Shavlik SCUPdates simplifies 3rd party patching
View the Screencast: Using Shavlik SCUPdates and SCCM to patch 3rd party applications
Start deploying 3rd party updates in minutes with System Center Configuration Manager
SCCM does a great job of distributing software and deploying updates for the latest Microsoft operating systems and Microsoft applications like Office 2007. What about Adobe Reader and hundreds of other vulnerable applications?
Shavlik SCUPdates address a major business pain (keeping up with 3rd party updates) and puts time back into your IT admin’s schedule.
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Maximize investment in SCCM
- Total Coverage. SCUPdates extends SCCM beyond current Microsoft products to patch today’s most attacked applications, including Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
- Accuracy. Shavlik is the recognized industry expert when it comes to accurate patch detection and deployment.
- Time. SCUPdates puts time back in the day of system administrators. The Shavlik Data Team does the work so your administrators don’t have to.
- Single Workflow. Leverages SCCM workflow - no application to install or agent to deploy. Sync the SCUPdates catalog with SCCM and you’ll have a single SCCM workflow for deploying updates for Microsoft operating systems, Microsoft applications, AND non-Microsoft applications. Single push. Single reboot. Single set of reports.
Shavlik does the work so you don’t have to!
- Many skilled IT pros can create and publish patch metadata, but it takes hours or days to do this for each vendor, application, and version.
- Shavlik lifts this time-consuming burden off the backs of administrators and puts it into the expert hands of the Shavlik Data Team.
- 3rd party updates for multiple vendors delivered by a single, trusted source.
Extend SCCM to deploy updates for non-Microsoft applications
Non-Microsoft software applications are among the most attacked applications.The four most attacked applications of 2009 include:
With Shavlik, you get updates for multiple vendors delivered by a single, trusted source.
- Shavlik SCUPdates merges patching 3rd party applications with SCCM
- Single workflow for deploying updates for both Microsoft and non-Microsoft applications
Using Shavlik SCUPdates is simple; no research required.
- Create a self-signing certificate and copy it to the appropriate certificate stores.
- Download the Shavlik SCUPdates catalog.
- Import the SCUPdates catalog into SCUP.
- Select the product to publish and sync to a configured updates server.
- Use SCCM to select the products you want to detect and patch.
SCCM does the rest according to your established polices!
The Shavlik SCUPdatesTM Quick Start Guide to help you use the Shavlik SCUPdates catalog can be found at this URL:
http://www.shavlik.com/assets/docs/qsg-scupdates.pdf.
Simple to Use, easy as 1, 2, 3!
- Launch Microsoft’s SCUP and select Import Update(s).

- Choose the Single Catalog Import option in the Wizard, and then browse to the folder/directory where SCUPdates is stored.


- You can pick specific updates to publish or publish all updates. Set the publish flag and choose Publish Update(s) from the action panel.



System Requirements
In order to use Shavlik SCUPdates you must have the following:
- Windows Server platform (2003 Family SP2 or later, or 2008 Family)
- Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 SP2 or later
- System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 4.0 SP2 or later (in Native or Mixed mode)
- System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) 4.50.1103.000 or later
- SCUPdates license
The Shavlik SCUPdatesTM Quick Start Guide to help you use the Shavlik SCUPdates catalog can be found at this URL:
http://www.shavlik.com/assets/docs/qsg-scupdates.pdf..