Automate Windows Updates & Testing for Azure and Local Servers

Why Automate Windows Updates?

Over the past five years, Microsoft has released 12 to 24 updates per year with the rapid growth in Azure and local servers—estimated at 4 to 6 million Azure servers worldwide—keeping systems updated is a growing challenge

Argent WorkFlow is the solution

Case Study 1: Manage Azure Updates

A web application with two front-end servers, a mid-layer application server, and a backend SQL server (all in Azure) requires updates in a specific sequence to avoid errors:

Case Study 2: Routine Maintenance of Temporary Files

On 195 servers, a third-party program leaves gigabytes of temporary files daily

Without cleanup, servers crash due to lack of disk space

These servers contain sensitive data and do not allow remote access Argent WorkFlow automates local cleanup with:

• Command file CLEAN_TEMP_FILES.cmd
• PowerShell Action Alert PS_CLEANUP_LOCALLY

Case Study 3: Monitor Enterprise Application Every Minute

For the web application above, the system is functional only if:

• SQL backend is fully functional
• Mid-layer application server is fully functional
• At least one front-end server is functional

Case Study 4: Daily VM Snapshots of 104 Azure VMs

Argent automates daily snapshots for 104 critical Azure VMs using the built-in Create VM Snapshot action and sends daily reports

Case Study 5: Insurance Company – Ordered Updates

For a large international insurance company, Argent WorkFlow applies Windows Updates to claim processing, database, and file servers in a specific order to avoid application issues, including automated RDP sessions and GUI program startups

Argent WorkFlow Alerts & Built-In Actions

• Alerts: Reboot, PowerShell Script, SQL Query, System Command, Windows Service, WMI, Linux/Unix Script
• Actions: Apply Windows Update, Start/Stop/Restart VM, Create VM Snapshot, List Pending Updates, RDP Then Disconnect

Full audit logging for CJIS, GDPR, and other compliance standards