{"id":1207,"date":"2021-05-31T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tungle.ca\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2023-01-31T20:55:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:55:48","slug":"install-pswindowsupdates-module-via-gpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tungle.ca\/?p=1207","title":{"rendered":"Install PSWindowsupdates module via GPO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Create a GPO “Install PSWindowsUpdates Module”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Actions Settings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program: %SystemRoot%\\system32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arguments: -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File \\DC1\\Shared\\install-PSWindowsupdate.PS1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned\n[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12\nInstall-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force\nSet-PSRepository -Name 'PSGallery' -InstallationPolicy Trusted\nInstall-Module PSWindowsUpdate -Force<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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On Windows 10 PC:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Restarts the machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The task is running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Check Task Manager and see PowerShell is running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
# Check PSWindowsUpdates has been installed.\nGet-InstallModule<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Create another GPO for installing Windows updates via the PSWindowsUpdates module.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Arguments: -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File \\\\DC1\\Shared\\NewPS.PS1<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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PSWindowsUpdates script (\\\\DC1\\Shared\\newPS.PS1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
# This is PowerShell script to force on installing Windows Updates via PSWindowsUpdate on Windows machines\n# https:\/\/www.powershellgallery.com\/packages\/PSWindowsUpdate\/2.2.0.2\n# It is created by Tung on 2021-Sep-28\n# Allow PowerShell to be run on Windows machines with PSWindowsUpdate module\nSet-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned\n# Installs everything (newest version) along with required modules.\n#Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate\n# Import Module PSWindowsUpdate before running the script\nImport-Module -Name PSWindowsUpdate\n#Force Windows updates are completely downloaded, installed and then restarted. Will check if we have a WSUS server\nInstall-WindowsUpdate -AcceptAll -AutoReboot\n\n# Send an email after running PSWindowsUpdate command\n# Will send email if the last previous command is successful. \nif ($? -eq $True){\n\t# Use this command for TLS requirement\n\t[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12\n\t# Get machine name \n\t$machinename = get-content env:computername\n\t# Get current date and time\n\t$currentdate = get-date\n\t# SMTP server of Outlook.com\n\t$SMTP = \"smtp-mail.outlook.com\"\n\t# Mail from\n\t$From = \"youremail\"\n\t# Rcpt to \n\t$To = \"youremail\"\n\t# Subject line \n\t$Subject = \"Windows updates on $cname\"\n\t# Email body\n\t$Body = \"Finising running Windows updates on $machinename on $currentdate\"\n\t# Create  a connection to SMTP Outlook via the port 587\n\t$Email = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SMTP, 587)\n\t# Enable SSL for the connection\n\t$Email.EnableSsl = $true\n\t# Log in to Outlook mail server with your credential\n\t$Email.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential(\"youremail\", \"yourpassword\");\n\t# Send email syntax\n\t$Email.Send($From, $To, $Subject, $Body)\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Windows 10:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Create a GPO “Install PSWindowsUpdates Module”. Actions Settings: Program: %SystemRoot%\\system32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe Arguments: -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File \\DC1\\Shared\\install-PSWindowsupdate.PS1 On Windows 10 PC: Restarts the machine. The task is running. Check Task Manager and see PowerShell is running. Create another GPO for installing Windows updates via the PSWindowsUpdates module. PSWindowsUpdates script (\\\\DC1\\Shared\\newPS.PS1) Windows 10:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-1207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft","tag-microsoft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tungle.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tungle.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tungle.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tungle.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tungle.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1207"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tungle.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4680,"href":"https:\/\/tungle.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions\/4680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tungle.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tungle.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tungle.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}