AWS Config Might Save Your Company

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:11:53 +0000

Good news! Your SaaS application (NoseHairRemover.io) went viral on Reddit last month and numbers are through the roof! Investors came spilling in and you have enough runway to last you the next 2 years! If you can keep things trucking you’re only one acquisition away from spending the rest of your life on the beach with your dog.

Hold On There Buddy

Look all of that sounds great and we’re gonna get there one day. But until then, we have a LOT of work to do! So far we’ve been working with a small team of 5 people. It was easy to keep track of what and how everybody was working. Now that we’ve gone viral we have to hire 100 new engineers and we have to do it quickly! How are we going to keep track of all the changes and ensure they follow the company rules?

Using SSM Patch Manager To Automate Windows Server Patching

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:11:53 +0000

Recently at work, I was tasked with automating patching for approximately 10 Windows Servers. We already have a process around patching automation for the (approximately) 900 existing servers we manage. Most of the heavy lifting on these is done using WSUS with the help of the AJ Tek WAM tool. Unfortunately, in this edge case, we won’t be able to use our existing methods. These new server are separated from the bulk of our network for compliance reasons and are also not joined to a domain. So there is no pre-existing centralized group policy.

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AWS Config Might Save Your Company

Hold On There Buddy

Using SSM Patch Manager To Automate Windows Server Patching