Tired of Selecting the Applicable Third-party Updates Manually?

Tired of selecting the applicable Third-party Updates manually? Microsoft SCCM has been around the block for nearly 25 years.

It might have been hard for admins to get the initial streak, but it has turned out to be a good patching solution for Microsoft applications once learned.  

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Just a Rewind

I have posted about Third-Party Patching Best Practices for an Organization. I have a couple of other posts about the pain of third-party updates. 

Patch My PC

The top-voted SCCM  User voice item is the most significant proof that the third-party(3rd) application patching is the most tedious activity for SCCM admins.

The SCCM technical community has been vocal about the issues of third-party(3rd) application patching.

SCCM 1806 & Third-Party Updates

But it always had a blank space when it came to third-party patching. With SCCM version 1806, Microsoft has tried to fill this gap by enabling third-party updates with custom catalogs.

We have some good news for those who already rely on a third-party patching solution (more details in the below section). 

Adaptiva

SCCM 1806 has some new features to enable third-party updates without SCUP   [Related PostHow Tedious for SCCM Admins to Patch Third-Party Applications Patching]

Third-Party Updates
Tired of Selecting the Applicable Third-party Updates Manually?

Patch Connect Plus to help with Third-Party Updates

Patch Connect Plus has introduced the “Auto-detect Applications” feature, which aids in publishing the newly added applications in the network automatically.

This feature will help in fetching the list of installed applications without having to hunt every high and low. The following are the features of “Auto-detect Applications”:

1. Detects and lists the software applications installed in the client machines.

2. Notifies whenever a new application gets detected in the network scan.

3. Publish a new application automatically when added to the library.

Start your 30-day free trial to experience all the features of Patch Connect Plus.

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