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Extended third-party Windows Application
With Updates for Windows Applications – extended content site, you can deploy updates to a many third-party applications.
Overview
Traditional BigFix Patch content focuses on a limited set of vendors with a specialty in operating system and security patching. The Updates for Windows Applications – extended content site, provides coverage for upgrades to a growing list of third-party applications. This expansion helps you fill gap in proactive patching processes.
Enabling updates for Windows applications – extend content site

Extended third-party Windows Application
With Updates for Windows Applications – extended content site, you can deploy updates to a many third-party applications.
- Overview
  Traditional BigFix Patch content focuses on a limited set of vendors with a specialty in operating system and security patching. The Updates for Windows Applications – extended content site, provides coverage for upgrades to a growing list of third-party applications. This expansion helps you fill gap in proactive patching processes.
  - Enabling updates for Windows applications – extend content site
  - Navigating to updates for Windows applications - extended patches in the BigFix console
    You can view Fixlets and Tasks that you can take action on.
  - Navigating to Updates for Windows application - extended patches in the WebUI
    You can view patch content on Updates for Windows Application - Extended in WebUI.
  - Supported applications
    For an updated list of supported applications and current versions, see BigFix-provided content for Operating Systems and Applications.
- Frequently asked questions
  Learn the answers to frequently asked questions about updates for Windows applications - extended.

Enabling updates for the Windows Applications - extend content site

Before you begin

You must have access to Compliance or Lifecycle domain in BigFix console.

Procedure

Perform the following steps to enable Upgrades for Windows Applications Extended from BigFix console:

Click Licence Overview on the BigFix Management navigation tree.
Click the Compliance or Lifecycle domain on the Licence Overview dashboard.
Navigate to the site list and click Upgrades for Windows Applications Extended.
Click Gather.