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script to get latest build.
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Get the latest Cumulative update for Windows
.DESCRIPTION
This script will return the list of Cumulative updates for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 from the Microsoft Update Catalog.
.NOTES
Copyright Keith Garner ([email protected]), All rights reserved.
.LINK
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4000823
.EXAMPLE
Get the latest Cumulative Update for Windows 10 x64
.\Get-LatestUpdate.ps1
.PARAMETER Build
Windows 10 Build Number used to filter avaible Downloads
10240 - Windows 10 Version 1507
10586 - Windows 10 Version 1511
14393 - Windows 10 Version 1607 and Windows Server 2016
15063 - Windows 10 Version 1703
16299 - WIndows 10 Version 1709
.PARAMETER Filter
Specify a specific search filter to change the target update behaviour. The default will only Cumulative updates for x86 and x64.
If Mulitple Filters are specified, only string that match *ALL* filters will be selected.
Cumulative - Download Cumulative updates.
Delta - Download Delta updates.
x86 - Download x86
x64 - Download x64
.EXAMPLE
Get the latest Cumulative Update for Windows 10 x86
.\Get-LatestUpdate.ps1 -Filter 'Cumulative','x86'
.EXAMPLE
Get the latest Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016
.\Get-LatestUpdate.ps1 -Filter 'Cumulative','x64' -Build 14393
.EXAMPLE
Get the latest Cumulative Updates for Windows 10 (both x86 and x64) and download to the %TEMP% directory.
.\Get-LatestUpdate.ps1 | Start-BitsTransfer -Destination $env:Temp
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$False, HelpMessage="JSON source for the update KB articles.")]
[string] $StartKB = 'https://support.microsoft.com/app/content/api/content/asset/en-us/4000816',
[Parameter(Mandatory=$False, HelpMessage="Windows build number.")]
[ValidateSet('16299','15063','14393','10586','10240')]
[string] $BUild = '16299',
[Parameter(Mandatory=$False, HelpMessage="Windows update Catalog Search Filter.")]
[ValidateSet('x64','x86','Cumulative','Delta',$null)]
[string[]] $Filter = @( "Cumulative" )
)
#region Support Routine
Function Select-LatestUpdate {
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$True)]
Param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
$Updates
)
Begin {
$MaxObject = $null
$MaxValue = [version]::new("0.0")
}
Process {
ForEach ( $Update in $updates ) {
Select-String -InputObject $Update -AllMatches -Pattern "(\d+\.)?(\d+\.)?(\d+\.)?(\*|\d+)" |
ForEach-Object { $_.matches.value } |
ForEach-Object { $_ -as [version] } |
ForEach-Object {
if ( $_ -gt $MaxValue ) { $MaxObject = $Update; $MaxValue = $_ }
}
}
}
End {
$MaxObject | Write-Output
}
}
#endregion
#region Find the KB Article Number
Write-Verbose "Downloading $StartKB to retrieve the list of updates."
$kbID = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $StartKB |
Select-Object -ExpandProperty Content |
ConvertFrom-Json |
Select-Object -ExpandProperty Links |
Where-Object level -eq 2 |
Where-Object text -match $BUild |
Select-LatestUpdate |
Select-Object -First 1
#endregion
#region get the download link from Windows Update
Write-Verbose "Found ID: KB$($kbID.articleID)"
$kbObj = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB$($KBID.articleID)"
$Available_KBIDs = $kbObj.InputFields |
Where-Object { $_.type -eq 'Button' -and $_.Value -eq 'Download' } |
Select-Object -ExpandProperty ID
$Available_KBIDs | out-string | write-verbose
$kbGUIDs = $kbObj.Links |
Where-Object ID -match '_link' |
Where-Object { $_.OuterHTML -match ( "(?=.*" + ( $Filter -join ")(?=.*" ) + ")" ) } |
ForEach-Object { $_.id.replace('_link','') } |
Where-Object { $_ -in $Available_KBIDs }
foreach ( $kbGUID in $kbGUIDs )
{
Write-Verbose "`t`tDownload $kbGUID"
$Post = @{ size = 0; updateID = $kbGUID; uidInfo = $kbGUID } | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
$PostBody = @{ updateIDs = "[$Post]" }
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/DownloadDialog.aspx' -Method Post -Body $postBody |
Select-Object -ExpandProperty Content |
Select-String -AllMatches -Pattern "(http[s]?\://download\.windowsupdate\.com\/[^\'\""]*)" |
Select-Object -Unique |
ForEach-Object { [PSCustomObject] @{ Source = $_.matches.value } } # Output for BITS
}
#endregion
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cdie2k commented Feb 13, 2020

found part of the solution, with "Install-Module -Name MSCatalog" we will have the option to download the msu. and there are others script to mount the iso and install the msu with dsim (I didnt test it, yet)

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