windows_updates_install_failures.yml

name: Windows Updates Install Failures
id: 6a4dbd1b-4502-4a11-943a-82b5ae7a42d7
version: 3
creation_date: '2020-04-29'
modification_date: '2026-05-13'
author: David Dorsey, Splunk
status: production
description: This search is intended to give you a feel for how often Windows updates fail to install in your environment. Fluctuations in these numbers will allow you to determine when you should be concerned.
search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` dc(Updates.dest) as count FROM datamodel=Updates where Updates.vendor_product="Microsoft Windows" AND Updates.status=failure by _time span=1d'
how_to_implement: You must be ingesting your Windows Update Logs
known_false_positives: No false positives have been identified at this time.
references: []
product:
    - Splunk Enterprise
    - Splunk Enterprise Security
    - Splunk Cloud
security_domain: endpoint
schedule: Default Baseline