ScriptLogic's Patch Management Solutions Compared

Both Patch Authority™ Ultimate and Desktop Authority’s Patch Deployment for Desktops option provide Patch Management capabilities, but have different supported clients and feature sets. To better familiarize you with the benefits of each product offering, please review the following comparison matrix for the differences between the two solutions.

Product Feature	Desktop Authority’s Patch Deployment for Desktops Option	Patch Authority™ Ultimate
Client
Operating Systems supported	Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Professional Windows Vista	Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Windows 2000 Professional Windows 2000 Server Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista
Supports both Desktop and Server-class Operating Systems	Desktop only
Patches Desktop and Server Applications	Desktop only	SQL, IIS, Exchange, ISA, etc.
Patch Language Support	English, French, German, Spanish	English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese-Brazil, Portuguese-Portugal, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Korean, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Turkish, Thai, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic.
Management
Integrated into DA Manager
Standalone Management Application
Patch Selection
Select and Download patches based on Severity and Product
Scan for and Deploy Service Packs
Patch Distribution
Distribution Servers (DS) for local installs on wide networks
Clients use DS in same AD Site
Clients use DS based on defined IP Ranges
Client Scanning and Patch Deployment
Selectively Scan and Deploy Patches using Validation Logic
Patch Groups to selectively scan and deploy patches
Client Agent-Based Scan
Agent-less Scan
3 levels of patch scans
Report patch status without deployment
Deploy now, or schedule a specific date & time
Scan and deploy at Logon, Logoff or at a Refresh interval
Test Deployments before live roll-out
Actively Monitor Status of Deployments
Additional Capabilities
Instantly find out who has a particular patch installed or missing
Uses Deployment Templates to define patch process
Uninstall/Rollback Patches
Extensive Reboot control
Comprehensive Reporting