|
Patch management platform support |
|
Shavlik |
SPM
2000 |
BigFix |
PatchLink |
| Windows
9x/ME |
X |
|
X |
X |
| Windows
NT |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows NT Terminal Server Edition |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Windows
2000 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Windows
XP |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| .NET
Server |
X |
|
X |
X |
| Internet
Explorer |
5.0
and up |
4.01
and up |
5.0
and up |
5.0
and up |
| IIS |
4.0
and up |
X |
4.0
and up |
X |
| Media
Player |
6.4
and up |
X |
6.4
and up |
X |
| Java
Virtual Machine |
X |
|
X |
X |
| XML
Core Services |
|
|
2.6
and up |
X |
| Frontpage |
|
|
97
and up |
|
| Front
Page Server Extensions |
X |
|
X |
X |
| Exchange
Server |
5.5
and 2000 |
X |
5.0
and up |
5.5
and up |
| SQL
Server |
7.0
and 2000 |
X |
7.0
and up (manual install) |
7.0
and up |
| ISA
Server 2000 |
early
2003 |
X |
X |
X |
| TabletPC |
early
2003 |
|
|
|
| Site
Server |
|
|
X |
X |
| Commerce
Server |
early
2003 |
|
X |
X |
| Content
Management Server |
|
|
X |
X |
| BackOffice
Server 4.0 |
|
|
X |
|
| Project |
|
|
2000
and up |
|
| Services
for Unix |
|
|
2000
and up |
X |
| Microsoft
Office |
early
2003 |
|
2000
and up |
X |
| Microsoft
Outlook |
early
2003 |
98
and 2000 |
|
X |
| Outlook
Express |
|
4.x
and up |
5.0
and up |
X |
| Anti-virus
files |
|
|
X |
X |
| Linux |
|
|
RedHat
7.2 and 8.0 |
RedHat
6.2-8.0; Debian 2.2 and 3.0; SuSE 7.0-8.1; Mandrake
8.2 and 9.0 |
| Solaris |
|
|
|
X |
| Mac |
|
|
OS
X (4/1/2003) |
|
|
AIX |
|
|
|
X |
| HP-UX |
|
|
|
X |
| Netware |
|
|
|
X |
| Adobe |
|
|
|
X |
| Citrix |
|
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
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