Hey everyone – I just wanted to take a few minutes to blog about some of the new features that we’ve added to BatchPatch over the past several months. We’ve been able to get a lot of good functionality added, and there is still a plenty more to come in the new year. The list of features below only covers the more significant additions.\u00c2\u00a0 There have also been a ton of minor updates and improvements made in the past months.<\/p>\n
Not only can you easily download and install all available Windows Updates, but now it’s also very easy to choose specifically which Windows Updates you want to download and\/or install on target computers simply by inputting a list of KB numbers or update titles.\u00c2\u00a0 See Actions > Windows Updates > Create\/modify list of specific updates for download \/ installation.<\/em><\/p>\n If you’re not using a WSUS server, you might find that you want or need to hide updates that you don’t want to install in order to prevent them from constantly re-appearing in the list of available Windows Updates on your network of computers.\u00c2\u00a0 BatchPatch lets you easily choose which updates to hide or unhide.\u00c2\u00a0 See Actions > Windows Updates > Hide \/ Unhide updates.<\/em><\/p>\n If you are using WSUS or SCCM in your environment, there are times where you may still want to have computers check-in with Microsoft Update instead of your own managed update server.\u00c2\u00a0 BatchPatch now has an option to bypass your managed server so that you can search, download, and install available updates from Microsoft Update instead.\u00c2\u00a0 See Tools > Settings > Remote Agent <\/em><\/em>(or Tools > Settings > Windows Update<\/em><\/em> Agent).<\/p>\n It’s now much<\/em> easier to get help with the new searchable PDF Administrator’s manual<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The support forum<\/a> is, of course, still available, and you can always email us<\/a> too.\u00c2\u00a0 See Help > BatchPatch Admin Guide.<\/em><\/p>\n BatchPatch now has search options that allow you to search only for Important<\/em> updates or Important + Recommended<\/em> updates.\u00c2\u00a0 See Tools > Settings > Remote Agent <\/em><\/em>(or Tools > Settings > Windows Update<\/em><\/em> Agent).<\/p>\nHide \/ Unhide Windows Updates<\/h2>\n
Bypass the Default\/Managed Update Server and Use Microsoft Update Instead<\/h2>\n
New PDF BatchPatch Administrator’s Guide<\/h2>\n
Emulate Microsoft’s Delivery of “Important” and “Recommended” Updates<\/h2>\n
View BatchPatch.log and WindowsUpdate.log Files in the System Default Viewer Instead of the BatchPatch Built-In Log Viewer<\/h2>\n