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How to use Wireshark to find where an application queries for updates?

Hello,

I am trying to learn how to use Wireshark with what I believe should be a quite simple task. As most modern software has a 'check for updates' feature built in, I'd like to understand how to capture the address (URL) the application is querying for newer software versions.

For example Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, appears to make a call to the domain go.microsoft.com during it's check for updates, but I have been unable to capture the full URL - I believe this might be because the connection is excrypted using TLS v1.2 I would like to use WireShark to present me with the full URL that the software is checking for updates against, so I can build some automation to grab new versions when they are released.