WSUS Trigger Reporting

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𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗦𝗨𝗦 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘆 — each OS version seems to have its own magic command that works.

I got tired of remembering them all and “Check for updates” is not very reliable… 𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀:

$UpdateSession = new-Object -com “Microsoft.Update.Session”; $Updates = $UpdateSession.CreateUpdateSearcher().Search($Criteria).Updates; wuauclt /reportnow; usoclient startscan

✅ Works across OS versions
✅ Forces a WSUS status report
✅ Initiates a scan for updates

How do you usually force WSUS reporting?

I have recently opened early access to my new “𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆” course, where students learn about similar topics.