xWindowsUpdate

Author(s)

• DSC Community

Tags

DesiredStateConfiguration DSC DSCResourceKit DSCResource

DSCResources

xHotFix xWindowsUpdateAgent

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

## [3.0.0-preview0001] - 2020-03-21

### Added

- xWindowsUpdate
 - Added automatic release with a new CI pipeline.
- xWindowsUpdateAgent
 - Added Retry logic to known transient errors ([issue #24](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xWindowsUpdate/issues/24)).

### Changed

- xWindowsUpdate
 - Moved the `Set-StrictMode` so that it is used during testing only and
   not during runtime.
 - Removed the helper function `Trace-Message` and using the `Write-Verbose`
   directly instead.
 - The helper function `New-InvalidArgumentException` was replaced by
   its equivalent in the module DscResource.Common.
- xWindowsUpdateAgent
 - Removed the `$PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess` calls from code since DSC does not
   support interactive actions.
 - No longer defaults to output verbose messages.

### Removed

- xWindowsUpdate
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Removed the deprecated resource `xMicrosoftUpdate`

## [2.8.0.0] - 2019-04-03

- xWindowsUpdateAgent: Fixed verbose statement returning incorrect variable
- Tests no longer fail on `Assert-VerifiableMocks`, these are now renamed
 to `Assert-VerifiableMock` (breaking change in Pester v4).
- README.md has been updated with correct description of the resources
 ([issue #58](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xWindowsUpdate/issues/58)).
- Updated appveyor.yml to use the correct parameters to call the test framework.
- Update appveyor.yml to use the default template.
- Added default template files .gitattributes, and .gitignore, and
 .vscode folder.

## [2.7.0.0] - 2017-07-12

- xWindowsUpdateAgent: Fix Get-TargetResource returning incorrect key

## [2.6.0.0] - 2017-03-08

- Converted appveyor.yml to install Pester from PSGallery instead of from
 Chocolatey.
- Fixed PSScriptAnalyzer issues.
- Fixed common test breaks (markdown style, and example style).
- Added CodeCov.io reporting
- Deprecated xMicrosoftUpdate as it's functionality is replaced by
 xWindowsUpdateAgent

## [2.5.0.0] - 2016-05-18

- Added xWindowsUpdateAgent

## [2.4.0.0] - 2016-03-30

- Fixed PSScriptAnalyzer error in examples

## [2.3.0.0] - 2016-02-02

- MSFT_xWindowsUpdate: Fixed an issue in the Get-TargetResource function,
 resulting in the Get-DscConfiguration cmdlet now working appropriately
 when the resource is applied.
- MSFT_xWindowsUpdate: Fixed an issue in the Set-TargetResource function
 that was causing the function to fail when the installation of a hotfix
 did not provide an exit code.

## [2.2.0.0] - 2015-09-11

- Minor fixes

## [2.1.0.0] - 2015-07-24

- Added xMicrosoftUpdate DSC resource which can be used to enable/disable
 Microsoft Update in the Windows Update Settings.

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## [2.0.0.0] - 2015-04-23

- Initial release with the xHotfix resource