Patch Manager

Pros: I have been using this software for over 4 years and every year it get's better and better. Patch updating is so simple, that all you do is setup once and it automatically adapts to roles for any other device you add onto your console.

Cons: Every once in a while some devices, loose connection or is mis-configured, but after a few tweaks your back to patching as usual. Which is setup up and monitor if devices are patching.

Overall: It's the best way for IT Administrator's to start moving to cloud.

Pros: Patch Manager has been a critical part of our network management. We are able to keep all of our third party applications up to date, where we used to have to rely on our users to allow the updates to run. Patch Manager has also allowed us to remove Admin rights from our end users.

Cons: Patch Manager can be a bit difficult to use at first. We had to rely heavily on the administrator guide to get started. Make sure you can devote time to following the procedures in the manual.

Pros: This software takes WSUS and dominates it, that is the best way I can explain it. The reports you can get are accurate and amazing. This is truly a magical patch management software

Cons: I wish that it could be easier for some newer feature updates to be updated on the actual software itself perhaps a way for it to "check-in" and update directly to solarwinds through an optional interface

Pros: allows for non windows applications to be patched and installed with Windows updates WSUS. It simplifies the update interface but still keeps true to WSUS

Cons: It was harder to install and configure correctly. Once it was done its a wonderful tool but can be a challenge to install the first time.

Pros: *- automatization of patches and updates is a bliss with this software.

*- Suitable for large eviroments or small ones,.

*- It keep leveled information with WSUS.

Cons: *- Devices loosing conection with the console, need to re-install the agent.

*-Not very user friendly at the begining, the guise is something you must have in hand untill to familiarize to it.

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Overall: Better understanding of our security issues regarding to unpatched or vulmerable systems, overall a very good product

Pros: Product support variety of platform and it is easy to implement and support.

Price of the product is low as compared to other product available in the market

Easy to integrate with SCCM and other tools

Cons: The product cannot be installed on Linux platform. Does not support legacy OS patching

Overall: Great product and make the patch manager process fully automated

Pros: Allows you to package third party software to be deployed with WSUS.

Cons: It depends solely on WSUS. That of course includes all the problems associated with WSUS. Slowness is one big one. You can automate the Cleanup Wizard, but that has it's own problems, which Patch Manage doesn't solve. You still need yet another product from another vendor to solve that problem.

Overall: It's a good product for what it is. But there are WAY better solutions out there to do what Patch Manager does, and for far cheaper.

Comments: Tech support is amazing, especially with their "tech walks" where they'll have a technician walk you through certain features.

Pros: Extremely robust patch management system that scales well for big MSPs and small businesses alike. It is very good at automating

Pros: Support at solarwinds is not over seas, very nice to explain issues and not have to repeat yourself three times. The user cookbooks are very well done, and make it easy to get up and going with relative ease.

Cons: The cost is a major factor here, there are some free solutions out there but you just dont get the support SolarWinds has.

Comments: We've had issues with Microsoft WSUS by itself. Overlaying Solar Winds Patch Manager onto our WSUS server has really helped with our server patching.