How does Patch Management work with Windows Update through N-able N-central

Last Modified

Wed May 02 08:45 GMT 2018

Description

  • How does Patch Management work with Windows Update through N-able N-central

Environment

  • N-able N-central
  • Patch Management
  • Windows Update

Solution

  • The way Patch Management works through N-able N-central is the following:
    1. The Windows Agent communicates with Microsoft Windows Updates and requests a list of available updates
    2. The Windows Agent then transmits this information to the N-able N-central server
    3. The N-able N-central administrator configures approvals for the list of updates
    4. The Windows Agent communicates with the Probe and requests the approved updates
    5. The Probe downloads the updates
    6. The Windows Agents downloads the updates from the Probe
    7. The Windows Agent applies the schedule for installing updates
  • NOTE: if the Patch Management profile allows the device to communicate externally for the patches then this would also allow them to retrieve these from the windows update servers too
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