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ESU Patch Add-Ons User's Guide
BigFix content supporting the Extended Support Updates (ESU) patching program from Microsoft® is available as an add-on to BigFix Patch, BigFix Lifecycle and BigFix Compliance.
Testing ESU Patch Delivery

ESU Patch Add-Ons User's Guide
BigFix content supporting the Extended Support Updates (ESU) patching program from Microsoft® is available as an add-on to BigFix Patch, BigFix Lifecycle and BigFix Compliance.
- Enabling the ESU patch functionality
  Before you can start using the ESU patch add-on, you should first enable it.
- Preparing endpoints to accept ESU patches
  After subscribing the endpoints in your deployment to a BigFix ESU patch site, you can use the content in the site to prepare the endpoints to accept the ESU patches.
- Testing ESU Patch Delivery
- Using Minimize WMI usage feature
  Know more about the optional feature, Minimize WMI usage feature.
- Frequently Asked Questions
  Learn the answers to frequently asked questions about ESU patching with BigFix.

Testing ESU Patch Delivery

Each BigFix ESU patch add-on site contains Fixlets to test the ESU patching functionality on your endpoints. Take action on one and verify that the result is “Fixed”. If your endpoints can accept the ESU test patch successfully, it means that they are ready for ESU patching.