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Patch My PC Publisher Production Version 2.1.7.0 Released

This release contains a variety of features, improvements, and fixes, as noted below.

This will be made available via the self-update channel over the next two weeks. You can upgrade in place now by downloading the latest MSI installer.

More InformationNote: Starting with this production build, Patch My PC Publisher now requires a minimum of Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2.

Features

  • ConfigMgr and Intune scan wizard allow drilling into list of devices where the software was detected.
  • Ability to enforce timestamping, making it a terminating error for the publishing of a product
  • Intune package extraction
    • It is now an option to store the encryption keys used to create the Intune package files (.intunewin). This is configurable in the Advanced tab of the Publisher.
    • With the keys stored, you can use the Intune Application Manager to download and extract the content of the Patch My PC published Intune applications and updates.
  • Webhooks can now be granularly scoped based on several criteria listed below. (Requires Enterprise+)
    • Idea: PATCHMYPC-I-1871
    • Webhook Provider:
      •  Slack or Teams is now selectable per webhook allowing the customer to send notifications to both based on their needs.
    • Notification Level:
      • All
      • Error
      • Success
    • Notification type:
      • Update notifications
      • ConfigMgr app notifications
      • Intune app notifications
      • Intune updates notifications
      • Alert notifications
        • Low disk space, certificate expirations, license expirations etc.
    • Specific product
      • Scope a webhook to a specific product, such as notifying the network team of VPN application updates being published.
    • Specific tenants
      • If using multi-tenancy, you can specify the tenant a webhook is scoped to.
  • Allow variables to be used to customize the ConfigMgr application name and localized application name. This provides parity with the Intune feature for customized names. The variables available are below.
    • %VendorName%
    • %ProductName%
    • %Version%
    • %OriginalName%
  • ConfigMgr application retention now has the option to remove Administrative Categories from retained ConfigMgr applications.
  • ConfigMgr security scopes now have the option to enforce the selected scopes. The Publisher will remove all non-selected scopes from the application when Publisher.
  • Allow any product to have Manage Conflicting Processes configured
  • Allow the same Azure group to be assigned multiple times for Intune assignments. This allows a group to be used as both an include, and an exclude.
  • Pass variables into pre and post-scripts.
    • Note: the %ProductName% and %VendorName% variables are Base64 encoded when they are passed to the pre and post-scripts. It will need to be decoded. Patch My PC will provide a sample PowerShell snippet to decode the resulting parameter.
    • Idea: PATCHMYPC-I-1348
  • Extract content from ConfigMgr applications.
  • Extract content from WSUS updates.
  • Azure app registration secret or certificate expiration is now shown in the Intune Options form.
  • Alerts are now sent via email and webhook when secret or certificate expiration is near.

Improvements

  • When exceptions are thrown in the Manage Assignments form, they are now handled better by presenting a popup with the exception and a link to related documentation.
  • Main form accessibility has been improved.
    • Accessibility names are assigned to many controls to provide context
    • Alt-codes are added to most buttons that did not have them before
    • Right-click options are now accessible via the Apps keyboard button or shift-F10
  • When a default Patch My PC provided translation exists for a language selected in Manage Conflicting Processes it will now automatically populate the text upon adding the language.
  • Intune synchronizations will now happen in parallel for multi-tenancy. Up to 20 tenants synchronize at a time for this build.
  • Improve the speed of uploading packages to Intune.
  • Refactor email report template.
    • The background is now transparent so that it will match the theme of the email client it is opened in.
    • The code used to generate the template has been refactored to simplify future changes.
  • PatchMyPC-Scriptrunner will now factor in the major version filter when available when searching for uninstall strings. This improves the accuracy of uninstalls in some cases.
  • Added tooltips to some right-click options that describe why they are disabled in some cases.
  • Improved the error handling within the Intune Assignments forms regarding permissions for managing Assignment Filters.
  • Format the dates using ISO 8601 formatting when doing the Intune App export for PowerBI reporting. This improves international support.
  • Improved the accessibility of the WSUS Options form.
  • Improve error messaging and logging for unhandled exceptions.
  • Improved child-form handling in some cases, so they now open in the center of the parent form.
  • Multi-selection views, such as selecting application scopes or categories, now use a consistent form that allows filtering.

Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that caused the Paused products section in the email alert to be empty.
  • Fixed a bug where we would not put back the version on retained applications if the configuration was set to remove the version from application names and update existing application metadata.
  • Fixed a bug in the Intune application manager tool that caused an unhandled exception if you attempted to edit an assignment with a deadline in the past.
  • Fixed a bug where the settings backups were stored in a non-sortable format. This bug was introduced in preview 2.1.6.1 and would only impact customers who opted into preview.
  • Fixed a bug where the filters were not applied in the scan wizards when filtering the data. This bug was introduced in preview 2.1.6.1 and would only impact customers who opted into preview.
  • Fixed a bug where the ConfigMgr database scan may throw an exception due to a malformed query. This bug was introduced in preview 2.1.6.1 and would only impact customers who opted into preview.
  • Fixed a bug where the logging option to copy failed logs to a share was not retained. This bug was introduced in preview 2.1.6.1 and would only impact customers who opted into preview.
  • Fixed a bug where failing to copy additional files did not cause an Intune product to fail to publish.
  • Fixed a bug where localization files for Manage Conflicting Processes may not be copied correctly in some cases.
  • Fixed a bug where the WSUS Options window was not scrollable.
  • Fixed several UI navigation bugs on the main form.
  • Adjusted encoding of detection and requirement scripts to use UTF8. Some scripts were failing to sign with the previous encoding.
  • Fixed a bug where the Manage Conflicting Process Organization Name was not retained when republishing a ConfigMgr application.
  • Fixed a bug where the wrong URL was used for Microsoft Graph batch requests in some cases.
  • Fixed a bug where the buttons in Managed Conflicting Process may not fit the text in some translations.
  • Fixed a bug where the ConfigMgr app options window is not resizable.
  • Fixed a bug where the Manage Conflicting Process Organization Name would not be set when a ConfigMgr application was revised.
  • Fixed a bug where settings could not be saved if the internet was unreachable.
  • Fix some typos 🙂 
Published On October 07, 2022