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Get-WUHistory — Get the history of installed updates from Windows Update. Part of external `PSWindowsUpdate` module.

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Problem

How to use the Get-WUHistory command: Get the history of installed updates from Windows Update. Part of external PSWindowsUpdate module. This command can only be run under PowerShell. More information: <https://github.com/mgajda83/PSWindowsUpdate>.

Solution

Get-WUHistory — Get the history of installed updates from Windows Update. Part of external PSWindowsUpdate module. This command can only be run under PowerShell. More information: <https://github.com/mgajda83/PSWindowsUpdate>.

Get list of update history:

Get-WUHistory

List the last 10 installed updates:

Get-WUHistory -Last {{10}}

List all updates installed from a specific date to today:

Get-WUHistory -MaxDate {{date}}

List all updates installed in the past 24 hours:

Get-WUHistory -MaxDate (Get-Date).AddDays(-1)

Send the results via email (SMTP):

Get-WUHistory -SendReport -PSWUSettings @{SmtpServer="{{smtp_server}}"; Port={{smtp_port}} From="{{sender_email}}" To="{{receiver_email}}"}

Code Snippets

Get list of update history

Get-WUHistory

List the last 10 installed updates

Get-WUHistory -Last {{10}}

List all updates installed from a specific date to today

Get-WUHistory -MaxDate {{date}}

List all updates installed in the past 24 hours

Get-WUHistory -MaxDate (Get-Date).AddDays(-1)

Send the results via email (SMTP)

Get-WUHistory -SendReport -PSWUSettings @{SmtpServer="{{smtp_server}}"; Port={{smtp_port}} From="{{sender_email}}" To="{{receiver_email}}"}

Context

tldr-pages: windows/Get-WUHistory

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