Add a Connection in Patch My PC Cloud

Applies to: Patch My PC Cloud and Publisher

From the Connections page of the Patch My PC (PMPC) Cloud Portal, you can add the following connections:

• Connection to Intune

• Connection to Publisher

Add an Intune Connection

To add an Intune connection:

1. Navigate to Settings | Connections

The Connections page is displayed showing any existing connections

1. Click Connect Intune

1. Enter the Entra ID you used to onboard to PMPC Cloud or click to select the relevant account from the list of already signed-in accounts. Then click Next.

1. Enter the password and click Sign in.

1. On the Permissions requested screen, click Accept.

Note

To connect with Intune, the signed-in user must have the Cloud Application Administrator or the Application Administrator role to allow creation of the Enterprise app, and the Privileged Role Administrator role to approve the Graph API permissions we require. A Global Administrator can also perform both steps.

See Permissions required for the Intune Apps for more details.

Tip

You can click the down arrow beside each permission to get more information.

The Connections page is redisplayed, showing the newly added Intune connection.

Add a Publisher Connection

Adding a connection between our on-premises Publisher and PMPC Cloud is done from Publisher.

If you click Connect Publisher on the Connections page of the Cloud Portal, you will see the Publisher connection screen, which outlines the process explained in detail below.

To connect our on-premises Publisher to PMPC Cloud, you need to:

1. Load the Patch My PC Publishing Service (Publisher) and verify you are running at least version 2.1.20.0. If you are not, upgrade to the latest version.

2. Click the Cloud tab.

1. On the Cloud tab, check the Enable cloud connection checkbox.

1. In the Connection Name field, enter a unique name for the connection. For example, Patch My PC Publisher Intune Connector, then click Connect.

Note

The name you enter here determines how this connection shows on the Connections page of the Cloud Portal.

1. In your browser, enter the Entra ID you used to onboard to PMPC Cloud or click to select the relevant account from the list of already signed-in accounts. Then click Next.

1. Enter the password and click Sign in.

If the connection is successful, a new browser tab opens with the following message:

Authentication complete. You can return to the application. Feel free to close this browser tab.

You can close this tab at this point.

1. If the Select a customer for cloud connection screen is not displayed, proceed to Step 8.

2. If the Select a customer for cloud connection screen is displayed, click to select the customer you want to connect to, then click OK.

1. In Publisher, verify the Connection Status shows as Connected

Note

You don't need to click Apply or Save and Close in Publisher at this point, as the connection process automatically saves the details in Publisher.

The new Publisher connection will be shown on the Connections page of the Cloud Portal.

Note

You can also use the View Connections process to verify that your Publisher is connected to the portal.