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Learn PowerShell Core 6.0

You're reading from  Learn PowerShell Core 6.0

Product type Book
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788838986
Pages 552 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
David das Neves David das Neves
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Jan-Hendrik Peters Jan-Hendrik Peters
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Table of Contents (26) Chapters close

Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
1. Current PowerShell Versions 2. PowerShell ISE Versus VSCode 3. Basic Coding Techniques 4. Advanced Coding Techniques 5. Writing Reusable Code 6. Working with Data 7. Understanding PowerShell Security 8. Just Enough Administration 9. DevOps with PowerShell 10. Creating Your Own PowerShell Repository 11. VSCode and PowerShell Release Pipelines 12. PowerShell Desired State Configuration 13. Working with Windows 14. Working with Azure 15. Connecting to Microsoft Online Services 16. Working with SCCM and SQL Server 17. PowerShell Deep Dives 1. PowerShell ISE Hotkeys 2. Assessments 3. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Verifying installed updates


In many cases, you will also need to check for specific updates on the machines. The following code retrieves the information for the installed updates. You can also specify dedicated computers to verify installed updates remotely:

<#    
.SYNOPSIS
 Get-InstalledUpdateInformation retrieves a list of Windows and Microsoft Updates for the specified computer.

.DESCRIPTION
 Get-InstalledUpdateInformation retrieves a list of Windows and Microsoft Updates for the specified computer. Requires admin rights.

.PARAMETERComputerName
A specified computername, if you want to retrieve the information from a different computer.

.EXAMPLE
Get-InstalledUpdateInformation 
.EXAMPLE
Get-Content ServerList.Csv | Select-Object ComputerName | Get-InstalledUpdateInformation
.NOTES
Get-InstalledUpdateInformation retrieves a list of Windows and Microsoft Updates for the specified computer.
#>
Function Get-InstalledUpdateInformation
{
[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
[Parameter(position...
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