query on update

Question

Hi All I want to know whether an hotfix is installed on the VM from powershell. if it is installed is it failed or success and when is it installed. please help me with powershell syntax.

Answer 1

Hi, @Rising Flight

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.

We can use the powershell syntax like: Get-HotFix -ID KB5012170

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Answer 2

Hi, You can get the Windows Updates like below and check if the update is in the list.

$Session = New-Object -ComObject "Microsoft.Update.Session"
$Searcher = $Session.CreateUpdateSearcher()
$historyCount = $Searcher.GetTotalHistoryCount()
$Searcher.QueryHistory(0, $historyCount) | Select-Object Title, Description, Date,
    @{name="Operation"; expression={switch($_.operation){
        1 {"Installation"}; 2 {"Uninstallation"}; 3 {"Other"}
}}}

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4197.windows-how-to-list-all-of-the-windows-and-software-updates-applied-to-a-computer.aspx

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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