Accessing a patch file in a system center configuration manager (SCCM) environment

A system comprising:

• a client comprising a central processing unit (CPU), said client belonging to a first party;
• a second party system center configuration manager (SCCM) disposed on a memory of said client;
• a second party server update service (SUS) that is executed on said client;
• a third party patch file agent located in said second party SCCM, wherein said third party patch file agent is configured to access a third party patch file from a cloud computing environment and to automatically provide said third party patch file to said second party SUS, wherein said third party patch file is automatically transmitted to said SUS from said third party patch file agent without requiring manual intervention by information technology (IT) personnel, said third party patch file agent automatically transmitting said third party patch file to said SUS at a predetermined time interval, and wherein said third party patch file bypasses a system center updates publisher (SCUP) such that manual intervention associated with implementing said third party patch file is reduced, and wherein an authorized user of said client is unable to access or view data of said third party patch file, and wherein users of said client, including any authorized users are prevented from accessing or viewing clear text in said third party patch file, wherein said data comprises said clear text, and wherein said first party, said second party;
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• said third party patch file agent including a patch file option selector, said patch file option selector configured to allow said authorized user of said client to select any options of said third party patch file or allow said user of said client to select which devices and which applications on said devices to which said third party patch file will be deployed.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied therein when executed cause a computer system to perform a method for accessing a third party patch file for use in a second party system center configuration manager (SCCM) environment, said method comprising:

• automatically accessing a third party patch file by a third party patch file agent, wherein said third party patch file agent is located in a second party system center configuration manager (SCCM) environment, and wherein said SCCM environment operates on a client belonging to a first party;
• automatically providing said third party patch file, by said third party patch file agent, to a second party server update services (SUS) executing on said client, wherein said third party patch file bypasses a system center updates publisher (SCUP), said third party patch file agent automatically providing said third party patch file to said SUS without requiring manual intervention by information technology (IT) personnel, said third party patch file agent automatically transmitting said third party patch file to said SUS at a predetermined time interval, such that manual intervention associated with implementing said third party patch file is reduced, and wherein an authorized user of said client is unable to access or view data of said third party patch file, and wherein users of said client, including any authorized users are prevented from accessing or viewing clear text in said third party patch file, wherein said data comprises said clear text, and wherein said first party, said second party, and said third party are different parties;
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• said third party patch file agent including a patch file option selector, said patch file option selector configured to allow said authorized user of said client to select any options of said third party patch file or allow said user of said client to select which devices and which applications on said devices to which said third party patch file will be deployed.