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Document Introduction: Patch Connect Plus For 3 Party Automate Patch Management

Patch Connect Plus is a tool that allows users to automate patch management for over 250 third-party applications. It syncs updates from vendor sites for applications like Notepad++ and 7-Zip, publishes them to Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and deploys the patches to client machines managed by SCCM. The document provides steps for installing Patch Connect Plus, configuring it to connect to WSUS and SCCM, choosing applications to patch, and deploying third-party updates to client devices through SCCM.

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Document Introduction: Patch Connect Plus For 3 Party Automate Patch Management

Patch Connect Plus is a tool that allows users to automate patch management for over 250 third-party applications. It syncs updates from vendor sites for applications like Notepad++ and 7-Zip, publishes them to Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and deploys the patches to client machines managed by SCCM. The document provides steps for installing Patch Connect Plus, configuring it to connect to WSUS and SCCM, choosing applications to patch, and deploying third-party updates to client devices through SCCM.

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Patch Connect Plus for

3rd Party Automate Patch Management

Document Introduction
This document contains steps to install and configure the Patch Connect Plus.

By using web portal patch connect plus, manage automate 250+ Application patch management

Patch Connect Plus Architecture


The below diagram will provide overview of Patch Connect Plus connectivity with SCCM and work flow

Requirements
The installation machine should contain WSUS server or WSUS admin console which should be
compatible with the primary WSUS server.
 Note: Ensure that the WSUS server is of version 3.0 SP2 with WSUS-KB2720211 installed.

Hardware* Supported Platform Supported Browsers

 Windows XP

 Windows Vista
 CPU: intel core i3,
 Windows 7
2.0 GHz Â
 Windows 8
 RAM: 2 GB
 Windows 8.1  Internet Explorer
 Hard Disk Space:
 Windows 10  Google Chrome
10 GB
 Windows Server 2008  Mozilla Firefox
 System version:
 Windows Server 2008 R2
only 64 bit
 Windows Server 2012
 CPU: P4, 1.5 GHz
 Windows Server 2012 R2

 Windows 7
Installation P-Connect-P
Now, Installation of Manage Patch connect Plus.

Download from here..! 30 Days trail available.

Double click on exe file and follow the screen shots below, all are by default as recommended by
ManageEngine
Installation completed, On Desktop, Can see ManageEngine Patch Connect Plus icon & also in Taskbar.

Configuration P-Connect-P
Open the local-host of Patch-Connect-Plus web console. As like below and follow the snapshot.
Setup the proxy settings as per environment
WSUS Configuration, Directing to WSUS server host name with port number

Choose the product/application what need to patch to end user client machines.
Just confirmation page.
Configure the certs, As per environment, In my case going with self-signed certs.

Certs Configuration confirmation page.


Provide the SCCM Server host name with login Credential where can access SCCM Console with full
rights.
Just SAVE & FINISH the configuration settings.

Now, P-Connect-P syncing with Vendor sites of those products (in my case, Notepad++ & 7Zip) and
publishing to SCCM via WSUS.
Deployment with SCCM
So, in SCCM Console,
the both products is appearing move on and do the synchronization updates of them then download
and deploy on end user machines.
WSYNCMGR.log file provide the information about product sync status
The updates of those prodcut reflected in All Software Updates

Created the software groups


Finally Deploy the 3rd party patches.

Reference
https://www.manageengine.com/sccm-third-party-patch-management/

https://www.manageengine.com/sccm-third-party-patch-management/getting-started-with-patch-connect-
plus.html#setup
https://www.manageengine.com/sccm-third-party-patch-management/support.html

https://www.manageengine.com/sccm-third-party-patch-management/get-quote.html

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