Notification of new software versions for 3rd party plugins

[sryan]

An interesting idea here.

Lansweeper checks some kind of RSS feed and finds the latest version number of Java, Flash, Shockwave, etc.

It then updates an existing report that finds outdated software based on this latest version.

I personally would put that report on the dashboard so my team would know what needs updating.

Here is an example of something I currently use to check for Out of date Java versions.

Select Top 1000000 tblAssets.AssetID,
tblAssets.AssetName,
tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypeIcon10 As icon,
tblAssets.IPAddress,
tblAssets.Lastseen,
tblAssets.Lasttried,
tblSoftwareUni.softwareName,
tblSoftware.softwareVersion
From tblAssets
Inner Join tblAssetCustom On tblAssets.AssetID = tblAssetCustom.AssetID
Inner Join tsysAssetTypes On tsysAssetTypes.AssetType = tblAssets.Assettype
Inner Join tblSoftware On tblAssets.AssetID = tblSoftware.AssetID
Inner Join tblSoftwareUni On tblSoftwareUni.SoftID = tblSoftware.softID
Where tblSoftwareUni.softwareName Like 'Java 7 Update%' And
tblSoftware.softwareVersion != '7.0.550' And tblAssetCustom.State = 1

[sryan]

I see your point. I think these reports will have to be kept and maintained in house then. It's just as much work for me to find out the versions as it would for you guys. Thank you for the reply.

[Hemoco]

The only downside of this idea is that someone needs to keep to list up to date.