Topic
NinjaOne provides multiple resources for our robust patch management solution. To aid your search for knowledge, refer to this catalog for a complete list of guides and a brief description of each.
Environment
- NinjaOne Patch Management
- Microsoft Windows
- Apple macOS
- Linux
Description
Set up your patch management through policy configuration based on the device's operating system. These resources also include system requirements, if applicable.
What is included at setup?
- Reboot options
- Schedules
- Pre- and post-script execution
- Approvals
- Overrides
- Enabling the WSUS server per location
Supplementary Guides
- Windows Patch Management in NinjaOne: This article describes the process for patching Windows endpoints via NinjaOne's patch management features.
- Patch Caching: Use patch caching as a component of your software deployment workflows in NinjaOne.
- Automate Patching Approval and Rejection: Automatically approve or reject patches by their KB.
- Windows Patch Management: Approve, Reject, Uninstall, Update
- When using the Control mode of NinjaOne's Windows patch management, patches can be preemptively approved/rejected before being picked up in a scan. Based on how the policy is set, the patch will be initially picked up and placed either in an Approved, Rejected, or Pending state.
- Manually scan for or apply updates.
- Load Balancing Patch Installations With the Stagger feature: Use the Stagger feature to load balance patch download and installation across your NinjaOne-managed devices.
- Performing Ring Deployments in NinjaOne (Windows): This article describes the concept of ring deployment in NinjaOne and how to use it for staggered patching in your environment.
Best Practices
- Insights for Better Patch Management
- Webinar: Patch Management Best Practices to Improve Compliance and Security
Troubleshooting and Frequently-Asked Questions
- Windows OS Patch Availability Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Windows Patch Management: Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Linux Patch Management: Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Installed Windows OS patches not displaying in the Windows Update History
- Updates Failing With the Error: Patch Management FAILED to complete. Error: 3005 Windows Communication Error
- Windows Patch Management: Troubleshooting
Patch Intelligence AI
- Patch Intelligence AI: Patch Intelligence AI gives you instant, AI-generated patch explanations and highlights of any known issues, whether reported by Microsoft, the community, or detected through NinjaOne's anonymized failure/rollback telemetry, so that you can make safer, more informed patching decisions.
- NinjaOne Patching: Windows Patch Intelligence AI Approval Overrides