Category Archives: Tutorials

Pushing Windows Updates to Remote Computers

By Scott | Published: September 25, 2018

BatchPatch provides multiple different options for applying Windows Updates to numerous target computers simultaneously. In all cases the process involves loading a list of computer names or IP addresses into a BatchPatch grid, selecting/highlighting the desired target computers in the grid, and then choosing an action from the BatchPatch Actions menu to execute on the […]

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Appending DNS Suffixes to the Network Interface Instead of to Each Host in the BatchPatch Grid

By Scott | Published: September 17, 2018

In BatchPatch most users enter each host name into the grid without using the entire fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address. In general, for most situations entering just the host names will be sufficient. However, many users have more complex network environments, and sometimes it won’t be sufficient to enter just the unqualified […]

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Automatically Apply Scheduled Tasks, Job Queues, Deployments, and Commands to New Rows with the Row Template Configurator

By Scott | Published: September 4, 2018

In the August 2018 release of BatchPatch, one of the new features that we added is the ‘Row Template Configurator’, which is available under ‘Grid > Row template configurator’. When you add new rows to a grid, sometimes it might be helpful to have the new rows be automatically configured with certain values such as […]

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Deploying Windows Updates and Third Party Software Updates Quickly and Easily to Numerous Computers

By Scott | Published: August 20, 2018

OK, so you have a lot of computers on your network, and you need a way to quickly install Windows Updates and/or 3rd party software updates on all computers without having to connect to each computer individually to initiate and monitor the install. BatchPatch to the rescue! If you haven’t already done so, I would […]

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UAC Behavior with Remote WMI Connections in Non-Domain (Workgroup) Environments

By Scott | Published: August 15, 2018

When you are working in a network environment without a domain– that is to say there are no domain controllers and no member servers because all computers are simply part of a workgroup, authentication can be a challenge when trying to perform operations remotely. Generally speaking, if you have a network with enough computers where […]

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Removing a Microsoft Office Update from Multiple Computers

By Scott | Published: July 31, 2018

This is one of those situations where something that seems like it ought to be very quick and simple is unfortunately not so quick and not so simple. The good news it’s also not *that* difficult, but there’s no question that it’s a pain and it takes a bit of effort. It used to be […]

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Windows Server Patching Tools

By Scott | Published: July 25, 2018

We all know that keeping servers up to date is one of the most important aspects of keeping a secure environment. At one point or another every systems administrator is faced with the challenge of having to apply updates to numerous remote servers on a network. We have all been through the tedious process of […]

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Patch and Update Automation with Multiple Dependent Systems

By Scott | Published: July 18, 2018

I have posted articles and tutorials in the past on the BatchPatch feature known as the ‘Advanced multi-row queue sequence.‘ In fact there is a really thorough tutorial here that demonstrates how to integrate custom scripts into your job queues and multi-row queue sequences, which essentially enables the administrator to incorporate features/functionality into BatchPatch that […]

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Does BatchPatch Work Over a VPN Connection?

By Scott | Published: July 4, 2018

One of the common questions we regularly receive is will BatchPatch be able to work over a VPN? BatchPatch *can* work over a VPN connection, but the real question is will BatchPatch work over *your* VPN connection? It really depends on how your VPN and VPN firewall are configured, not on how BatchPatch is configured. […]

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Deploying .MSI Installer Packages to Multiple Remote Computers

By Scott | Published: June 28, 2018

If the software or update that you want to deploy to computers on your network is formatted as a .MSI file, here is how to use BatchPatch to deploy it to any number of computers at one time. Add the desired target computers to the BatchPatch grid. BatchPatch provides numerous ways to add hosts to […]

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