Makeover Hyper-V Update List for Windows Server 2012 and R2

There are several update lists available on TechNet. Some are curated by the product team and some are kept up-to-date by MVP’s and other people in the community. For easy reference we decided to place a shortcut to these lists in the header of Hyper-V.nu.

The following hotfix and update lists are available:

• Hyper-V: Update List for Windows Server 2012
• Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012-based failover clusters (updated by Cluster product team)
• Hyper-V: Update List for Windows Server 2012 R2
• Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012 R2-based failover clusters clusters (updated by Cluster product team)

Because notably the Windows Server 2012 list had become a bit of a mess, I have rearranged the list, removed outdated or replaced hotfixes and added a sorted date column.

I have also updated the XML file for both Windows Server 2012 and R2 so that you can use a PowerShell cmdlet to quickly scan your Hyper-V hosts if a hotfix or update is installed or not. These files can be downloaded from my OneDrive.

Run the update checker like this:
.\HyperV2012R2UpdatesCheck.ps1 [name host1]

Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012-based failover clusters