Patches for Windows Overview dashboard

Use the Patches for Windows Overview Dashboard to view the breakdown of security and non-security patches that are needed in your deployment.

The Patches for Windows Overview dashboard displays a summary of patch information in your deployment using tables, graphs, and pie charts. From the Patch Management domain, click OS Vendors > Microsoft Windows > Reports > Patches for Windows Overview.

The report has three tabs:
  • Patches for Windows Overview
  • Security Patches Overview
  • Non-Security Patches Overview
You can change how your data displays in the overview from the legend in the upper-right corner of each graph. Content can be viewed in a column chart, pie chart, or data table.
The Security Patches Overview and Non-Security Patch Overview tabs have a different link for computers that need at least one patch. The Security Patches Overview tab has the Computers Needing at least one Critical Patch; the Non-Security Patches Overview tab has the Computers Needing at least one Non-Security Patch link. Both links open a Fixlet list window where you can view the relevant Fixlets, Computers, Tasks, Baselines, Actions, and Analyses.

Patches for Windows Overview tab

The Patches for Windows Overview tab displays Microsoft patch information, deployment information, and a chart that displays the category of patches.



The Patch for Windows Overview tab provides a quick summary of your Windows remediation. It shows the Microsoft Patches Information and the Deployment Information. The Microsoft Patches information includes the number of patches and the number of Security and Non-Security patches that the deployment needs.

The tab also includes a Patch Needed chart that shows the breakdown of the computers that need patches, which is based on the following categories:
  • Security Patches Needed only
  • Non-Security Patches Needed only
  • Both Security and Non-Security Patches Needed
  • No Patch Needed

Security Patches Overview tab

A Microsoft security patch refers to any bulletin or update that is related to a security vulnerability. The Security Patches Overview tab has bar charts and the Microsoft Security Patches Information section, which provides patch information that is divided into the following headings:

Security Patches Needed
Shows the number of security patches that are applicable in the deployment. It lists the Total Patches Needed and the Total Critical Patches Needed. Total Patches Needed refers to the total number of patches for all BigFix clients, including critical, important, low, and unclassified patches. The section also shows the number and percentage of computers that need at least one critical patch.
Number of Relevant Security Patches
Shows the number of security Fixlets that are applicable in the deployment. It displays the number of all patches relevant in the deployment and the total number of security Fixlets.
Average Relevant Security Patches per Computer
Shows the average number of all the relevant patches and the critical patches for every computer.
The Security Patches Overview tab has bar charts of total patches that are needed by severity: critical, important, moderate, low, and unclassified. Another bar chart displays the severity of relevant patches.

Non-Security Patches Overview tab

The Non-Security Patches Overview tab shows a summary of Microsoft Patch Information. Patch information is broken down to show the following information:
  • Total Patches Needed
  • The date of the Latest Microsoft Patches
  • The number of relevant patches
  • The number and percentage of Computers Needing at least one Patch link
  • The Average Relevant Patches per Computer

The tab also has a chart that categorizes the total patches that are needed according to product family, category, and operating system.