Effortless and automated server patching

The best patch management software should equip you to update your technical assets, from specialist frontline machinery to work apps on employee devices. However, servers demand special care. After all, these are where your most sensitive data and workloads reside and where core applications are run, so failsafe, easy-to-control server patch management needs to be a top priority.

Bringing you automated patching, streamlined management of updates, and easy roll-out, TeamViewer Remote Management delivers reliable, hassle-free server patching, suitable for even the most complex, sprawling IT environments. But server patch management is just the start. Coupled with TeamViewer’s remote monitoring, remote control, and remote access capabilities, all your wider asset management needs are covered in one place.

Some patching tasks arise at predictable intervals—Microsoft’s ‘Patch Tuesday,’ for instance. But most often, they arrive without warning, as and when vendors become aware of specific vulnerabilities, bugs, and other issues. 

More devices, more data, scattered users, and a wide variety of workloads can mean a significant stack of server components to oversee, including patches for operating systems, component drivers and firmware, databases, hypervisors, and more. It’s a lot for any sysadmin to manage, but a systematic approach to server patching helps you stay on top of it. 

Effective server patch management involves tracking patch notifications from software vendors. You should be able to cross-reference these alerts with your asset inventory to determine which—if any—of your server components are impacted. Before deployment and rollout, you must also check the patches for potential compatibility issues.

Multiple things can go wrong with server patching, especially if you work from basic checklists and handle everything manually. For instance, incomplete asset inventory information could mean that particular server components are missed out completely. And it’s too easy to make a mistake with patch configuration or overlook a software interdependency.

Resource constraints can also be a major challenge. Manual patching takes time, even more so if you have to physically attend different server locations to apply the updates. And with multiple other important tasks on your team’s to-do list, it can sometimes be days, weeks, or even months until critical vulnerabilities are addressed.

Automated patch management deserves to be a top priority. With TeamViewer Asset Management, you no longer need to manually search for assets and apply patches server-by-server. From a single platform, you can see precisely what assets need to be patched and schedule deployments automatically based on the schedules and rules you set.

With automated server patch management delivered through TeamViewer, there’s a huge opportunity to significantly reduce the manual workload associated with server patching, reduce the chance of error, and ensure security vulnerabilities are fixed at the right time.