Patch Authority Ultimate

Comprehensive Patching
You're covered for x86 and x64 versions of Microsoft Windows, Office and Server products (Exchange, IIS, SQL, BizTalk, etc.), as well as products from WinZip, Adobe, Real, Firefox and more!

Automated Patch Management
It's a snap to download, scan and install patches at selected times and frequencies.

Virtual Machine Management
Scan and patch online and offline virtual machines (VMs) as well as VMware templates. An online VM is treated exactly the same as a physical machine. And you can patch offline VMs to ensure that they don't place your network at risk when they are brought online.

Robust Reporting
Report on patch status in real time across the network with myriad pre-defined or customizable reports.

Fast Installation and Easy Deployment
Install it and begin patching your computers within 30 minutes. Enjoy enterprise patching functionality without the enterprise complexity.

Multiple Administrator Support
Console support is available for multiple administrators, so they can easily patch and secure the computers they manage.

Credentials Manager
Securely store all credentials used in patching servers and desktops in a single location with industry standard encryption.

Compare Solutions:
Learn how Patch Authority Ultimate compares to WSUS:

• Patch Authority Ultimate and Windows Server Update Services 3
• Patch Authority Ultimate and Desktop Authority's patch distribution and deployment option

Restrictions:

• An NTFS file system is required on the console machine
• If you install the console on a domain controller that uses LDAP certificate authentication, you may need to configure the server to avoid conflict issues between the SSL certificate and the Patch Authority Ultimate program certificate. There is no easy way to configure this on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller and this combination is not recommended for use as a console.
• If you install the console on two or more machines that share a database, all of the machines must have unique security identifiers (SIDs) in order to prevent user credential problems. Machines are likely to have the same SIDs if you make a copy of a virtual machine or if you ghost a machine.

Disk Space 100 MB for application – 2 GB or more for patch database.

Operating System (one of the following):
Note: Patch Authority Ultimate supports 32- and 64-bit versions of the listed operating systems for both console and target systems.

Database:
Use of SQL Server database (SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008, or SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Edition) is required. If you do not have access to a SQL Server database, the option to install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express will be provided during the prerequisite software installation process.
Note: SQL Server 2000 is not supported for use as a back-end database.
Size: 1.5 GB

Prerequisite Software:

• Windows Installer 4.5 or later (only required if installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Express SP1 during Patch Authority Ultimate installation)
• Use of Microsoft SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 R2, or SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Edition SP1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 or later
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2
• Windows PowerShell 2.0 or later
• Windows Imaging Component

Windows Account Requirements:
In order to access the full capabilities of Patch Authority Ultimate, you must run under an account with administrator privileges

Configuration Requirements:
When performing an asset scan of the console machine, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service must be enabled and the protocol allowed to the machine. In Windows Firewall, on Windows XP/Windows 2003 machines the service is called Remote Administration, and on Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 machines the service is called Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)/Remote Administration.

Clients (agentless)

Browser:
• Internet Explorer 5.5 or later required to receive patch deployments

Operating Systems (any of the following):

• Windows 2000 Professional
• Windows 2000 Server
• Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
• Windows 2000 Small Business Server
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
• Windows XP Embedded
• Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
• Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
• Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
• Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server
• Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
• Windows Vista, Home Basic Edition
• Windows Vista, Home Premium Edition
• Windows Vista, Business Edition
• Windows Vista, Enterprise Edition
• Windows Vista, Ultimate Edition
• Windows 7, Home Premium Edition
• Windows 7, Professional Edition
• Windows 7, Enterprise Edition
• Windows 7, Ultimate Edition
• Windows Server 2008, Standard
• Windows Server 2008, Enterprise
• Windows Server 2008, Datacenter
• Windows Server 2008, Standard - Core
• Windows Server 2008, Enterprise - Core
• Windows Server 2008, Datacenter - Core
• Windows Server 2008 R2, Standard
• Windows Server 2008 R2, Enterprise
• Windows Server 2008 R2, Datacenter
• Windows Server 2008 R2, Standard - Core
• Windows Server 2008 R2, Enterprise - Core
• Windows Server 2008 R2, Datacenter - Core

Virtual Machines (offline images created by any of the following):

• VMware ESX Server 3.0 or later
• VMware ESXi 3.0 or later
• VMware vCenter (formally VMware VirtualCenter) 2.0 or later
• VMware Workstation 4.0 or later
• VMware Player

Configuration Requirements:

• Remote Registry service must be running
• Simple File Sharing must be turned off
• Server service must be running
• NetBIOS (tcp139) or Direct Host (tcp445) ports must be accessible
• When deploying patches on Windows Vista or later operating systems, the Windows Update service Startup type must be set to either Manual or Automatic.

Disk Space:

• Free space equal to five times the size of the patches being deployed

Supported Languages (for patch download):

• Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Clients (agent)
Note: An NTFS file system is required on agent machines.

Processor:

• 500 MHz or faster CPU

Memory:

• Minimum: 256 meg RAM
• Recommended: 512 meg RAM or higher

Disk Space:

• 30 MB for Patch Authority Ultimate Agent client
• 500 MB or more for patch repository

Operating Systems (any of the following):

• Windows XP SP2 or later
• Windows Vista Family
• Windows 7 Family
• Windows Server 2003 Family
• Windows Server 2008 Family
• Windows Server 2008 Family R2

Prerequisite Software

• MSXML 3.0 or later

Configuration Requirements

• Workstation service must be running

Port Requirements

These are the default port requirements. The port numbers are configurable.
Inbound Ports (Basic NAT Firewall)

Outbound Ports (Highly Restricted Network Environment)