{"id":61752,"date":"2026-01-29T17:59:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/?p=61752"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:13:01","slug":"msp360-management-console-update-with-automatic-agent-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/msp360-management-console-update-with-automatic-agent-update\/","title":{"rendered":"MSP360 Management Console with Automatic Agent Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the new version of <\/span><b>MSP360 Management Console<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0we focused on removing friction from daily MSP operations while giving you more control where it matters most.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s what\u2019s new:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automatic software agents update<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QR code sign-in and 2FA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Storage Usage report improvements <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automatic software agents update to the latest version<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keeping MSP360 Managed Backup, RMM, and Managed Connect software agents up to date no longer requires manual actions such as update monitoring, build creation, or distribution across target endpoints. With the recent update enabling this option ensures MSP360 software agents stay current automatically - without extra clicks or ongoing monitoring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To enable automatic software updates, navigate to Options in the Downloads section of the main menu and enable the Allow auto-generate and Allow auto-update settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61753\" style=\"width: 849px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61753\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MSP360_automatic_updates.png\" alt=\"MSP360 automatic agent update\" width=\"839\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MSP360_automatic_updates.png 839w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MSP360_automatic_updates-300x291.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MSP360_automatic_updates-768x746.png 768w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MSP360_automatic_updates-624x606.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-61753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 1rem;\"><span>Note: When the Enable sandbox setting is turned on, making a new build public still requires manual action. For a fully seamless auto-update experience, Enable sandbox should be turned off.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exclude critical servers and workstations from auto-update<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mission\u2011critical servers and regulated environments often require approval before any software change. Alongside the global auto-update feature, we introduce the option to exclude specific endpoints from automatic updates - allowing MSPs to strike the right balance between automation and control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MSPs can select the computers they want to exclude from the same Options section in the Downloads slide-in control panel.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QR code sign-in and 2FA confirmation with MSP360 Control app<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traditional 2FA flows interrupt workflows and slow down frequent sign\u2011ins and critical actions confirmation. With the new release we have introduced quick 2FA confirmation with the MSP360 Control mobile application using QR code.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MSP360_2FA_with_QR.png\" alt=\"MSP360 2FA with QR\" width=\"528\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MSP360_2FA_with_QR.png 528w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MSP360_2FA_with_QR-300x285.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Storage Usage report improvements<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MSPs providing backup to multiple customers sometimes struggle to identify stale data, ex-customer data or storage destinations with excessive storage consumption - leading to unnecessary storage costs. In the previous updates of the Storage Usage report we added a grouped by \u201cCompany\u201d view. With the new version we have added a grouped by \u201cStorage destination\u201d view allowing to view storage consumption by storage destination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can access Storage Usage report from the \u201cReporting\u201d menu in the MSP360 management console main menu.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new update of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/msp-software\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MSP software<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> makes everyday MSP workflows simpler, safer, and more predictable - from hands-off agent updates to precise control over critical systems and clearer insight into storage costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re already using MSP360, you can start taking advantage of these improvements today by updating your settings in the console. If you\u2019re considering the MSP360 solution for MSPs, you can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/signup\/cbbackup\/?mode=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sign up here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As always, we\u2019d love to hear your feedback - let us know how these updates fit into your workflows on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.msp360.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MSP360 forum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the new version of MSP360 Management Console\u00a0we focused on removing friction from daily MSP operations while giving you more control where it matters most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[883,877,895,882],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backup-and-dr-articles","category-blog-articles","category-msp360-mbs","category-msp360-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61752"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61794,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61752\/revisions\/61794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}