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The original was posted on /r/sysadmin by /u/Mailstorm on 2024-01-21 20:26:05+00:00.

We have a goal to move what we can to a "cloud first" approach. That is, if there is a cloud/SaaS of a solution we should try it first (assuming price is reasonable). Our next project is patch management of servers.

We are going to use WUfB for user endpoints. However this doesn't cover servers. We started looking and saw that Microsoft has Azure Update Manager. But after researching it's stupid expensive for what it is. $5 per server per month just to essentially manager updates? We have almost 200 VMs. For $1k a month we'd expect a lot more than just..patch management. We're looking at other products so I don't need suggestions. But I'm just wanting to know...

Does anyone actually use AUM for arc-enabled servers that don't live in Azure? Why?