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PowerShell - Find and Update PSModules

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Find and Update PSModules

Code Properties

  • Language: PowerShell
  • Cmdlets: Get-InstalledModule, Find-Module

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Script to check all installed PowerShell modules against PSGallery for available updates. Handles the PSGallery 63-module limit by batching requests.

Code

param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)][string]$NameFilter = '*'
)
 
# retrieve all installed modules
Write-Host ("Retrieving installed PowerShell modules") -ForegroundColor Green
[array]$InstalledModules = Get-InstalledModule -Name $NameFilter -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
 
# retrieve current versions (63 at a time due to PSGallery limit)
if ($InstalledModules.Count -eq 1) {
    $onlineversions = $null
    Write-Host ("Checking online versions for installed module {0}" -f $name) -ForegroundColor Green
    $currentversions = Find-Module -Name $CurrentModules.name
    $onlineversions = $onlineversions + $currentversions
}
 
if ($InstalledModules.Count -gt 1) {
    $startnumber = 0
    $endnumber = 62
    $onlineversions = $null
    while ($InstalledModules.Count -gt $onlineversions.Count) {
        Write-Host ("Checking online versions for installed modules [{0}..{1}/{2}]" -f $startnumber, $endnumber, $InstalledModules.Count) -ForegroundColor Green
        $currentversions = Find-Module -Name $InstalledModules.name[$startnumber..$endnumber]
        $startnumber = $startnumber + 63
        $endnumber = $endnumber + 63
        $onlineversions = $onlineversions + $currentversions
    }
}
 
if (-not $onlineversions) {
    Write-Warning ("No modules were found to check for updates, please check your NameFilter. Exiting...")
    return
}
 
# loop through modules and check for newer versions
$number = 1
Write-Host ("Checking for updated versions") -ForegroundColor Green
$total = foreach ($module in $InstalledModules) {
    Write-Progress ("[{0}/{1}] Checking module {2}" -f $number, $InstalledModules.count, $module.name)
    try {
        $PsgalleryModule = $onlineversions | Where-Object name -eq $module.Name
        if ([version]$module.version -lt [version]$PsgalleryModule.version) {
            [PSCustomObject]@{
                Repository          = $module.Repository
                'Module name'       = $module.Name
                'Installed version' = $module.Version
                'Latest version'    = $PsgalleryModule.version
                'Published on'      = $PsgalleryModule.PublishedDate
            }
        }
    }
    catch {
        Write-Warning ("Could not find module {0}" -f $module.Name)
    }
    $number++
}
 
# output results
if ($total.Count -gt 0) {
    Write-Host ("Found {0} updated modules" -f $total.Count) -ForegroundColor Green
    $total | Format-Table -AutoSize
}
else {
    Write-Host ("No updated modules were found")
}

Usage

# check all installed modules
.\Find-ModuleUpdates.ps1
 
# check specific modules (e.g., Graph modules)
.\Find-ModuleUpdates.ps1 -NameFilter "*Graph*"

Appendix

Note created on 2024-05-08 and last modified on 2024-12-31.

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(c) No Clocks, LLC | 2024

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Note created on 2025-12-31 and last modified on 2025-12-31.

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(c) No Clocks, LLC | 2025

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