PowerhShell has turned into one of the best tools that we have as administrators of windows products. Support from the community is truly amazing. PoshWSUS is a module that was created to help administrate WSUS. The below commands can be used instead of executing everything through the GUI. Stop by the CodePlex site and check it out. Below are also a couple more links you can reference. Please leave a comment if you have used it and what you think.
Current Commands From The PoshCode website. (http://poshwsus.codeplex.com/)
Current commands are:
- Add-WSUSClientToGroup
- Approve-WSUSUpdate
- Connect-WSUSDatabaseServer
- Connect-WSUSServer
- Deny-WSUSUpdate
- Disconnect-WSUSServer
- Export-WSUSMetaData
- Get-WSUSChildServer
- Get-WSUSClient
- Get-WSUSClientGroupMembership
- Get-WSUSClientPerUpdate
- Get-WSUSClientsInGroup
- Get-WSUSCommand
- Get-WSUSContentDownloadProgress
- Get-WSUSCurrentUserRole
- Get-WSUSDatabaseConfig
- Get-WSUSDownstreamServer
- Get-WSUSEmailConfig
- Get-WSUSEvent
- Get-WSUSGroup
- Get-WSUSInstallableItem
- Get-WSUSInstallApprovalRule
- Get-WSUSServer
- Get-WSUSStatus
- Get-WSUSSubscription
- Get-WSUSSyncEvent
- Get-WSUSSyncHistory
- Get-WSUSSyncProgress
- Get-WSUSUpdate
- Get-WSUSUpdateApproval
- Get-WSUSUpdateCategory
- Get-WSUSUpdateClassification
- Get-WSUSUpdateFile
- Get-WSUSUpdatePerClient
- Get-WSUSUpdateSummary
- Get-WSUSUpdateSummaryPerGroup
- Get-WSUSUpdateSummaryPerClient
- Import-WSUSMetaData
- New-WSUSComputerScope
- New-WSUSGroup
- New-WSUSInstallApprovalRule
- New-WSUSLocalPackage
- New-WSUSUpdateScope
- Remove-WSUSClient
- Remove-WSUSClientFromGroup
- Remove-WSUSGroup
- Remove-WSUSInstallApprovalRule
- Remove-WSUSUpdate
- Reset-WSUSContent
- Resume-WSUSDownload
- Resume-WSUSUpdateDownload
- Set-WSUSEmailConfig
- Set-WSUSInstallApprovalRule
- Start-WSUSCleanup
- Start-WSUSInstallApprovalRule
- Start-WSUSSync
- Stop-WSUSDownload
- Stop-WSUSSync
- Stop-WSUSUpdateDownload
- Test-WSUSDatabaseServerConnection
Examples Of PoshWSUS
http://learn-powershell.net/2010/11/14/wsus-administrator-module/
