Powershell-How to easily verify patch level between computers

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Compare patches between computers? Here is a quick and easy way how you can verify this with Powershell

$node1 = Get-HotFix -ComputerName SERVER1
$node2 = Get-HotFix -ComputerName SERVER2
Compare-Object -ReferenceObject $node1 -DifferenceObject $node2 -Property HotFixID

Example Output:

HotFixID                                                    SideIndicator
--------                                                    -------------
KB2862152                                                   =>
KB2876331                                                   =>
KB2884846                                                   <=
KB2892074                                                   <=
KB2894029                                                   =>

The Compare-Object cmdlet compares two sets of objects. One set of objects is the "reference set," and the other set is the "difference set."

The result of the comparison indicates whether a property value appeared only in the object from the reference set (indicated by the <= symbol), only in the object from the difference set (indicated by the => symbol) or, if the IncludeEqual parameter is specified, in both objects (indicated by the == symbol).

Compare-Object is really powerful, check it out

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