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PowerShell: Approves all Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) definition updates

I tried to automate the approval of all Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) definition updates for Windows Defender Antivirus antimalware (and Microsoft Security Essentials for legacy usage, just in case).

Here is a small script I came up with:

#requires -Version 3.0 -Modules UpdateServices

<#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Approves all Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) definition updates

    .DESCRIPTION
    Approves all definition updates to all given Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Computer Groups

    .PARAMETER Name
    Specifies the name of a WSUS server.

    .PARAMETER TargetGroupNames
    Specifies the name(s) of the WSUS computer target group(s) for which to run this cmdlet.

    .EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> Approve-WSUSDefinitionUpdates -TargetGroupNames 'All Computers'

    Approve Definition Updates to the 'All Computers' Group

    .EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> Approve-WSUSDefinitionUpdates -Name 'mycdc01' -TargetGroupNames 'All Computers'

    Approves all definition updates to the 'All Computers' Group on the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Server 'mycdc01'

    .EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> Approve-WSUSDefinitionUpdates -TargetGroupNames 'All Computers' -WhatfIf

    Simmulate the approval of all definition updates to the 'All Computers' Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Group

    .EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> Approve-WSUSDefinitionUpdates -TargetGroupNames 'Pilot Servers','Pilot Workstations'

    Approves all definition updates to the 'Pilot Servers' and 'Pilot Workstations' Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) groups

    .NOTES
    Initial beta Version
#>
[CmdletBinding(ConfirmImpact = 'Low',
					SupportsShouldProcess)]
param
(
	[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline,
				  ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName,
				  Position = 1)]
	[Alias('WSUSServer')]
	[string]
	$Name = $null,
	[Parameter(Mandatory,
				  ValueFromPipeline,
				  ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName,
				  Position = 2,
				  HelpMessage = 'Specifies the name(s) of the WSUS computer target group(s) for which to run this cmdlet.')]
	[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
	[Alias('InstallGroups')]
	[string[]]
	$TargetGroupNames
)

begin
{
	try
	{
		if ($Name)
		{
			Write-Verbose -Message "Use $Name as WSUS Server"
			$paramGetWsusServer = @{
				Name			  = $Name
				ErrorAction   = 'Stop'
				WarningAction = 'Continue'
			}
		}
		else
		{
			Write-Verbose -Message 'Use the default WSUS Server'
			$paramGetWsusServer = @{
				ErrorAction   = 'Stop'
				WarningAction = 'Continue'
			}
		}
		$WSUS = (Get-WsusServer @paramGetWsusServer)
	}
	catch
	{
		# get error record
		[Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]$e = $_

		# retrieve information about runtime error
		$info = [PSCustomObject]@{
			Exception = $e.Exception.Message
			Reason	 = $e.CategoryInfo.Reason
			Target	 = $e.CategoryInfo.TargetName
			Script	 = $e.InvocationInfo.ScriptName
			Line	    = $e.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber
			Column	 = $e.InvocationInfo.OffsetInLine
		}

		# output information. Post-process collected info, and log info (optional)
		$info

		Write-Error -Message 'No WSUS Server was found!' -ErrorAction Stop

		break

		exit 1
	}

	$FPClass = $null
	$FPClass = $WSUS.GetUpdateClassifications() | Where-Object -FilterScript {
		$_.Title -eq 'Definition Updates'
	}

	if (-not $FPClass)
	{
		Write-Error -Message 'No Definition Updates found!' -ErrorAction Stop

		break

		exit 1
	}

	$AllDefinitionUpdates = $null
	$AllDefinitionUpdates = $FPClass.GetUpdates() | Where-Object -FilterScript {
		($_.Title -like 'Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials*') -or ($_.Title -like 'Update for Windows Defender Antivirus antimalware platforms*')
	}

	if (-not $AllDefinitionUpdates)
	{
		Write-Error -Message 'No Definition Updates found!!!' -ErrorAction Stop

		break

		exit 1
	}

}

process
{
	# Loop over all Updates
	foreach ($UpdateID in $AllDefinitionUpdates.Id.UpdateId.Guid)
	{
		# Loop over all Goups
		foreach ($TargetGroupName in $TargetGroupNames)
		{
			try
			{
				$paramGetWsusUpdate = @{
					UpdateId	     = $UpdateID
					ErrorAction   = 'Stop'
					WarningAction = 'SilentlyContinue'
				}
				$paramApproveWsusUpdate = @{
					Action			 = 'Install'
					TargetGroupName = $TargetGroupName
					ErrorAction	    = 'Stop'
					WarningAction   = 'SilentlyContinue'
				}
				if ($pscmdlet.ShouldProcess("$UpdateID to $TargetGroupName", 'Approve'))
				{
					$null = (Get-WsusUpdate @paramGetWsusUpdate | Approve-WsusUpdate @paramApproveWsusUpdate)
				}
			}
			catch
			{
				# get error record
				[Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]$e = $_

				# retrieve information about runtime error
				$info = [PSCustomObject]@{
					Exception = $e.Exception.Message
					Reason	 = $e.CategoryInfo.Reason
					Target	 = $e.CategoryInfo.TargetName
					Script	 = $e.InvocationInfo.ScriptName
					Line	    = $e.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber
					Column	 = $e.InvocationInfo.OffsetInLine
				}

				# FYI
				$info
			}
		}
	}
}

end
{
	Write-Verbose -Message 'Done'
}

#region License
<#
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    Copyright (c) 2018, enabling Technology <http://enatec.io>;
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#>
#endregion License

#region Hints
<#
    This is a third-party Software!

    The developer(s) of this Software is NOT sponsored by or affiliated with Microsoft Corp (MSFT) or any of its subsidiaries in any way

    The Software is not supported by Microsoft Corp (MSFT)!
#>
#endregion Hints

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