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Hello All, I have a Powershell script that I use to create multiple Software Update Deployments and it works perfectly (well almost). The last piece I'm missing is automating the deadline date. Currently I just have it getting the current date and adding 5 days. I then go into each deployments properties and change the date/time to the desired info. I've been trying to work out automating this a little bit by adding a variable for a static date/time. I can then change this date (time will always be the same) to the desired info at script run. Below is what I've come up with so far. The -EnforcementDeadlineDay piece works on it own, in that it outputs the correct date with an incremented time. However once I put it in the full script i get the below errors. Any help is much appreciated. Cheers, Mike Script: # Monthly Deployment Date #$DeploymentDate = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM" $DeploymentDate = (Get-Date).AddDays(-30).ToString("yyyy-MM") $DeadlineDate = Get-Date -Month 08 -Day 07 -Year 2016 -Hour 17 -Minute 0 -Second 0 # Software Update Groups $SUPGroupName1 = "EN5 - EDC - Year 2013- ($DeploymentDate) Reference 1" $SUPGroupName2 = "EN5 - EDC - Year 2013+ ($DeploymentDate) Reference 2" #Load Configuration Manager PowerShell Module Import-module ($Env:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH.Substring(0,$Env:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH.Length-5) + '\ConfigurationManager.psd1') #Get SiteCode and set Powershell Drive $SiteCode = Get-PSDrive -PSProvider CMSITE Set-location $SiteCode":" # Create Standard Deployments (Group 1) $DeploymentName = "EN5 - PM Dev ($DeploymentDate) Reboot Deployment # 1" $DeploymentCount = 6 $Count = 0 1..$DeploymentCount | ForEach-Object { $Count++ Write-Progress -Activity "Creating Deployment Group 1" -Id 1 -Status "Running $($Count) / $($DeploymentCount)" -PercentComplete (($Count / $DeploymentCount) * 100) Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment -SoftwareUpdateGroupName "$SUPGroupName1" -CollectionName "EN5 - PM - Deployment $Count (Lab)" -DeploymentName "$DeploymentName-$Count" -DeploymentType Required -VerbosityLevel AllMessages -TimeBasedOn LocalTime -DeploymentAvailableDay (Get-Date) -EnforcementDeadlineDay $DeadlineDate.ToLongDateString()$DeadlineDate.Addhours($Count).ToLongTimeString() -UserNotification HideAll -SoftwareInstallation $True -AllowRestart $True -RestartServer $False -RestartWorkstation $False -ProtectedType RemoteDistributionPoint -UnprotectedType UnprotectedDistributionPoint -GenerateSuccessAlert $False -DisableOperationsManagerAlert $False -GenerateOperationsManagerAlert $False -PersistOnWriteFilterDevice $False -UseBranchCache $False } Write-Progress -Activity "Creating Deployment Group 1" -Id 1 -Completed Errors: Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '6:00:00 PM'. At E:\scripts\EN5 - CreateDeployments - LAB.ps1:24 char:5 + Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment -SoftwareUpdateGroupName "$SUPGroupName1" - ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: ( [Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment], ParameterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Cmdlets.Sum.Commands.StartSoftwareUpdateDeploymentCommand Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '7:00:00 PM'. At E:\scripts\EN5 - CreateDeployments - LAB.ps1:24 char:5 + Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment -SoftwareUpdateGroupName "$SUPGroupName1" - ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: ( [Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment], ParameterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Cmdlets.Sum.Commands.StartSoftwareUpdateDeploymentCommand Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '8:00:00 PM'. At E:\scripts\EN5 - CreateDeployments - LAB.ps1:24 char:5 + Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment -SoftwareUpdateGroupName "$SUPGroupName1" - ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: ( [Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment], ParameterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Cmdlets.Sum.Commands.StartSoftwareUpdateDeploymentCommand Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '9:00:00 PM'. At E:\scripts\EN5 - CreateDeployments - LAB.ps1:24 char:5 + Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment -SoftwareUpdateGroupName "$SUPGroupName1" - ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: ( [Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment], ParameterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Cmdlets.Sum.Commands.StartSoftwareUpdateDeploymentCommand Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '10:00:00 PM'. At E:\scripts\EN5 - CreateDeployments - LAB.ps1:24 char:5 + Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment -SoftwareUpdateGroupName "$SUPGroupName1" - ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: ( [Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment], ParameterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Cmdlets.Sum.Commands.StartSoftwareUpdateDeploymentCommand Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '11:00:00 PM'. At E:\scripts\EN5 - CreateDeployments - LAB.ps1:24 char:5 + Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment -SoftwareUpdateGroupName "$SUPGroupName1" - ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: ( [Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment], ParameterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Cmdlets.Sum.Commands.StartSoftwareUpdateDeploymentCommand