{"id":5375,"date":"2020-04-15T21:56:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T20:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.n-able.com\/?p=5375"},"modified":"2021-06-02T17:17:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T16:17:57","slug":"automating-your-upgrade-powershell-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.n-able.com\/de\/blog\/automating-your-upgrade-powershell-51","title":{"rendered":"Automating Your Upgrade to PowerShell 5.1"},"content":{"rendered":"

With PowerShell defaulting to version 2 or 3 on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, it\u2019s becoming necessary to upgrade PowerShell to version 5.1 to take advantage of its latest features. However, the number of Microsoft updates a device needs to bring it up-to-date can make the process complex.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Christian Oaksford from Mytech Partners created an automation policy to handle this process. This is also a recent submittal from the 2019 North American Hackathon.<\/p>\n

The policy is available at the following link:\u00a0https:\/\/success.solarwindsmsp.com\/kb\/solarwinds_n-central\/PowerShell-Upgrade-2-0-to-5-1<\/a><\/p>\n

The policy makes the upgrade process very simple. With it you can deploy a custom service which will show a pass status if PowerShell is already up-to-date on the device. If it\u2019s possible to upgrade PowerShell via the attached script, it will show a warning state\u2014and if you must do the upgrade manually for any reason, it will show a failed state.<\/p>\n

You can do the custom service with self-healing, which you can configure by opening the service and going to the self-healing tab.<\/p>\n

The upgrade script, when run either manually or via a self-healing, will check for pre-requisites and download and upgrade .net if it\u2019s required. It will then install the proper Microsoft update to do the PowerShell upgrade.<\/p>\n

The upgrade script may require multiple executions due to the requirement for reboot with certain Microsoft updates. The custom service will show a progression through the various service items, what is needed and what the next step is.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve created an automation policy and would like to share it with the community, please feel free to email me at\u00a0marcandre.tanguay@solarwinds.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

As always, don\u2019t forget to look in the Automation Cookbook at\u00a0www.solarwindsmsp.com\/cookbook<\/a>\u00a0if you\u2019re interested in other automation policies, script checks, and custom services.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marc-Andre Tanguay is Head Automation Nerd. You can follow him on Twitter at\u00a0@automation_nerd<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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