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Case Study: Patch Manager helps a State Government fix inconsistent 3rd party patch

“Patch Manager is an amazing product that has made our IT department more efficient and effective.”

Challenges

Inconsistent 3rd party patching with the existing Microsoft WSUS & SCCM solutions
Time-consuming manual patching and in-house processes prior to purchasing SolarWinds Patch Manager

Use Case

Servers and workstations managed with Patch Manager:
- Servers: 50-250
- Workstations (incl. notebooks): 251-1,000
Pushes out 5 – 20 patches per month with Patch Manager.
Purchased SolarWinds Patch Manager because of its features.

Results

Patch Manager helps:
- To test and deploy patches without affecting business/IT productivity
- Define and execute patch strategies for different user groups or computer groups
- Easily control how disruptive the patch process needs to be (e.g. control reboots, system restore, etc)
A State & Local Government saves 26-40 hours each month with Patch Manager.

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