summary: Learn how to use the WSUS Update Scope with Windows PowerShell to get update status information for client computers. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. What a week. Boe Prox has certainly been sharing quite a bit of Windows PowerShell goodness. In case you have missed them, here are links to the blog series thus far. You ...