Extend Microsoft WSUS Patch Management Software
Create the pre-installation environment required for successful WSUS patch management
Benefits of using Patch Manager for WSUS
It’s important for system administrators to have the right software to diagnose and fix Windows Update Agent configuration problems. Using Patch Manager, you can:
- Configure the Windows Update Agent using local policies
- Repair and re-install the Windows Update Agent using frequently used repair options
- Force refresh Group Policy on machines
- Check for failed patches with PackageBoot technology
SolarWinds® Patch Manager offers key management capabilities to simplify the entire WSUS patch management process—from patch notification and synchronization to approvals and deployment.
Patch Manager helps you extend and leverage your existing Microsoft WSUS server, making it easier to quickly publish Microsoft and third-party changes in your environment. Microsoft update packages are automatically synchronized to the Patch Manager server. Plus, it’s easy to build custom update packages using the Package Wizard for Microsoft patch deployment to multiple systems. Additionally, automated notifications are available on the Patch Manager console and via email.
Quickly send data with WSUS customizable patch reports
Extend WSUS third-party patch management capabilities
Third-party patch management for WSUS is a tedious and constant task that often requires hours of research, creation, testing, deployment, reporting, and troubleshooting. SolarWinds Patch Manager helps companies using WSUS reduce the time associated with WSUS patch management by providing pre-built, tested, and ready-to-deploy packages for common third-party applications. Patch Manager is designed to leverage the Microsoft WSUS infrastructure to enable the successful deployment, management, and reporting for third-party patches.
With SolarWinds Patch Manager, admins can leverage advanced WSUS patch management functionality to achieve more control over Microsoft WSUS. Save hours of time by automating many of the patching processes. SolarWinds Patch Manager makes it easy to schedule patch management tasks to run during your maintenance window, choose which systems need to be patched, and receive relevant alerts by email when the process is complete. Have a critical update that needs to be implemented quickly? Use the immediate scheduling and reboot functionality to help desktops or servers demonstrate compliance ASAP.
Easily perform enterprise-wide inventory and discovery
SolarWinds Patch Manager leverages the WSUS infrastructure to perform full inventory and discovery across all desktops and servers—both physical and virtual—throughout your IT enterprise. SolarWinds PM WSUS patch management features are built to retrieve thousands of unique pieces of system information from all the systems in your environment, including some that may have escaped your attention. Once the data is collected, you can use the integrated reporting to get the answers you need regarding patches, system configurations, client health, and more.
Get More on WSUS Patch Management
Do you find yourself asking…
Windows Server Update Services, or WSUS, is a software developed by Microsoft. The main functionality of this built-in tool is to manage updates and the latest releases of Microsoft products. WSUS can make updates and patches available for use based on developer rollout or in response to newly discovered vulnerabilities within applications. It helps admins centralize updating applications throughout their environment and provides some automated capabilities to streamline this process.
However, WSUS is limited only to Microsoft software and typically doesn’t meet the update needs for all administrators. Supplementary software like SolarWinds Patch Manager is built to make WSUS patching more comprehensive by using the same WSUS server infrastructure for the deployment, management, and reporting of third-party and custom packages in your environment.
Windows Server Update Services, or WSUS, is a software developed by Microsoft. The main functionality of this built-in tool is to manage updates and the latest releases of Microsoft products. WSUS can make updates and patches available for use based on developer rollout or in response to newly discovered vulnerabilities within applications. It helps admins centralize updating applications throughout their environment and provides some automated capabilities to streamline this process.
However, WSUS is limited only to Microsoft software and typically doesn’t meet the update needs for all administrators. Supplementary software like SolarWinds Patch Manager is built to make WSUS patching more comprehensive by using the same WSUS server infrastructure for the deployment, management, and reporting of third-party and custom packages in your environment.
Automate and extend WSUS patch management capabilities
Patch Manager
- WSUS cannot schedule application patching or report on patch status.
- Even with SCCM, patch management for non-Microsoft applications can be complicated.
- Admins need better insights into the WSUS patch management process.