How does third-party app patching compare between Intune, Patch My PC, and SCCM?

Intune’s Enterprise Application Catalog covers some common software and is improving, but its selection and update timing may not be enough for a large application estate. Patch My PC is useful when you need broad coverage for products such as browsers, PDF tools, conferencing apps, utilities, and other frequently updated software. It works as an add-on to Intune rather than replacing it.

SCCM is a much larger deployment platform. It provides distribution points, maintenance windows, phased deployments, detailed on-premises control, and other infrastructure features. That can be worthwhile if you already use it for imaging or complex deployment requirements, but setting it up solely to patch applications is usually excessive for a cloud-managed Microsoft 365 tenant. A common approach is Windows Update for Business for the OS, Intune for management, and a third-party catalog for application updates.

The biggest native gap is automated patching for third-party applications. Intune can deploy Win32 apps, but you generally have to package and update those apps yourself. Patch My PC maintains a large application catalog, automatically repackages updates, and publishes them to Intune or Configuration Manager. You can then use deployment rings, deadlines, user notifications, and rules to control rollout. For an Intune-focused environment, it avoids a lot of repetitive packaging work.