Automatically apply Windows updates using scripted tasks 编辑

As an IT admin, you might have many devices to manage. They might exist in different domains and have different security levels or Windows OS versions. Updating those devices in a timely manner to prevent potential risks can be a tedious task. To achieve this goal, you might do the following:

• Collect information related to updates.

• Draw comparisons between the collected information to identify the devices where updates are missing.

• Apply one or more updates to relevant devices one by one.

Workspace Environment Management (WEM) provides you with a scripted task feature that simplifies the task of applying updates to your devices.

All you need to do is configure two scripted tasks. A general workflow is as follows:

1. Prepare two scripts and create a file

2. Add two scripted tasks

3. Configure the two scripted tasks

4. View the task execution report

Prepare two scripts and create a file

1. Prepare a script that monitors available updates.

   $List = Get-Content \\hyenvwemserver\share\hotfix.list
   $Applied = Get-HotFix | Select-Object -ExpandProperty HotFixID
   $ExitCode = 0
   $List | ForEach-Object {
       if(-not ($Applied.Contains($_)))
       {
           Write-Host $_
           $ExitCode = 1
       }
   }
   Exit $ExitCode
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