What it does
Northwind Patch Manager scans each endpoint for missing operating system and third-party application patches. It groups them by severity and deploys them in maintenance windows you define.
It runs as a cloud service with a small agent on each device. Devices off the corporate network still report in and receive patches.
Who it is for
- IT operations teams managing 500 to 50,000 endpoints
- Organizations with a mix of Windows, macOS and Linux devices
- Teams that must show auditors when each patch was applied
Main capabilities
- Third-party patching. Covers about 900 common applications, per Northwind's catalog of October 2026.
- Maintenance windows. Set per device group, with deferrals users can request.
- Rollback. Removes a patch from a device group in one step.
- Audit reports. Exports patch history per device as CSV or PDF.
Customer results
Contoso Health, a 4,000-endpoint hospital group, cut the median time to apply critical patches from 21 days to 6. Source: Northwind Software case study, "Contoso Health," September 2026.
Deployment and pricing
Northwind lists pricing per endpoint per year on its website. A 30-day pilot on up to 100 devices is available from Northwind.