Welcome
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

BigFix Documentation Homepage
BigFix 11 Patch Documentation
Welcome to the BigFix Patch documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use the BigFix Patch.
Platform
Patch Overview
BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.
Patch User Guides
BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.
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.
- Special notice
- Edition notice
- 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.
- Support
  For more information about this product, see the following resources:
- Notices
RHEL Patch Add-Ons User's Guide
Detailed system requirements
The tables in this section provide detailed information about the system requirements for BigFix 11.
Patch guides in PDF format
Following is a list of links to the BigFix Patch user guides in PDF format:

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.