Endpoint Management

Getting Started with Third Party Patching using Patch My PC

Last modified 4/5/2021

About

This guide will cover an overview of the combination of Patch My PC and ConfigMgr, and how they can be used to deploy 3rd party patches.

Getting Started

What is Patch My PC?

Patch My PC is a company that provides a service to automate third party patching and application packaging in ConfigMgr and Intune for Windows-based software. 

Learn More at https://patchmypc.com/

Supported Products - https://patchmypc.com/supported-products

What will it do for me?

Patch My PC has a couple of areas that it covers: Base application creation in both ConfigMgr + Intune, software update patching in ConfigMgr's Software Updates (WSUS), and app updates in Intune. View the sections below for more details:

ConfigMgr

  • Application Creation

Patch My PC will automatic publish new applications in the ConfigrMgr console > Applications section. These applications will be updated any time a new version is released within a business day.

You can deploy these like any other application in ConfigMgr. They can be used for base installation deployments on devices, you could make them available in Software Center for your users, and/or use them in a task sequence.

When a new application is released it will automatically update the existing version in the ConfigMgr console. Be mindful when deploying them as required as your existing deployments would be updated.

Patch My PC applications will live in the Patch My PC folder in Applications, and will not have any ISU defined naming prefix.

  • Software Update Patching

Previously, IT Support Teams would use the Application section of ConfigMgr to deploy updates for their applications, now with Patch My PC, you should use the Software Updates section of ConfigMgr to perform application patching.

Patch My PC will publish patches for the same supported products in the ConfigMgr WSUS. You will find these alongside the rest of the Windows Update Catalog.

When you deploy these updates, either by manual Software Update Group creation or Automatic Deployment Rules (ADR), it will come through to your devices in the Updates section of Software Center and behave similarly to Windows Updates.

You must be using ConfigMgr for Windows Updates on your devices in order to use this.

For more information on automating your patching, check out this guide - How to Add Deployments to an Existing Automatic Deployment Rule for Software Updates

Intune

  • App Creation for Base Installs

Section documentation is being developed. Patch My PC setup in Microsoft Intune has not been implemented in production yet.

  • App Creation for Updates

Section documentation is being developed. Patch My PC setup in Microsoft Intune has not been implemented in production yet.