diff --git a/e2e/schematics/command-line.test.ts b/e2e/schematics/command-line.test.ts
index 4815a41d5d..cc2626ac8e 100644
--- a/e2e/schematics/command-line.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/schematics/command-line.test.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('Command line', () => {
   );
 
   it(
-    'nx-migrate should run migrations',
+    'update should run migrations',
     () => {
       newProject();
       updateFile(
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ describe('Command line', () => {
         };
       `
       );
-      const checkOut = runCommand('npm run nx-migrate:check');
-      expect(checkOut).toContain('Run "npm run nx-migrate" to run the following migrations');
+      const checkOut = runCommand('npm run update:check');
+      expect(checkOut).toContain('Run "npm run update" to run the following migrations');
       expect(checkOut).toContain('20200101-test-migration');
 
-      const migrateOut = runCommand('npm run nx-migrate');
+      const migrateOut = runCommand('npm run update');
       expect(migrateOut).toContain('Test migration');
       expect(migrateOut).toContain('Running test migration');
       expect(migrateOut).toContain(
@@ -71,17 +71,17 @@ describe('Command line', () => {
       `
       );
 
-      const checkOut2 = runCommand('npm run nx-migrate:check');
-      expect(checkOut2).toContain('Run "npm run nx-migrate" to run the following migrations');
+      const checkOut2 = runCommand('npm run update:check');
+      expect(checkOut2).toContain('Run "npm run update" to run the following migrations');
       expect(checkOut2).toContain('20200102-test-migration');
 
-      const skipOut = runCommand('npm run nx-migrate:skip');
+      const skipOut = runCommand('npm run update:skip');
       expect(skipOut).toContain(
         `The latestMigration property in .angular-cli.json has been set to "20200102-test-migration".`
       );
 
-      expect(runCommand('npm run nx-migrate:check')).not.toContain('IMPORTANT');
-      expect(runCommand('npm run nx-migrate')).toContain('No migrations to run');
+      expect(runCommand('npm run update:check')).not.toContain('IMPORTANT');
+      expect(runCommand('npm run update')).toContain('No migrations to run');
     },
     1000000
   );
diff --git a/e2e/utils.ts b/e2e/utils.ts
index 86edc495c8..ac22317ce9 100644
--- a/e2e/utils.ts
+++ b/e2e/utils.ts
@@ -4,17 +4,23 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 
 const projectName: string = 'proj';
 
-export function runNgNew(command?: string): string {
+export function runNgNew(command?: string, silent?: boolean): string {
   return execSync(`../node_modules/.bin/ng new proj ${command}`, {
-    cwd: `./tmp`
+    cwd: `./tmp`,
+    ...(silent ? {stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'ignore']} : {})
   }).toString();
 }
 
 export function newProject(): void {
   cleanup();
   if (!directoryExists('./tmp/proj_backup')) {
-    runNgNew('--collection=@nrwl/schematics --npmScope=proj');
+    //TODO delete the try catch after 0.8.0 is released
+    try {
+      runNgNew('--collection=@nrwl/schematics --npmScope=proj', true);
+    } catch (e) {
+    }
     copyMissingPackages();
+    execSync('npm run postinstall', {cwd: './tmp/proj'});
     execSync('mv ./tmp/proj ./tmp/proj_backup');
   }
   execSync('cp -a ./tmp/proj_backup ./tmp/proj');
@@ -31,7 +37,7 @@ export function createNxWorkspace(command: string): string {
 }
 
 export function copyMissingPackages(): void {
-  const modulesToCopy = ['@ngrx', 'jasmine-marbles', '@nrwl', 'angular', '@angular/upgrade', '@angular/cli'];
+  const modulesToCopy = ['@ngrx', 'jasmine-marbles', '@nrwl', 'angular', '@angular/upgrade'];
   modulesToCopy.forEach(m => copyNodeModule(projectName, m));
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/schematics/migrations/20180227-cleanup-scripts.ts b/packages/schematics/migrations/20180227-cleanup-scripts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..312782eca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/schematics/migrations/20180227-cleanup-scripts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import {updateJsonFile} from '../src/collection/utility/fileutils';
+
+export default {
+  description: 'Add update, update:skip, update:check scripts',
+  run: () => {
+    updateJsonFile('package.json', json => {
+      json.scripts = {
+        ...json.scripts,
+        "update": "./node_modules/.bin/nx update",
+        "update:check": "./node_modules/.bin/nx update check",
+        "update:skip": "./node_modules/.bin/nx update skip",
+        "nx-migrate": undefined,
+        "nx-migrate:check": undefined,
+        "nx-migrate:skip": undefined,
+        "apps:affected": undefined,
+        "build:affected": undefined,
+        "e2e:affected": undefined
+      };
+
+      if (json.scripts.postinstall === './node_modules/.bin/nx migrate check') {
+        json.scripts.postinstall = "./node_modules/.bin/nx postinstall";
+      }
+    });
+  }
+};
diff --git a/packages/schematics/src/collection/application/files/__directory__/package.json b/packages/schematics/src/collection/application/files/__directory__/package.json
index 5368b1c061..83df523c15 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/src/collection/application/files/__directory__/package.json
+++ b/packages/schematics/src/collection/application/files/__directory__/package.json
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
     "lint": "ng lint",
     "e2e": "ng e2e",
 
-    "apps:affected": "./node_modules/.bin/nx affected apps",
-    "build:affected": "./node_modules/.bin/nx affected build",
-    "e2e:affected": "./node_modules/.bin/nx affected e2e",
-
     "affected:apps": "./node_modules/.bin/nx affected apps",
     "affected:build": "./node_modules/.bin/nx affected build",
     "affected:e2e": "./node_modules/.bin/nx affected e2e",
@@ -22,11 +18,11 @@
     "format:write": "./node_modules/.bin/nx format write",
     "format:check": "./node_modules/.bin/nx format check",
 
-    "nx-migrate": "./node_modules/.bin/nx migrate",
-    "nx-migrate:check": "./node_modules/.bin/nx migrate check",
-    "nx-migrate:skip": "./node_modules/.bin/nx migrate skip",
+    "update": "./node_modules/.bin/nx update",
+    "update:check": "./node_modules/.bin/nx update check",
+    "update:skip": "./node_modules/.bin/nx update skip",
 
-    "postinstall": "./node_modules/.bin/nx migrate check"
+    "postinstall": "./node_modules/.bin/nx postinstall"
   },
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/schematics/src/collection/ngrx/ngrx.spec.ts b/packages/schematics/src/collection/ngrx/ngrx.spec.ts
index 23fb02162d..c2bf1105ff 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/src/collection/ngrx/ngrx.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/src/collection/ngrx/ngrx.spec.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ describe('ngrx', () => {
     expect(packageJson.dependencies['@ngrx/effects']).toBeDefined();
   });
 
-  fit('should error when no module is provided', () => {
+  it('should error when no module is provided', () => {
     expect(() =>
       schematicRunner.runSchematic(
         'ngrx',
diff --git a/packages/schematics/src/collection/utility/lib-versions.ts b/packages/schematics/src/collection/utility/lib-versions.ts
index 2ad480cdf4..398ba43c22 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/src/collection/utility/lib-versions.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/src/collection/utility/lib-versions.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export const ngrxVersion = '5.1.0';
 export const routerStoreVersion = '5.0.1';
 export const nxVersion = '*';
 export const schematicsVersion = '*';
-export const angularCliSchema = './node_modules/@nrwl/schematics/src/schema.json';
+export const angularCliSchema = '20180227-cleanup-scripts';
 export const latestMigration = '20180225-switch-to-cli17';
 export const prettierVersion = '1.10.2';
 export const typescriptVersion = '2.6.2';
diff --git a/packages/schematics/src/collection/workspace/index.ts b/packages/schematics/src/collection/workspace/index.ts
index 4a0540e6cf..8a4c0bb849 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/src/collection/workspace/index.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/src/collection/workspace/index.ts
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ function updatePackageJson() {
       packageJson.devDependencies['prettier'] = prettierVersion;
     }
 
-    packageJson.scripts['apps:affected'] = './node_modules/.bin/nx affected apps';
-    packageJson.scripts['build:affected'] = './node_modules/.bin/nx affected build';
-    packageJson.scripts['e2e:affected'] = './node_modules/.bin/nx affected e2e';
-
     packageJson.scripts['affected:apps'] = './node_modules/.bin/nx affected apps';
     packageJson.scripts['affected:build'] = './node_modules/.bin/nx affected build';
     packageJson.scripts['affected:e2e'] = './node_modules/.bin/nx affected e2e';
@@ -66,7 +62,11 @@ function updatePackageJson() {
     packageJson.scripts['format:write'] = './node_modules/.bin/nx format write';
     packageJson.scripts['format:check'] = './node_modules/.bin/nx format check';
 
-    packageJson.scripts['nx-migrate'] = './node_modules/.bin/nx migrate';
+    packageJson.scripts['update'] = './node_modules/.bin/nx update';
+    packageJson.scripts['update:check'] = './node_modules/.bin/nx update check';
+    packageJson.scripts['update:skip'] = './node_modules/.bin/nx update skip';
+
+    packageJson.scripts['postinstall'] = './node_modules/.bin/nx postinstall';
 
     host.overwrite('package.json', serializeJson(packageJson));
     return host;
diff --git a/packages/schematics/src/command-line/nx.ts b/packages/schematics/src/command-line/nx.ts
index f05e4d01e4..b65e5f347d 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/src/command-line/nx.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/src/command-line/nx.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import { affected } from './affected';
 import { format } from './format';
-import { migrate } from './migrate';
+import { update } from './update';
+import { patchNg } from './patch-ng';
 
 const command = process.argv[2];
 const args = process.argv.slice(3);
@@ -13,8 +14,15 @@ switch (command) {
   case 'format':
     format(args);
     break;
-  case 'migrate':
-    migrate(args);
+  case 'migrate': // TODO: delete this after 1.0
+    update(args);
+    break;
+  case 'update':
+    update(args);
+    break;
+  case 'postinstall':
+    patchNg();
+    update(['check']);
     break;
   default:
     throw new Error(`Unrecognized command '${command}'`);
diff --git a/packages/schematics/src/command-line/patch-ng.ts b/packages/schematics/src/command-line/patch-ng.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a5d951e8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/schematics/src/command-line/patch-ng.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import {readFileSync, statSync, writeFileSync} from "fs";
+import * as path from 'path';
+
+const nxCheck = `
+// nx-check
+if (process.argv.indexOf('update') > -1) {
+  console.log("This is an Nx workspace, and it provides an enhanced 'update' command.");
+  console.log('Please run "npm run update" or "yarn update" instead.');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+// nx-check-end
+`;
+
+export function patchNg() {
+  const ngBin = path.join('node_modules', '@angular', 'cli', 'bin', 'ng');
+  if (fileExists(ngBin)) {
+    const file = readFileSync(ngBin).toString();
+    writeFileSync(ngBin, addNxCheck(file));
+  }
+}
+
+function addNxCheck(file: string): string {
+  if (file.indexOf('nx-check') > -1) return file;
+  return file.replace(`'use strict';`, `'use strict';${nxCheck}`);
+}
+
+function fileExists(filePath: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    return statSync(filePath).isFile();
+  } catch (err) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/schematics/src/command-line/migrate.ts b/packages/schematics/src/command-line/update.ts
similarity index 94%
rename from packages/schematics/src/command-line/migrate.ts
rename to packages/schematics/src/command-line/update.ts
index a429f5b4ab..d15c7532ba 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/src/command-line/migrate.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/src/command-line/update.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 type Migration = { description: string; run(): void };
 type MigrationName = { name: string; migration: Migration };
 
-export function migrate(args: string[]) {
+export function update(args: string[]) {
   const allMigrations = readAllMigrations();
   const latestMigration = readLatestMigration();
   const migrationsToRun = calculateMigrationsToRun(allMigrations, latestMigration);
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function check(latestMigration: string, migrations: MigrationName[]): void {
   console.log('-----------------------------------------------------------------------------');
   console.log('-------------------------------IMPORTANT!!!----------------------------------');
   console.log('-----------------------------------------------------------------------------');
-  console.log('Run "npm run nx-migrate" to run the following migrations:');
+  console.log('Run "npm run update" to run the following migrations:');
   migrations.forEach(m => {
     console.log(`- ${m.name}`);
     console.log(m.migration.description);
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function check(latestMigration: string, migrations: MigrationName[]): void {
   });
 
   const target = migrations[migrations.length - 1].name;
-  console.log(`Or run "npm run nx-migrate:skip" to set the latestMigration property`);
+  console.log(`Or run "npm run update:skip" to set the latestMigration property`);
   console.log(`in .angular-cli.json to: "${target}".`);
 }