Your Complete Patch Management Software for Total Security

Patch management is an essential way of keeping your managed devices up to date, secure, and working smoothly. Each vendor releases updates for the operating system or software including bug fixes, security updates, and improvements. As an MSP or Internal IT, it is important to manage these updates to make sure they are all installed and up to date and most importantly to control when they happen! You wouldn’t want the update to happen on your clients’ devices in the middle of the day while they are doing something important.

Patch Management is core functionality for any IT professional, whether an MSP or an Internal IT. Not patching your managed devices can leave your network vulnerable to threats and exploits. End-users are busy with their own work, don’t always understand the importance of updating their devices, and the last thing they want is for their device to reboot midday. A trusted IT professional runs patches when a user isn’t online, decides which updates to install or exclude and do all of this during off-hours not to interfere in their users’ workflow. If you do this right, the end-users device will be protected and run in the best way possible- your customers will thank you!

Patches need to be installed on devices and servers. Poor scheduling and failure to perform proper patching procedures can leave a company vulnerable to the worst of threats. You would also want to control when the installation and reboots happen (the last thing you want to happen is to have your customers server reboot at 9:00 AM on a Monday morning!). Taking control and implementing patch management schedules is easy. Whether you’re using Atera’s all-in-one encompassing RMM & PSA which includes granular patching capabilities to meet all of your customers’ various requirements or using some alternate service, make sure your toolset includes some form of patch management services.