Managed Packages for updates only - no install?

Question

Using the Adobe Console, how can I package multiple Adobe CC updates into a single package that updates only the subset of Adobe CC apps that are already installed on any given enterprise endpoint?

Example of what I want:

Create a single Update package that includes updates for, say, Photoshop, Bridge, Media Encoder, and Illustrator.
Enterprise user 1's endpoint has (older) versions of Photoshop and Bridge installed only. (Media Encoder and Illustrator are not installed.)
Enterprise user 2's endpoint has (older) versions of Illustrator installed only. (Photoshop, Bridge, and Media Encoder are not installed.)
Run my Update package on User #1's endpoint, and only Photoshop and Bridge are updated, and Media Encoder and Illustrator are not installed.
Run the same Update package on User #2's endpoint, and only Illustrator is updated, and Photoshop, Bridge, and Media Encoder are not installed.

Is the above possible using the Adobe Console? Is this possible some other way?

Ideally, this would work for both Windows and Mac. The app versions are Adobe Creative Cloud 2019 and higher.

Thank you for any ideas!

___Dom___ · Accepted Answer

To update applications which are already installed within the same major version (e.g. Photoshop 20.0.1 to 20.0.4) you can use the Adobe Remote Update Manager (aka "RUM"); details on this page:
https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/package/help/using-remote-update-manager.html
In summary, download the tool from your Admin Console and save it somewhere you can access it from a script, and then run the following command in your script:

RemoteUpdateManager.exe --action=install

There are other options, e.g. to only update certain applications, details in the link above. The tool has to be run with administrative privileges.

Priyanka Singh · Answer

@mthakur1 Yes, you can create an update package if one or more applications in your package are outdated (a newer version exists) via the admin console, you can choose to create an Update package that includes:

-All the latest versions of outdated applications
-All the updated applications and latest versions of outdated applications

Please refer- https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/using/manage-packages.html#create-update-package

You can also create the package using Creative cloud packager choosing the latest patches available for the respective CC apps but please be aware that updates are full installers & can be used for new installs as well as updating existing applications.

For example- If a user does not have the application Illustrator (Let's say) installed on his machine and you run the update only package on it which has Illustrator's patch along with the updates of other installed CC apps, it will by default end up installing Illustrator's latest version on that machine. This will be the same for both Mac and Windows OS.

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