PowerShell script to find the hotfix installed and its details on the server:

The report will have the below contents:

1. Current SharePoint build versions.
2. Hot Fix ID.
3. Who installed the hot fix?
4. When was the hot fix installed?

Edit the script to pass on the server names, from, to and SMTP address to send an email on the hotfix report. Download the attached file to get the .css file for the report.
  1. $LogTime = Get-Date -Format yyyy-MM-dd_hh-mm
  2. $LogFile = ".\HotFixReportPatch-$LogTime.rtf"
  4. # Add SharePoint PowerShell Snapin
  7. if ( (Get-PSSnapin -Name Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null ) {
  8. Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell
  9. }
  11. $scriptBase = split-path $SCRIPT:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -parent
  12. Set-Location $scriptBase
  15. #Deleting any .rtf files in the scriptbase location
  16. $FindRTFFile = Get-ChildItem $scriptBase\*.* -include *.rtf
  17. if($FindRTFFile)
  18. {
  19. foreach($file in $FindRTFFile)
  20. {
  21. remove-item $file
  22. }
  23. }
  26. start-transcript $logfile
  28. #Get All the Servers where you need to find the hot fix report
  29. #$Servers = @("server1" , "server2")
  30. $Servers = @("Server names")
  32. #Get the hot-fix in a variable for desired output
  33. $HotFixDetails = Get-HotFix -ComputerName $servers | Select CSName , HotFixID , InstalledOn , InstalledBy , Caption , Description | ConvertTo-Html -Fragment
  34. ConvertTo-Html -Body "$HotFixDetails" -CssUri $scriptbase\style.CSS | Out-File $scriptbase\HotFix.html
  35. write-host "The output is in the location $scriptbase\HotFix.html" -fore green
  38. #Send Mail
  39. $SMTP = "Your SMTP Server Name"
  40. $From = "From Adddress"
  41. $To = "To Adddress"
  43. Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer $SMTP -From $From -To $To -Subject "SharePoint Hot Fix Installation Report" -Attachments $scriptbase\HotFix.html
  44. write-host "Email with hotfix informations sent to $To" -fore cyan