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Deploying applications as software updates by spruitt

Have you ever needed to decide how to deploy an application that requires a reboot? Has a manager ever asked if you can deploy it as a software update, using the same notification and scheduling options...

Reboot before patching by spruitt

We've all experienced users that blame absolutely everything on patching. My personal favorite is the person who blamed us for the problem that started just after she received my email announcing that...

Patching and Communications by spruitt

Patch Management is only partly a technical activity. Good communications are at least as important, if not even more so. No matter how well you designed your deployment plan to support the needs of your...

Patch Process Design and Communications by spruitt

Have you ever designed a patching process, only to find that users and managers complained after you implemented it, and no one supported you? Good planning and communications with the right people help...

Unexpected reboots when patching by spruitt

Have you ever had users complain that their computer rebooted unexpectedly about the time you deployed patches? Maybe it gave them a brief warning, but no chance to postpone? We ran into that, and it took...

Baseline Patching by spruitt

Do you concentrate just on applying the latest updates? Do you figure that once last month's patches are done you can forget about them? If so, you are leaving some machines vulnerable without realizing...
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