{"id":83175,"date":"2023-05-16T18:47:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T22:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?post_type=support&#038;p=83175"},"modified":"2023-06-05T13:11:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T17:11:08","slug":"choose-an-os-patch-management-policy","status":"publish","type":"support","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/choose-an-os-patch-management-policy","title":{"rendered":"Choose an OS Patch Management Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>JumpCloud\u2019s automated patch management helps you monitor which version and release your Windows, macOS, and Linux devices are currently using, and remotely manage update availability and the installation of those updates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An OS patch management policy can control when devices can see available OS upgrades and minor updates and how long an update can be deferred. Don\u2019t apply multiple patch policies to a device.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These patch policies are available for Mac, Windows, and Linux devices:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wpdatatables-wpdatatables-gutenberg-block\">\n<div class=\"wpdt-c row wpDataTableContainerSimpleTable wpDataTables wpDataTablesWrapper\n\"\n    >\n        <table id=\"wpdtSimpleTable-60\"\n           style=\"border-collapse:collapse;\n                   border-spacing:0px;\"\n           class=\"wpdtSimpleTable wpDataTable\"\n           data-column=\"3\"\n           data-rows=\"4\"\n           data-wpID=\"60\"\n           data-responsive=\"0\"\n           data-has-header=\"1\">\n\n                    <thead>        <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                            <th class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-bold wpdt-align-left\"\n                                    data-cell-id=\"A1\"\n                data-col-index=\"0\"\n                data-row-index=\"0\"\n                style=\" width:33.333333333333%;                padding:10px;\n                \"\n                >\n                                OS                <\/th>\n                                            <th class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-bold wpdt-align-left\"\n                                    data-cell-id=\"B1\"\n                data-col-index=\"1\"\n                data-row-index=\"0\"\n                style=\" width:33.333333333333%;                padding:10px;\n                \"\n                >\n                                Policy Name                <\/th>\n                                            <th class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-bold wpdt-align-left\"\n                                    data-cell-id=\"C1\"\n                data-col-index=\"2\"\n                data-row-index=\"0\"\n                style=\" width:33.333333333333%;                padding:10px;\n                \"\n                >\n                                Description                <\/th>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                    <tbody>        <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                            <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left wpdt-valign-top wpdt-bold\"\n                                    data-cell-id=\"A2\"\n                data-col-index=\"0\"\n                data-row-index=\"1\"\n                style=\"                padding:10px;\n                \"\n                >\n                                macOS                <\/td>\n                                            <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left wpdt-valign-top\"\n                                    data-cell-id=\"B2\"\n                data-col-index=\"1\"\n                data-row-index=\"1\"\n                style=\"                padding:10px;\n                \"\n                >\n                                Automatic MacOS Updates                <\/td>\n                                            <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                    data-cell-id=\"C2\"\n                data-col-index=\"2\"\n                data-row-index=\"1\"\n                style=\"                padding:10px;\n                \"\n                >\n                                <div data-type-content=\"wpdt-html-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;overflow: hidden\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Lets you manage and<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"> enforce when major OS upgrades and minor update patches are available and applied to your devices. You can also configure <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">how much flexibility your users have in delaying or installing the update. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;overflow: hidden\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">See <a href=\"..\/support\/create-a-macos-patch-policy\">Create a MacOS Patch Policy<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>                <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                            <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                            <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-valign-top wpdt-align-left wpdt-bold\"\n                                    data-cell-id=\"A3\"\n                data-col-index=\"0\"\n                data-row-index=\"2\"\n                style=\"                padding:10px;\n                \"\n                >\n                                Windows                <\/td>\n                                            <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-valign-top wpdt-align-left\"\n                                    data-cell-id=\"B3\"\n                data-col-index=\"1\"\n                data-row-index=\"2\"\n                style=\"                padding:10px;\n                \"\n                >\n                                Configure Advanced Windows Updates                <\/td>\n                                            <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                    data-cell-id=\"C3\"\n                data-col-index=\"2\"\n                data-row-index=\"2\"\n                style=\"                padding:10px;\n                \"\n                >\n                                <div data-type-content=\"wpdt-html-content\"><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;overflow: hidden\"><span><span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Allows you to control when and how Windows updates and upgrades are downloaded and delivered<\/span>. See <a href=\"..\/support\/create-a-windows-patch-policy\">Create a Windows Patch Policy<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>                <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                            <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                            <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left wpdt-valign-top wpdt-bold\"\n                                    data-cell-id=\"A4\"\n                data-col-index=\"0\"\n                data-row-index=\"3\"\n                style=\"                padding:10px;\n                \"\n                >\n                                Linux                <\/td>\n                                            <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left wpdt-valign-top\"\n                                    data-cell-id=\"B4\"\n                data-col-index=\"1\"\n                data-row-index=\"3\"\n                style=\"                padding:10px;\n                \"\n                >\n                                Configure Ubuntu Updates                <\/td>\n                                            <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                    data-cell-id=\"C4\"\n                data-col-index=\"2\"\n                data-row-index=\"3\"\n                style=\"                padding:10px;\n                \"\n                >\n                                <div data-type-content=\"wpdt-html-content\"><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Enables you to defer the availability of OS release upgrades (for example, upgrading from 18.04 to 20.04), as well as restrict updates to only LTS releases. It provides functionality equivalent to the Software and Updates desktop program on the device, plus the additional ability to delay OS release upgrades. See<a href=\"http:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/create-a-linux-patch-policy\"> Create a Linux Patch Policy<\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>                <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                    <\/table>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>JumpCloud furnishes four ready-to-use default patch policies for each of these OS types:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Windows<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linux<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mac<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to&nbsp;<strong>DEVICE MANAGEMENT &gt; Policy Management<\/strong>, then select&nbsp;<strong>Patch Management<\/strong>. Select the&nbsp;<strong>OS<\/strong>&nbsp;tab and click&nbsp;<strong>Load Default Policies and Policy Groups<\/strong>&nbsp;to load and view the default policies. Use these default policies to quickly create patch policies for different devices or groups of devices:<br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1596\" height=\"1112\" class=\"wp-image-83497\" style=\"width: 900px\" src=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/OSTabPage.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/OSTabPage.png 1596w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/OSTabPage-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/OSTabPage-1024x713.png 1024w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/OSTabPage-768x535.png 768w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/OSTabPage-1536x1070.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1596px) 100vw, 1596px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact your Account Manager if you\u2019re interested in adding OS and browser patch management to your package or to learn more about the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/platform\/patch-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">solution<\/a>. Pricing for patch management is located at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/pricing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/pricing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JumpCloud\u2019s automated patch management helps you monitor which version and release your Windows, macOS, and Linux devices are currently using, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"support_category":[2852,3010],"support_tag":[],"coauthors":[2836],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Choose an OS Patch Management Policy - JumpCloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to use JumpCloud\u2019s automated patch management to monitor which version and release your Windows, macOS, and Linux devices are using.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/choose-an-os-patch-management-policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Choose an OS Patch Management Policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn how to use JumpCloud\u2019s automated patch management to monitor which version and release your Windows, macOS, and Linux devices are using.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/choose-an-os-patch-management-policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"JumpCloud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-05T17:11:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/OSTabPage.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"denasteward\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/choose-an-os-patch-management-policy\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/choose-an-os-patch-management-policy\",\"name\":\"Choose an OS Patch Management Policy - 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