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How to List Update Settings Across All Windows Devices

Using Kolide, you can easily view and query Windows Update Settings across your fleet.

Introduction

Windows Update has a variety of advanced options which can be configured to customize its behavior. This inventory details the configuration of the Windows Update feature, such as when it last scanned, what hours of the day Windows Update should run, and whether Updates should be paused.

What Windows Update Setting Data Can Kolide Collect?

Kolide's endpoint agent bundles in osquery to efficiently collect Windows Update Settings from Windows devices in your fleet. Once collected, Kolide will parse, clean up, and centrally store this data in Inventory for your team to view, query, or export via API.

Kolide meticulously documents every piece of data returned so you can understand the results.

Windows Update Settings Schema

Column Type Description
id Primary Key

Unique identifier for the object

device_id Foreign Key

Device associated with the entry

device_name Text

Display name of the device associated with the entry

active_hours_end Integer

The ending hour (in 0 - 24 format) of the device's Windows Update "Active Hours". These are the hours that Windows Update attempts to avoid disruptive actions like restarting the device.

active_hours_start Integer

The starting hour (in 0 - 24 format) of the device's Windows Update "Active Hours". These are the hours that Windows Update attempts to avoid disruptive actions like restarting the device.

allow_metered_downloads Boolean

true if Windows Updates are allowed to be downloaded over metered connections; otherwise false.

download_other_ms_updates Boolean

true if Windows Updates is configured to download updates for other Microsoft Products; otherwise false.

pause_ends_at Timestamp

The starting time when the Windows Update pause will end. This value is NULL when Windows Update is not paused.

pause_started_at Timestamp

The starting time when the Windows Update pause was initiated. This value is NULL when Windows Update is not paused.

restart_asap Boolean

true if Windows update is configured to restart the device right away after critical updates are installed; otherwise false.

show_notification_before_restarting Boolean

true if Windows Updates is configured to show a "toast" notification before automatically restarting the device after installing an important update; otherwise false.

status Enum::Text

The status of the automatic updates in Windows Update.

Can be one of the following:

  • active
  • paused
  • unknown
collected_at Timestamp

Time the row of data was first collected in the database

updated_at Timestamp

Time the row of data was last changed in the database

Why Should I Collect Windows Update Settings?

Information about the configuration of Windows Update can be used by an administrator to verify a device is able to properly set to receive updates and install them when available, as well as troubleshoot devices which are not running the latest version of Windows.

End-User Privacy Consideration

Kolide practices Honest Security. We believe that data should be collected from end-user devices transparently and with privacy in mind.

No personally identifiable or sensitive data is collected or transmitted as part of this Inventory.

When you use Kolide to list Windows Update Setting data from end-user devices, Kolide gives the people using those devices insight into exactly what data is collected, the privacy implications, and who on the IT team can see the data. This all happens in our end-user privacy center which can be accessed directly by employees.

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