I read through the document and I'm clear on what LanGuard can do that WSUS can't; NT Updates, MS Office, MS SQL, MS Exchange and MS ISA and 3rd party updates.
The documentation says that LanGuard can scan and identify missing MS patches on PCs and the ability to "the missing service pack or patch to that computer or all computers." Is the difference then that WSUS is setup to automatically deploy patches and service packs un-attended while LanGuard would require you to scan and then manually select which missing patches to deploy and where? If so, then to follow this to the extreme, if WSUS wasn't being used, GFI LanGuard could install all MS patches but it would require a lot of manual picking and choosing? ---------------------- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com _____ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:22:19 -0600 Subject: RE: GFI LanGuard Which takes 10 pages to say what I did in 3 sentences. J J J Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Webster [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: GFI LanGuard http://www.gfi.com/whitepapers/patch-management.pdf Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://dabcc.com/Webster From: Bob Hartung [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: GFI LanGuard In researching WSUS, I noticed that GFI has a security product, LanGuard, that has an component that supports Windows updates as well as 3rd party updates. I'm a little unclear on the Windows updates part of LanGuard's capability. On one hand, it says it does deploy windows updates but on the other hand it says it's supposed to be used in conjunction with WSUS. I though Microsoft had taken legal action against software that deployed Microsoft patches to stop them.. Anyone using LanGuard care to share what they know about this? Thanks. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
