Automox Q&A

Good day, Is it possible to have an automox agent send an email immediately upon failed patching of a server?

Hey Automox Customers! We are currently working on some new Automox training material, from KB articles, webinars, to video walkthroughs and I would love your feedback. Whether you are new to the...

We’re looking into improving our change management processes and would like to treat our Automox configuration as code so we can use standard Git workflows for change management. We believe this to...

How are we doing? Do we send you enough emails? Not enough? Do we do a decent job of keeping you informed about what’s coming? Let us know what you’d like to see more of and less of.

Good morning, Is there a way to enable Automox to restart services in a particular order on a server?

Does anyone have a worklet on enabling FileVault and collecting the recovery key?

I am wondering how other admins have configured Office 365 update policies. The issue I am working to resolve is having Office 365 applications all of a sudden close without warning. I have a “Patch...

Better reporting? Improved error handling? Anything else that would make writing worklets easier? P.S. if you want to learn more about worklets I’m doing a webinar this Thursday: automox.com Automox...

Has anyone created a policy specifically for patching MS SQL servers?

Hi All, Im struggling abit to get a worklet working correctly for both mac and windows. No need for applying a licence as all users are individually licenced upon login. Can any one share your wisdom...

Here’s the rundown of all the latest patches: automox.com October 2019 Patch Tuesday Index For the latest Patch Updates from Microsoft and third-party vendors, read our October 2019 Patch Tuesday...

My initial instinct was to set my groups as my locations and use tags for departments. Just curious how everybody else was handling it…

Mine was probably to let me know that a computer had caught fire after a truck hit the power line to our building (there was still power, but we had a voltage spike that blew that computer’s power...

BleepingComputer Windows 10 KB4524147 Update May Cause Boot and Printing Issues Windows 10 1903 users have started reporting boot, printing, and Start Menu issues after installing the KB4524147...

What are the sticking points and issues you run into when deploying or using Automox? This info helps us document workarounds and prioritize bug fixes.

If you’d like your worklets (and other agent commands) to execute from a different location, here’s how you do that: https://support.automox.com/help/automox-agent-requirements The most common reason...

We have exciting news! Automox is thrilled to be featured in the Fall 2019 G2 Patch Management Report as a “High Performer”. This is based on customer reviews, so we’re really proud of this one! We...

Once? Twice? Three times a lady… oh wait, that’s a song. Seriously though, how many times and for how long do you let users defer updates? Are they generally happy with your policies or do they...

I was curious what other agents/management tools you are using with Automox. We are using Symantec SEP (not by choice, forced from above) and Goverlan for remote support but was curious what the rest...

I just had my first proper go at adapting some stock worklet code to install some different software and noticed that testing evaluation code in Automox isnt terribly practical. According to the docs...