Audience
System Administrators, IT professionals, Network Administrators, Help Desk technicians
About PDQ Deploy & Inventory
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 đ
- Schedule multi-step and multi-application custom deployments đ»
- Access the Package Library, which includes 100+ ready-to-deploy third party applications đŠ
- Remotely execute commands, run scripts, and force reboots đ„Ÿ
- Apply updates silently đ€«
- Create custom device groupings đ„ïž
- Use our PowerShell scanner, CLI, and other prebuilt tools đ§°
- Save and export reports, including custom data like asset information đ
- Share servers and databases with other consoles đ€
tl;dr â PDQ Deploy and Inventory makes device management simple, secure, and pretty damn quick.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
$1,575/year/user
Pricing Details:
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:
Free Version available.
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www.pdq.com
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Platforms Supported
Windows
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Documentation
Webinars
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PDQ Deploy & Inventory Frequently Asked Questions
PDQ Deploy & Inventory Product Features
Patch Management
Alerts/Notifications
Automatic Approval
Automatic Patch Deployment
Automatic Scans
Compliance Management
Custom Patches
Network Wide Management
Patch Prioritization
Patch Testing
Dashboard
Remote Access/Control
Vulnerability Scanning