Install-BPUpdate

This script will check to see if an incremental Best Practice data update has been released today and if so download and install it.

Parameters

-Date
Not Required.
Pipeline not accepted.
Named Position.
No Wildcards.
This fills the filename to download. You can use this if you are searching for a specific date.

-Destination
Not Required.
Pipeline not accepted.
Named Position.
No Wildcards.
Sets the download directory for the data update file. By default this will be C:\BPUpdate

-DownloadURL
Not Required.
Pipeline not accepted.
Named Position.
No Wildcards.
This is the URL to download the file from. This also includes the filename.

-OutFileName
Not Required.
Pipeline not accepted.
Named Position.
No Wildcards.
This sets the name to download the file as.

-EventSource
Not Required.
Pipeline not accepted.
Named Position.
No Wildcards.
This sets the name of the source for event viewer logs.

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Use the "Install BP UPdate.xml" to create a scheduled task. Be sure to replace DOMAIN\ADMIN with the credentials you want to use.

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Exmaple usage

.\Install-BPUpdate.ps1 This will run the script with default. The download will be downloaded to with the original filename to C:\BPUpdates

.\Install-BPUpdate.ps1 -OutFileName "BPUPdate.exe" This will run the script with defaults but set the saved filename to "BPUpdate.exe" (without the quotes).

.\Install-BPUpdate.ps1 -Date "170105" -Destination "C:\Temp" -OutFileName "TempBPUpdateFile.exe" -EventSource "PS BP Update Script" This will attempt to download the update from 2017/01/05 and write the file "TempBPUpdate.exe" to "C:\Temp" and if an error occurs it will write the source as "PS BP Update Script"