

- #WSUS IMPORT UPDATES MICROSOFT UPDATE CATALOG DOWNLOADS MANUAL#
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- #WSUS IMPORT UPDATES MICROSOFT UPDATE CATALOG DOWNLOADS DOWNLOAD#
#WSUS IMPORT UPDATES MICROSOFT UPDATE CATALOG DOWNLOADS DOWNLOAD#
When a click on view basket I obtain a window that shows me only download button but not Import button. I have tried accessing Microsoft Update Catalog site on IE, Chrome & Firefox, but still not getting those options available. Currently I am running SCCM 1902 in my production environment. I don’t see the option for “View Basket” & “Add” in my WSUS console. After few days I started getting comments that Add button and view basket option was missing in Microsoft update catalog. Recently we published a post on importing updates in WSUS manually. When launching the Microsoft Update Catalog from WSUS, no option is available to allow for importing content into WSUS.

Connection error ^Īfter you launch the command, chances are that it will fail with this error message:Įxception calling "ImportUpdateFromCatalogSite" with "2" argument(s): "The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send.While manually importing updates into WSUS, you might find the Add button missing in Microsoft Update Catalog.
#WSUS IMPORT UPDATES MICROSOFT UPDATE CATALOG DOWNLOADS FULL#
The function expects the file name with the full path. You can get the ID from the output of the script above or from the URL in the catalog popup. $wsus.ImportUpdateFromCatalogSite('', '') Then you call up the import function mentioned above: If you have set up an SSL connection for it, the command would usually look like this: $wsus = Get-WsusServer -Name -PortNumber 8531 -UseSsl If you work directly on the WSUS server, you just type $wsus = Get-WsusServerīut since you usually access the WSUS server from a workstation, you'll need additional information. The next step is to connect to the WSUS server. $uc.Links | where onClick -Like "*goToDetails*"|įoreach |ĬonvertFrom-Csv -Delimiter " " -Header "Description","ID"| Format-List

Instead of trudging through the details of each update and its URL, you can download and evaluate the entire list with a few lines of PowerShell: $kb = Read-Host -Prompt "Which KB do you want to search for?" Getting the ID of the updates using PowerShell ^ However, if you click the link with the description of the update, then a popup window opens whose URL contains the ID.
#WSUS IMPORT UPDATES MICROSOFT UPDATE CATALOG DOWNLOADS MANUAL#
You can easily determine the name of the file after the manual download, but the catalog does not show the ID anywhere in the update's detailed information.

Objects of the UpdateServer type contain the method ImportUpdateFromCatalogSite, which in turn needs the name of the update file as well as the update's ID. However, Microsoft does not make it easy for you to get the required information for the import. The alternative here is again PowerShell. This is also supported by the fact that Internet Explorer is being phased out and that in many environments, the installation of ActiveX is undesirable and often not possible. In my attempt, however, this did not lead to any success.Ĭonsidering that the import from the WSUS console via IE is so prone to errors, we recommend using a different method. To avoid this problem, there is a tip in some forums to replace the parameter Protocol=1.20 with Protocol=1.80 in the URL, which the import command initially opens in the browser. You can activate the import to WSUS in the shopping basket however this often fails with an error message
