Installing updates from a remote server on multiple servers via WinRM.

There are some options for download and installing updates on remote or local computer in domain or workgroup: You can save the module and import it to server/client which has no internet connection or proxy connection. The latest version will be installed by run the below command on a PowerShell session: Installing PSWindowsUpdate is too easy for server/client which has internet connection.

PSWindowsUpdate PowerShell Module has cmdlets for retrieving and installing updates, also changing Windows Update configurations. PSWindowsUpdate is available at PowerShell Gallery for download. The PowerShell module needs no dependency.

PSWindowsUpdate PowerShell Module has been written by Michal Gajda. Server administrators have to logon to each server and do it manually but there are some automation tools that you can use them in same situations like our situation. After approving the patches, server administrators will install patches by Windows update service in each server but this process needs much efforts. At each month, after the Tuesday patch, up-stream servers download the new patches and our colleagues will approve the patches on the related WSUS groups in down-stream servers, server administrators can not apply patches before approval process.

We have defined internal process to applying updates on servers with minimal impact on services. We configured WSUS configurations in each server’s registry and actually there was an registry file for import during server preparation. Now, we have two WSUS servers at each site and those servers designed as up-stream and down-stream to receiving Microsoft’s products updates and deliver to servers and clients. I don’t want to explain this silly idea but I sorted it anyway by some automation. They wants group of persons to copy updates files on servers and do manual update by run update file and named the group as Operating System Team.

I don’t know that why we have workgroup servers yet and why the master of the geniuses can’t understand that we need to Microsoft Active Directory to central managing our Windows servers and users/groups and etc.

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