Purpose

Some administrators may question why the Shavlik Patch plug-in for Microsoft System Center is installed as an instance on a specific user account rather than all user accounts. Understanding how the product works can help explain why this is, and the purpose of this document is to offer clarification on this subject.

Description

Shavlik Patch helps to streamline the patching process in SCCM by providing a way to publish third party patches. Shavlik Patch offers patch definitions that will publish those patches selected to be published by the administrator to the WSUS server. One of the prerequisites to the proper function of Shavlik Patch is that the user belongs to the WSUS Administrators group, as such the proper function of the Shavlik Patch plug-in is closely tied to the user account and the rights granted.

Because of the rights-related requirements inherent to the process, Shavlik Patch is tied closely to user accounts and relies on the user account having the proper rights.

Additional Information

Shavlik Patch for Microsoft System Center Requirements

Installation checklist for Shavlik Patch for Microsoft System Center

Product

Shavlik Patch 2.x