Windows Updates | Get-Hotfix

How to Check Installed Windows Updates | Hotfixes on any remote computer using a Powershell command.

When you want to get all the installed hotfixes on your windows machine or a server then we have cmdlet available in Powershell called get-hotfix, here are the examples and usage fo the command.

Get-HotFix parameters

[ID] one can use an ID number to pull the hotfix information.

[ComputerName] we query or get hotfix on remote computers using this parameter.

[-Credential] we can pass remote computer user creadentials.

Get-HotFix Examples

PS C:\Windows\system32> get-hotfix

Source        Description      HotFixID      InstalledBy          InstalledOn
------        -----------      --------      -----------          -----------
DESKTOP-SV... Update           KB4534131     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  2/14/2020 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Update           KB4465065     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  6/19/2019 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Security Update  KB4470788     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  1/13/2019 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Update           KB4480056     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  1/13/2019 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Update           KB4486153     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  8/29/2019 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Security Update  KB4493510     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  4/10/2019 12:00:00 AM

Example Check hotfixes using ID

PS C:\Windows\system32> get-hotfix -Id KB4512577

Source        Description      HotFixID      InstalledBy          InstalledOn
------        -----------      --------      -----------          -----------
DESKTOP-SV... Security Update  KB4512577     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  9/13/2019 12:00:00 AM

Example Check hotfixes using Description.

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-HotFix -Description Security*

Source        Description      HotFixID      InstalledBy          InstalledOn
------        -----------      --------      -----------          -----------
DESKTOP-SV... Security Update  KB4470788     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  1/13/2019 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Security Update  KB4493510     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  4/10/2019 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Security Update  KB4499728     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Security Update  KB4504369     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  6/12/2019 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Security Update  KB4509095     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  7/10/2019 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Security Update  KB4512577     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  9/13/2019 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Security Update  KB4512937     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  8/20/2019 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Security Update  KB4516115     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  9/13/2019 12:00:00 AM

Get-Hotfix on the remote computer

This Powershell command also get all the installed hotfixes on the remote computer and gives, installed date and user name, please see the below example.

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-HotFix -ComputerName DESKTOP-SV9FF3Q

Source        Description      HotFixID      InstalledBy          InstalledOn
------        -----------      --------      -----------          -----------
DESKTOP-SV... Update           KB4534131     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  2/14/2020 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Update           KB4465065     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  6/19/2019 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Security Update  KB4470788     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  1/13/2019 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Update           KB4480056     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  1/13/2019 12:00:00 AM
DESKTOP-SV... Update           KB4486153     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  8/29/2019 12:00:00 AM

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