Public/Get-PendingUpdates.ps1

<#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Retrieves the updates waiting to be installed from WSUS
         
    .DESCRIPTION
        Retrieves the updates waiting to be installed from WSUS
         
    .PARAMETER Computername
        Computer or computers to find updates for.
 
    .EXAMPLE
        Get-PendingUpdates
 
        Description
        -----------
        Retrieves the updates that are available to install on the local system
     
    .NOTES
        Author: Boe Prox
#>

Function Get-PendingUpdates {
    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'computer')] 
    Param ( 
        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $True)] 
        [string[]]$ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME
    )

    Process {
        foreach ($computer in $Computername) {
            If (Test-Connection -ComputerName $computer -Count 1 -Quiet) {
                Try {
                    # Create Session COM object
                    Write-Verbose "Creating COM object for WSUS Session"
                    $updatesession =  [activator]::CreateInstance([type]::GetTypeFromProgID("Microsoft.Update.Session",$computer))
                }
                Catch {
                    Write-Warning "$($Error[0])"
                    Break
                } 
 
                # Configure Session COM Object
                Write-Verbose "Creating COM object for WSUS update Search"
                $updatesearcher = $updatesession.CreateUpdateSearcher()
 
                # Configure Searcher object to look for Updates awaiting installation
                Write-Verbose "Searching for WSUS updates on client"
                $searchresult = $updatesearcher.Search("IsInstalled=0")
             
                # Verify if Updates need installed
                Write-Verbose "Verifing that updates are available to install"
                If ($searchresult.Updates.Count -gt 0) {
                    # Updates are waiting to be installed
                    Write-Verbose "Found $($searchresult.Updates.Count) update\s!"
                    # Cache the count to make the For loop run faster
                    $count = $searchresult.Updates.Count
                 
                    # Begin iterating through Updates available for installation
                    Write-Verbose "Iterating through list of updates"
                    For ($i=0; $i -lt $Count; $i++) {
                        # Create object holding update
                        $Update = $searchresult.Updates.Item($i)
                        [pscustomobject]@{
                            Computername        = $Computer
                            Title               = $Update.Title
                            KB                  = $($Update.KBArticleIDs)
                            SecurityBulletin    = $($Update.SecurityBulletinIDs)
                            MsrcSeverity        = $Update.MsrcSeverity
                            IsDownloaded        = $Update.IsDownloaded
                            Url                 = $($Update.MoreInfoUrls)
                            Categories          = ($Update.Categories | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name)
                            BundledUpdates      = @($Update.BundledUpdates) | foreach {
                               [pscustomobject]@{
                                    Title = $_.Title
                                    DownloadUrl = @($_.DownloadContents).DownloadUrl
                                }
                            }
                        } 
                    }
                } 
                Else { 
                    #Nothing to install at this time
                    Write-Verbose "No updates to install."
                }
            }
            Else {
                #Nothing to install at this time
                Write-Warning "$($c): Offline"
            }
        }
    }
}