| Product Feature |
Desktop Authority’s Patch Distribution and Deployment Option
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Patch Authority™ Ultimate |
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| Operating Systems supported |
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows 2000 Server
Windows XP Professional
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
Windows 7
Windows 2008 R2
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Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows 2000 Server
Windows XP Professional
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
Windows 7
Windows 2008 R2 |
| Supports both Desktop and Server-class Operating Systems |
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| Patches Desktop and Server Applications |
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SQL, IIS, Exchange, ISA, etc. |
| Patch Language Support |
English, French, German, Spanish |
Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish |
| Management |
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| Integrated into DA Manager |
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| Standalone Management Application |
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| Patch Selection |
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| Select and Download patches based on Severity and Product |
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| Scan for and Deploy Service Packs |
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| Patch Distribution |
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| Distribution Servers (DS) for local installs on wide networks |
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| Clients use DS in same AD Site |
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| Clients use DS based on defined IP Ranges |
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| Download patches directly from vendor |
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| Client Scanning and Patch Deployment |
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| Selectively Scan and Deploy Patches using Validation Logic |
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| Patch Groups to selectively scan and deploy patches |
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| Client Agent-Based Scan |
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| Agent-less Scan |
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| 3 levels of patch scans |
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| Report patch status without deployment |
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| Deploy patches immediately |
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| Scheduled patch deployment |
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| Scan and deploy at Logon, Logoff or at a Refresh interval |
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| Test Deployments before live roll-out |
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| Actively Monitor Status of Deployments |
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| Virtual Machine Patching |
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| Scan and patch online virtual machines |
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| Scan and patch offline virtual machines |
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| Scan and patch virtual machine templates |
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| Additional Capabilities |
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| Instantly find out who has a particular patch installed or missing |
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| Uses Deployment Templates to define patch process |
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| Uninstall/Rollback Patches |
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| Extensive Reboot control |
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| Comprehensive Reporting |
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