Software Overview
From the Software page, you can view all versions of software installed across your organization. The following is an example excerpt of the software inventory page:
See the following to learn about or perform software-related tasks:
Viewing Software Inventory
From the Software page, you can view the following information:
| Column Heading | Description |
|---|---|
| OS | Shows which OS this software for. |
| Software Name | Name of the available software. |
| # Endpoints that have software installed | Shows how many devices already have this software installed. |
| # Endpoints that need this software | Shows how many devices that require this software |
| State | This is the current status of the software for this device. Possible values: Patch on schedule: This update will occur at the scheduled time. Deferred: This patch has been deferred. Ignored: This patch was ignored for the current schedule. |
| Actions | This drop-down menu allows you to take actions on the selected software. Possible actions: Patch now: This overrides a schedule and immediately starts the software update. Patch on schedule: The update occurs at the time scheduled in the policy. Defer: This defers the software update until a specified date. Ignore: This ignores the next scheduled patch update. |
Searching for Software
You can use the search field to find software installed anywhere in your organization.
- Click the Search Software field. A drop-down list shows existing software.
- By entering a string, the list populates with matching entries. You can use multiple strings to narrow your search results.
For example, in this search it shows all 2012 related software that are awaiting a patch:
Viewing Software Details
You can use the search field to find software installed anywhere in your organization.
- Click the icon to the left of the software to expand for the detail view.
- The detail view provides the following information:
- Version: All versions of this software that are installed on devices.
- Endpoints Installed: How many devices have this software installed.
- Endpoints Awaiting: How many devices are scheduled for an update.
- CVEs: Links describing related CVEs are listed here.
Third-Party Software Support
In addition to patching the device operating system, Automox natively patches a rapidly expanding catalog of third-party software. The following table lists the third-party software we patch.
| Software Title | Win | Mac | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| Adobe Air | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| Adobe Flash | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| Adobe Shockwave | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| Google Chrome | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Java | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MS Office MSI | Yes | N/A | N/A |
| MS Office 365 | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| Mozilla Firefox | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mozilla Seamonkey | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Opera | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Slack | Yes | Yes | Yes |
note
We do not cache packages for Linux operating systems. We can only patch third-party software if the application was installed using the device package manager.