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About Automate patch management with PDQ Deploy & Inventory. Use PDQ Inventory to scan, collect, and organize your devices, then use PDQ Deploy to set a preferred schedule for deployment. Once the deployment has been scheduled, PDQ will automatically and silently apply updates without inconveniencing end users. - Integrate with Active Directory to easily collect device data 📊 - Schedule multi-step and multi-application custom deployments 💻 - Access the Package Library, which includes 100+ ready-to-deploy third party applications 📦 - Remotely execute commands, run scripts, and force reboots 🥾 - Apply updates silently 🤫 - Create custom device groupings 🖥️ - Use our PowerShell scanner, CLI, and other prebuilt tools 🧰 - Save and export reports, including custom data like asset information 📈 - Share servers and databases with other consoles 🤝 tl;dr — PDQ Deploy and Inventory makes device management simple, secure, and pretty damn quick.	About PowerShell is a cross-platform task automation and configuration management framework, consisting of a command-line shell and scripting language. Unlike most shells, which accept and return text, PowerShell is built on top of the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR), and accepts and returns .NET objects. This fundamental change brings entirely new tools and methods for automation. Unlike traditional command-line interfaces, PowerShell cmdlets are designed to deal with objects. An object is structured information that is more than just the string of characters appearing on the screen. Command output always carries extra information that you can use if you need it. If you've used text-processing tools to process data in the past, you'll find that they behave differently when used in PowerShell. In most cases, you don't need text-processing tools to extract specific information. You directly access portions of the data using standard PowerShell object syntax.
Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Not Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Supported Linux Supported Cloud Not Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience System Administrators, IT professionals, Network Administrators, Help Desk technicians	Audience Developers interested in a cross-platform task automation and configuration management framework
Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported	Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Not Supported
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Pricing $1,575/year/user Licensing is on a per administrator basis. One licenses needed per living, breathing, system administrator. No limit to the number of machines that you can manager per license. Free Version Supported Free Trial Not Supported	Pricing Free Free Version Supported Free Trial Not Supported
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Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported	Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported
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Categories Patch Management Supported Software Deployment Supported	Categories Configuration Management Supported Programming Languages Supported Task Automation Supported
Show More Features Patch Management Features Alerts/Notifications Supported Automatic Approval Supported Automatic Patch Deployment Supported Automatic Scans Supported Compliance Management Supported Custom Patches Supported Dashboard Not Supported Network Wide Management Supported Patch Prioritization Supported Patch Testing Supported Remote Access/Control Not Supported Vulnerability Scanning Not Supported
Integrations Aion 1.0 Plan Not Supported Azure Automation Not Supported Claude Fable 5.5 Not Supported Claude Opus 4.6 Not Supported Codenotary Not Supported DeepSeek-V4-Pro Not Supported Easy365Manager Not Supported GPT-5.1 Instant Not Supported GPT-5.2 Thinking Not Supported GPT-5.4 Pro Not Supported GPT-5.5 Not Supported GPT-5.6 Sol Not Supported GPT-5.6 Terra Not Supported GPT-6.1 Sol Not Supported Grok 4.6 Not Supported HiClaw Not Supported Kestra Not Supported OpenAI Codex Not Supported TeamsHub Not Supported Windows Server Failover Clustering Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 2 Integrations	Integrations Aion 1.0 Plan Supported Azure Automation Supported Claude Fable 5.5 Supported Claude Opus 4.6 Supported Codenotary Supported DeepSeek-V4-Pro Supported Easy365Manager Supported GPT-5.1 Instant Supported GPT-5.2 Thinking Supported GPT-5.4 Pro Supported GPT-5.5 Supported GPT-5.6 Sol Supported GPT-5.6 Terra Supported GPT-6.1 Sol Supported Grok 4.6 Supported HiClaw Supported Kestra Supported OpenAI Codex Supported TeamsHub Supported Windows Server Failover Clustering Supported Show More Integrations View All 184 Integrations
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