What's New in UpdateEXPERT Premium 7.02?

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Credential Management

Credential storage, inheritance, scope, visibility and use have all been significantly improved. More.

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MSDE/SQL

MSDE replaces the Registry for the storage of Network Tree data. More.

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Machine GUIDs

Globally Unique ID's or GUIDs (as in "gwids") are introduced to provide accurate machine tracking. More.

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Patch Dependency Viewer

This new screen exposes previously unseen Supercedence and Reliance information. More.

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Filtered Machine Views

View and manage only those machines that meet the filtering criteria you define. More.   

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Application Profiling

You can now be build Profiles based on installed/not-installed applications supported by UpdateEXPERT Premium. More.  

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Machine Properties

This new screen exposes machine and Agent information. More.

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Job Status Information

An audit trail of operational activities is now kept and conveniently accessed from the "Job Status" tab. More.

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Event Notification

Users can set up SMTP (email) notification of the start/end and completion/failure of events such as query, database updates etc. More.

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Named Policies

Named sets of "Required Updates" can now be saved as policies so that groups of machines requiring different patch policies can be managed by the same console/Master-Agent. More.

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Unified Master-Agents

The Console now maintains simultaneous connections to multiple master agents. More.

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Customizable & Consolidated Reporting

An ability to choose fields and define order in the standard reports is provided. Consolidation of information from multiple Master-Agents is now provided automatically, based on current Master-Agent connections. More.

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Roles and Rights

4 pre-defined roles exist by default.  These roles have rights, such as the right to query, manage machines, deploy patches, report, etc.  Roles and Rights can be customized. More.

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Wake-on-Lan

Wake-on-LAN (WOL) support is provided to ensure a higher success rate for patch deployment operations to off-line machines.  More.

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Concurrent Installation of Prerequisite and Dependent Patches

Continued improvement of the UpdateEXPERT patch database now allows reduced patch deployment effort. More.

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Settings Management

File, Registry, Service, and Local Security Policy settings can now be assessed and changed from the UpdateEXPERT console in support of organizational security policy goals. More.