Seems like every business I meet with needs some sort of help in the patching department. Maybe they've got the Microsoft OS side of the house under control, but the third-party stuff is lacking. Or vice-versa. Either way, the team I work with is excited to kick the tires of some popular patching solutions over the next few weeks, and we'll audibly barf up what we learn into this mini-series!

Solutions we'll poke around with include:

  • Ninite
  • ManageEngine
  • PDQ Deploy

PS: None of these solutions are sponsoring 7MS. They're just popular patching solutions we're trying out to learn more about 'em and give you the pros/cons we discover!

In today's episode I dive a bit into...

Ninite Pros * Cheap * Does one thing, and does it well * Been around for a long time * Cloud-based - doesn't rely on LAN-side server

Cons * Only cloud-based...no LAN-side option * Requires an agent * Agent's only purpose is patching - no extra bells/whistles like remote control or inventorying capability