Overview
From the Software page, you can view all versions of software installed across your organization. The following is an example 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 | Which OS is this software for |
| Software Name | Name of the available software |
| # Devices that have software installed | Shows how many devices already have this software installed. |
| # Devices 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 list 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. |
Using Search to Find Software
You can use the search field to find software installed anywhere in your organization.
- Click the Search Software field. A drop-down list will open to show existing software.
- By entering a string, the list will populate with matching entries. You can use multiple strings to narrow your search results.
For example, in this search it displays 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:
a. Version: All versions of this software that are installed on devices.
b. Devices Installed: How many devices have this software installed.
c. Devices Awaiting: How many devices are scheduled for an update.
d. CVEs: Links describing related CVEs are listed here.
Viewing Software Details
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. Check back often as we’re regularly adding to this list:
| Software Title | Mac | Win | 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 with the device’s package manager.