| Product Feature |
Desktop Authority’s Patch Deployment for Desktops Option |
Patch Authority Plus |
| Client |
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| Operating Systems supported |
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows XP Professional
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Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows 2000 Server
Windows XP Professional
Windows Server 2003
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| Supports both Desktop and Server-class Operating Systems |
Desktop only |
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| Patches Desktop and Server Applications |
Desktop only |
SQL, IIS, Exchange, ISA, etc. |
| Patch Language Support |
English only |
English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese-Brazil, Portuguese-Portugal, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Korean, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Turkish, Thai, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic. |
| Management |
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| Integrated into DA Manager |
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| Standalone Management Application |
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| Patch Selection |
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| Select and Download patches based on Severity and Product |
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| Scan for and Deploy Service Packs |
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| Patch Distribution |
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| Distribution Servers (DS) for local installs on wide networks |
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| Clients use DS in same AD Site |
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| Clients use DS based on defined IP Ranges |
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| Client Scanning and Patch Deployment |
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| Selectively Scan and Deploy Patches using Validation Logic |
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| Patch Groups to selectively scan and deploy patches |
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| Client-Based Scan |
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| Server-Based Scan |
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| 3 levels of patch scans |
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| Scans of patch status (without deployment) |
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| Schedule scans/deployments at specific date & time |
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| Scan/deployment at Logon or Logoff |
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| Test Deployments before live roll-out |
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| Actively Monitor Status of Deployments |
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| Additional Capabilities |
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| Instantly find out who has a particular patch installed or missing |
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| Uses Deployment Templates to define patch process |
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| Uninstall/Rollback Patches |
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| Extensive Reboot control |
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| Comprehensive Reporting |
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