Looking to complement your SCCM Patch Management Solution to improve 3rd party application patching? Learn how SolarWinds Patch Manager might be the right choice for you.

1. Author
Jennifer Kuvlesky
SolarWinds Patch Manager Compared to
SCCM Patch Management
Keep Patching Simple & Affordable
SOLARWINDS PATCH MANAGER COMPARED TO
SCCM PATCH MANAGEMENT
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2. Agenda
» Patching Simplified – SolarWinds Patch Manager
» SolarWinds Patch Manager High Points
» SolarWinds Patch Survey
» SCCM Vs. SolarWinds Patch Manager Comparison
» Dashboard
» What IT Pros say about Patch Manager
» Helpful Resources
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3. Patching simplified with SolarWinds Patch
Manager
At SolarWinds, we keep things super simple right from:
Download Install to Purchase Daily Use
Our newly updated product, SolarWinds Patch Manager, has all
these characteristics.
If your goal is to Keep Patching Simple and affordable choose:
SolarWinds Patch Manager, the champion solution for patching
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4. SolarWinds Patch Manager High Points
» Reduce time from weeks to minutes for patching physical &
virtual Windows® desktops & servers with pre-built, tested
patches from vendors such as Adobe®, Apple®, Google®,
Mozilla®, Oracle® & others
» Decrease security risks & service performance degradation
by controlling when & where patches are applied
» Pass audits & demonstrate compliance with out-of-the-box
reports & dashboard views
» Turn your WSUS or System Center Configuration Manager
environment into a powerful patch management solution
» Patch Manager provides the best ROI with agentless
architecture, mass scale, and ease of use – no scripting or
professional services needed
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5. SolarWinds Patch Survey
We recently surveyed the patch management community and got
some interesting data back regarding what applications users patch
with different tools. The majority of respondents patch Microsoft with
WSUS, and secondly System Center Configuration Manager.
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6. SCCM Users Patching 3rd Party Application
ConfigMgr users perform 3rd party application patching more frequently.
»Only 11% of SCCM users do not patch 3rd party apps at all
However, System Center users are still spending a lot of time patching 3 rd party apps.
»Only 30% are using a tool that provides automated 3rd party pre-built packages, like
Patch Manager.
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7. SCCM - 3rd Party Applications Patching
There is a misconception that System Center Configuration manager is
very effective at patching 3rd party applications. The SCCM users
patching 3rd party applications spend on average 3.8 hours
researching, scripting, publishing and testing each 3rd party update,
and spend an average of 3 days deploying the update.
»On average, Patch Manager customers surveyed spend 2.5 hours
patching 3rd party updates.
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8. SCCM – SolarWinds Patch Manager
Comparison
SolarWinds
Capability SCCM
Patch Manager
Yes, via WSUS & SCCM.
Centralized & automated Patch Manager
Yes, Microsoft & SCUP
software installation leverages this robust
feature of these tools.
On Demand Patching N/A YES
For System Center
Essentials (SCE)
environments, which
Application Inventory use WSUS natively,
they enable the use of Microsoft & 3rd party
applications, hardware
the WSUS/WUAgent.
inventory, disk space &
The Extended other metrics
Inventory collection
tool, includes software
and hardware
inventory.
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9. SCCM – SolarWinds Patch Manager
Comparison
SolarWinds
Capability SCCM
Patch Manager
Requires some
Reporting – visibility into knowledge of SQL Yes. Custom reporting
what needs to be programming as well as requires no SQL
patched/what has been administration of SQL programming or
patched. Server Reporting scripting
Services (SSRS).
Filtered Views N/A YES
Scheduled Approvals YES
N/A
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10. SCCM – SolarWinds Patch Manager
Comparison
SolarWinds
Capability SCCM
Patch Manager
Yes. Provides
Notification of failed information via the
updates N/A client log file as to why
the update failed.
Yes, push patches at
discrete times to
accommodate
different time zones
Patch Scheduling YES and network impacts
of patching large
numbers of endpoints.
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11. SCCM – SolarWinds Patch Manager
Comparison
SolarWinds
Capability SCCM
Patch Manager
3rd party pre-built & Only for catalogued Yes. for most common
tested packages patches applications
Wizard driven. Includes
PackageBoot™ for
Custom package creation
Requires SCUP complex before and
after deployment
scenarios (Java).
Client health diagnosis & Repair WMI, WUAgent,
Client health data and Configuration
remediation
Manager Agent.
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12. Complexity Reduction with SolarWinds Patch
Manager
Patch Manager is a great add-on for any SCCM environment. The top Patch
Manager features which have benefited customers patching Microsoft
applications include
Scheduling
Reporting and
Filtering capabilities
Customers patching 3rd party applications appreciate the pre-tested & pre-built
3rd party applications as well as the ability to create custom packages and
perform pre-and post deployment scenarios.
Patch Manager has native integration with System Center Configuration
Manager 2012. Check out this short video to see 3rd party updates directly from
the Software Library page of the Configuration Manager 2012 console.
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13. Simplified Patch Management
SolarWinds Patch Manager simplifies many of the steps in the patch management process – from
research, to scheduling, to deployment, to reporting and more - saving you hours of time and making
it easier to keep hundreds or hundreds of thousands of servers and workstations patched and
compliant.
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14. Centralized Patching of Microsoft Servers and
Third-Party Apps
SolarWinds Patch Manager enables you to deploy and manage both third-party applications and
Microsoft patches, from a central point of control, across tens of thousands of servers and
workstations. Microsoft SCUP and complicated scripting NOT required.
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15. Pre-Tested, Pre-Built Packages for Common
Apps
A full suite of package management tools: Create, Duplicate, Edit, Publish,
Delete, Export to Catalog and Import from Catalog
rd
3 party updates accessible in the Configuration
Manager 2012 console ready for publishing to your
Software Update Point
Client health, monitoring and management
tools available in Assets and Compliance
SolarWinds builds, tests and automatically delivers packages for common third-party applications
which can then be quickly and easily deployed using Microsoft SCCM. Visualize 3 rd party updates
available right in the Configuration Manager 2012 console.
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16. Advanced Before-and-After Package
Deployment Actions
SolarWinds Patch Manager’s PackageBoot™ allows you to create advanced before and after
package deployment scenarios to ensure that even the most complicated patches (such as Oracle
Java) get deployed successfully – without complicated scripting.
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17. Flexible Patch Scheduling
Schedule patch approvals and deployment of updates within maintenance windows.
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18. Extends Microsoft® SCCM
In addition to providing ready-to-deploy patches for third-party apps, SolarWinds Patch Manager
helps you get more out of Microsoft SCCM with enhanced client health diagnostics and remediation,
expanded collections views, and WMI repair.
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19. What IT Pros say about SolarWinds Patch
Manager
“It used to take four hours per patch for packaging and testing and about a week to deploy
each patch,” said Jay. “Now with Patch Manager, it takes an hour tops - It is incredible.”
- Jay Harper - IT Network Administrator, Terminix Service, Inc.
“I’m very happy with this software and the support services offered. I’m not
sure how Solar Winds taking over will affect the company. In the short term,
though, I’ve seen that there has been a large price decrease (almost 50%!)
and a couple discounts added on. This will definitely decrease some
headaches I’ve gotten from working with other products that either require
an agent, or haven’t been updated since 1998. The key thing for me with this
software is the third-party packages, but I’m not going to complain about
better reporting and more granular control”
- Lauren Malhoit, TechRepublic
“What I especially liked about Patch Manager was that it is a big time saver.
The software didn’t have a steep learning curve and it didn’t require third
party patches to be manually packaged like some competing solutions do.”
- Brien M. Posey, WindowsNetworking.com
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20. Helpful Resources
We invite you to learn more about SolarWinds Patch Manager
Watch Video Test Drive Live Demo
Ask Our Community Download 30-day Free Trial
Whitepaper
Top 10 Diagnostics Tips for Explore Features
Client Troubleshooting with SCCM
Click any of the links above
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21. Thank You!
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