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SUMMARY
Patch Authority™ Ultimate, ScriptLogic’s comprehensive, enterprise-class patch management solution, prevents attacks and exploits through centralized control of updates on all Windows desktops and servers. Patch Authority Ultimate’s rich interface and extensive feature set deploys the latest patches in a few simple steps to all desktop and servers, local and remote.
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Key Features & Benefits
 | | Powered by Shavlik's NetChk technology | | Leading patch database and scan engine | | Simple, Scalable Interface | | Patching 100,000 machines is as easy as patching 100 | | Complete Patch Management Lifecycle Coverage | | Selection, Distribution, Deployment, and Reporting are all part of this comprehensive solution | | Aggregated Report Rollup | | Top-level management reports show overall patch status across the network | | Agent-Based and Agent-Less Patch Management | | Centralized management of patch policy and status for all computers, local and remote, on the LAN and across the Internet | | Comprehensive Patching | | Patches x86 and x64 versions of Windows, Office products, Server products (Exchange, IIS, SQL, BizTalk, etc), WinZip, Adobe, Real, Firefox and more! | | Enforced Compliance | | A baseline of patches can be created to establish a "secure" machine | | Bundled with Security Explorer | | Enhanced security with central management of service status, configuration, logon accounts and scheduled task configuration | | Real Time and Scheduled Patch Management | | Up to 256 threads for real time scanning of multiple computers, or schedule scan and deployment for later |
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FAQs
No. Unlike WSUS, which only updates the latest Windows Operating Systems and selected Microsoft applications, Patch Authority Ultimate manages service packs and hotfixes for many older releases of Microsoft Operating Systems, client applications (including Microsoft Office) and server applications (such as IIS, Exchange, SQL, etc.), as well as an expanding list of third-party products.
WSUS are best-suited as an automated patch deployment solution for the most recently-released Microsoft platforms. Patch Authority Ultimate gives administrators far more granular control over when and where patches are deployed, and allows administrators to more easily create groups of computers and/or users requiring different patch behavior. For example, the general machine population can be configured to be scanned and receive all patches regardless of severity or product, whereas machines coming on via a VPN (based on IP address range) will only receive high-severity patches for the OS and will be copied at a slower rate than machines at the office to conserve bandwidth, or will be configured to download patches from an alternative location. In addition, Patch Authority Plus’s scanning engine uses Shavlik’s industry-leading technology, ensuring detection of “fake” and partially-removed patches. See the comparison matrix for a list of differentiating features.
WSUS Comparison Matrix
| | | Patch Authority Ultimate 5.9 | Windows Server Update Services 3 | | Platform Support | | Support for all recent Microsoft patches |  | | | Support for legacy Microsoft patches (e.g. Office 2000) | | | | Support for third-party applications | | | | International language patch support | | | | Response time to new patch availability | 24 hours (assuming patch passes QA) | 24 hours | | Scanning and Patching | | Agent-based scan and patch | | | | Agent configuration options | Extensive | Limited | | Agent deployment methods | Automated or manual deployment | Group Policy | | Agent-less scan and patch | | | | Instant, on-demand scan and patch | | | | Patch rollback | | | | Patch scan assessment method options | Thorough | Basic | | Setup | | Set up and begin patching in 15 minutes | | | | Distribution servers | | | | Sources for computer grouping | Active Directory, IP, address/range | Active Directory | | Reporting | | Reports provided | 33 | 7 | | Reporting roll-up | | | | Report export formats | CSV, TSV, XML, HTML, RTF and PDF | PDF and XLS | | Automated delivery of reports | | |
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