Patch Management
Downloading and installing the latest software updates for your PCs, particularly security updates, quickly and efficiently is critical. For network administrators and IT consultants, applying updates on computers across the organization is a crucial step for keeping the systems secure and running properly. Yet if done manually, this requires a ton of time and attention, which most people simply don't have time for.
Patch Management is an application on the GoToManage platform that continuously monitors all Windows devices to ensure that they are up-to-date. It integrates directly with Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) to enable information technology administrators to specify policy and deploy the latest Microsoft product updates to computers running the Windows operating system. And because all of the historical patch data is stored in GoToManage, it is easy to search, report on, and visualize through custom dashboards and reports. By using GoToManage and WSUS, businesses and IT consultants can fully manage thedistribution of updates that are released through Microsoft Update to computers in the networks that they control.
Microsoft Update is included at no cost for your Windows machines and you get security and non-security updates for your other Microsoft software as well. It basically covers all of your Windows systems and software such as Microsoft Office. Turning on Microsoft Update is recommended for all Windows PCs.
The GoToManage Patch Management application is included at no additional cost with the basic GoToManage service. There is no hardware required or complex software to set up. GoToManage continually monitors the status of all of the devices and patches and securely sends the collected data to an index for analysis. Each business has its own secure GoToManage Index that keeps the information completely separate and private from every other user.
Features:
- Automates the data collection for all of your PCs and their patch status
- Application presented directly through your GoToManage account
- Integrates with Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) to handle the deployment of all Microsoft software updates (security and non-security)
- Detailed patch reports provided for export
Benefits:
- Consolidates patch monitoring, reporting, and alerting in one platform
- Provides remote patch monitoring with no need to connect to the network to view status
- Windows Update is a free, built-in service included with Windows
