# Update Manager

The Update Manager provides a list of pending updates on all your hosts. Here you can install multiple updates on multiple systems together. To do this, select the desired updates, click "Validate update plan" and confirm the plan by clicking "Execute update plan".

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Please also consider the possibility of [automatic system updates.](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar.md#autoupdate)
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## Windows

For Windows systems, the Update Manager can be used to install Windows-specific cumulative updates. If Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is available, it is used.

Updates of Third-party software cannot be installed on Windows systems with the Update Manager.

## Linux

On Linux systems, it is generally possible to apply all patches, including those of Third-party software.


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