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Recommended Group Policy Settings for BatchPatch Standalone Usage with No WSUS

By Scott | Published: August 29, 2022

One of the questions that arises for some users who are using BatchPatch without a WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) server, is how should Group Policy be configured for target computers? The main detail here to consider is that if your computers are not setup to get their updates from a WSUS server then there […]

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When WSUS and Group Policy (GPO) Are Not Enough

By Scott | Published: May 1, 2019

Does Everyone Need a 3rd-Party Patch Management Solution? A very common statement that you’ll find in discussions on the web about updating Windows computers in a network environment goes something like this: “There is no need to employ a 3rd-party Windows Update management solution because Microsoft provides WSUS and Group Policy objects (GPO) for free.” […]

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BatchPatch Integration with WSUS and Group Policy

By Scott | Published: February 12, 2014

One of the questions we commonly receive is what is the best way to use BatchPatch in conjunction with a WSUS server? First, let me say that BatchPatch works great in conjunction with WSUS, and since WSUS is free and extremely simple to setup, there’s little reason to not have it. However, WSUS is definitely […]

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