{"id":3082,"date":"2016-07-11T14:21:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T18:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batchpatch.com\/?p=3082"},"modified":"2016-07-11T14:39:24","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T18:39:24","slug":"reviewing-the-core-functionality-that-batchpatch-offers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/batchpatch.com\/reviewing-the-core-functionality-that-batchpatch-offers","title":{"rendered":"Reviewing the Core Functionality that BatchPatch Offers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;d like to review some of the core functionality that BatchPatch offers.  For systems administrators who need a controlled way to install Windows Updates on many computers at the same time, while monitoring their progress, automating the reboot process, and maximizing efficiency during maintenance windows, BatchPatch can&#8217;t be beat.<\/p>\n<p>BatchPatch offers an extremely simple and reliable toolset to perform the following tasks (and more):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/using-batchpatch-to-remotely-install-windows-updates\" target=\"_blank\">Remote Windows Update management<\/a> with or without WSUS<\/li>\n<li>Remote Windows Update management for <a href=\"\/cached-mode-and-offline-updates\" target=\"_blank\">secure, offline networks<\/a> in addition to online, internet-connected networks<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cached-mode-and-offline-updates\" target=\"_blank\">Windows Update caching<\/a> for low-bandwidth networks (WSUS alternative)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/software-deployment\" target=\"_blank\">Remote software deployment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/software-deployment\" target=\"_blank\">Remote script deployment<\/a> and <a href=\"\/executing-remote-commands-with-batchpatch\" target=\"_blank\">command execution<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Remote reboots, shutdowns, and <a href=\"\/wake-on-lan-with-batchpatch\" target=\"_blank\">Wake On LAN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/using-the-job-queue-in-batchpatch-for-multi-step-execution\" target=\"_blank\">Multi-step execution<\/a> options<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/advanced-multi-row-queue-sequence\" target=\"_blank\">Multi-computer, coordinated sequences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/using-the-task-scheduler-in-batchpatch\" target=\"_blank\">Scheduled tasks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=brownishOrange>Additional Resources:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/home\" target=\"_blank\">A more complete list of features<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/getting-started-with-batchpatch\" target=\"_blank\">Getting started<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/troubleshooting-common-errors-in-batchpatch\" target=\"_blank\">Troubleshooting common errors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/batchpatch-authentication-in-domain-and-workgroup-non-domain-environments\" target=\"_blank\">Authentication assistance for domain and non-domain (workgroup) environments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/faq\" target=\"_blank\">FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;d like to review some of the core functionality that BatchPatch offers. For systems administrators who need a controlled way to install Windows Updates on many computers at the same time, while monitoring their progress, automating the reboot process, and maximizing efficiency during maintenance windows, BatchPatch can&#8217;t be beat. BatchPatch offers an extremely simple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,17,3],"tags":[208,209,207,23,53,10],"class_list":["post-3082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-general","category-tutorials","tag-remote-reboot","tag-remote-shutdown","tag-script-execution","tag-software-deployment","tag-wake-on-lan","tag-windows-updates"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/batchpatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/batchpatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/batchpatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batchpatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batchpatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3082"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/batchpatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3088,"href":"https:\/\/batchpatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082\/revisions\/3088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/batchpatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batchpatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batchpatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}