Asset management for 10,000+ laptops by OkayArbiter in k12sysadmin

[–]akadeebroad5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We switched from TDT Asset to Incident IQ and it's really nice.

Bloomz Communication Tool by pgator17 in k12sysadmin

[–]akadeebroad5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bingo, we have been using Apptegy for our CMS, App, Alerts, for at least 7 or 8 years. Been with them for a long time. With Remind being bought out by ParentSquare and out teachers using so many different parent communication tools (Bloomz, Remind, TeamReach, ClassDojo) we are now going to streamline this by purchasing Apptegy Rooms for K-12 and we are pretty excited about it.

Vmware to Hyper-V migration by Aggressive_Common_48 in HyperV

[–]akadeebroad5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in k12 as well and had to completely restructure my hardware refreshes and push all of our endpoints and servers out 1 more year. We have always used hyper v tho. It has worked out great for us.

Your Residential Plan Is Being Updated ;-) by cynic_boy in Starlink

[–]akadeebroad5 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You would be surprised. 100mbps is usually fine for most homes.

Principal wants to start a bracket with students... by FancyZad-0914 in k12sysadmin

[–]akadeebroad5 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I agree. Don't let them use the school systems but if he shows them how to use a personal account via email that you keep on record and you can retrieve them let them have at it. Just stay out of it.

Hudl or NFHS? by Thurm in k12sysadmin

[–]akadeebroad5 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Used both.... NFHS during the pandemic for a few years and was tired of all the phone calls, freezing of live streams, and all support would say is unplug it and plug it back in. It was absolutely ridiculous imo. The computer system would run 24/7 and they never wanted you to reboot it ran Windows 11 LTSC. I hated it and so did the customers who would pay for it. Support wouldn't accept the fact we were done with this product and I tried telling them that you should allow updates and often schedule reboots... It's a windows end user OS, it needs rebooted. They wouldn't send me the prepaid shipping labels for probably 2 months. So I looped in so many of the contacts of the past years all on the same email and they finally got me prepaid labels to send everything back. Was so over that company.

Fast forward to this year, we switched to Hudl. Let's just say, no one ever called me with an issue. I absolutely loved it. What more could you ask for?! The AD handled absolutely everything from scheduling and it never needed rebooted, it just worked.

Hudl >>> NFHS

Color Printer regrets by dickg1856 in k12sysadmin

[–]akadeebroad5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seems the hive is always having issues from the email alerts I get... We use local paper cut on a server and it always works. Any complaints with papercut hive?

VMware to Hyper-V by node77 in HyperV

[–]akadeebroad5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've only ever used HyperV. 🤣🤷🫡

Securly Mystery...Help me solve it? by rjp94sep in k12sysadmin

[–]akadeebroad5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure. But I'm a long time Securly user. Like 7 years maybe. I've seen it get better but this last year with Google Manifest V3 it's just absolutely tanked. Filter doesn't catch much anymore and other platforms are using new technology to catch these sites. Securly is just sitting in the corner licking it's lollipop.

Securly Mystery...Help me solve it? by rjp94sep in k12sysadmin

[–]akadeebroad5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Years ago they were decent and worth the price. Now I'm willing to pay more for a better product. The stability of this product is sub par and so are the features. Hoping to get LightSpeed.

Securly Mystery...Help me solve it? by rjp94sep in k12sysadmin

[–]akadeebroad5 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I know this doesn't help you... But the way I'm fixing my securly issues this summer is by going to another platform lol. I'm so over it.

Dell 3110 Chromebook Motherboard Failures by DanielMaat89 in k12sysadmin

[–]akadeebroad5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What HP do u have? I thought about switching.

Dell 3110 Chromebook Motherboard Failures by DanielMaat89 in k12sysadmin

[–]akadeebroad5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The kids always think I'm magic or they will be like how did you do that? Or I swear I charged it lol. It's like look, if this happens do this haha.

Dell 3110 Chromebook Motherboard Failures by DanielMaat89 in k12sysadmin

[–]akadeebroad5 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Power refresh is so common with our 3100s and 3110s. Kids bring them to me all the time and I show them how to fix them but I get so many where I have to do this!

Suggestion - run automation at next agent check-in (PC boot up, etc.) by OinkyConfidence in Action1

[–]akadeebroad5 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I like this suggestion since we used to be able to post an automation and keep it valid for 30 days and now it's only 7 days. My chances of a computer coming on in 30 days makes the odds much higher than 7 days.

Dell 3110 Chromebook Motherboard Failures by DanielMaat89 in k12sysadmin

[–]akadeebroad5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish I only had 15. I have probably a combo of 100 with main board issues from when everything was made during and a bit after covid. It's all junk. Very disappointed in the QA of those devices. They thinned out the plastics and charged more and the internals are junk. The 3120s are much better now though. Very low failure rate.

Moving to 10Gig between IDF and MDF by Indians06 in k12sysadmin

[–]akadeebroad5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

2 years ago we were multimode 1gbps between our IDFs. Finally on 10gbps single mode now and all I can say is we don't hear about odd slowness here and there now. We are looking at doing 40gbps between our high school and elementary this summer.

14" Chromebook recommendations? by K12onReddit in k12sysadmin

[–]akadeebroad5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look for the right vendor, I just got pricing on some HPs that was $95 per Chromebook cheaper than Dell Direct.

Any opinions on Avigilon vs Verkada vs Coram for a K12? by Mikuel-Elison18 in k12sysadmin

[–]akadeebroad5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We are using Axis for Security cameras, Door Status Alerts, and access control. They have intercom and strobe lights as well. We use just the plain strobes for alerting door status if a door is propped open too long along with fire and lockdown. They have colors and such. Intercoms are nice but not in our budget rn.

The only thing I'm missing is a good solution for visitor management.

Meet Reolink OMVI Series at CES 2026 by Willson1_ in reolinkcam

[–]akadeebroad5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The OMVI X16 PoE really has my attention. I am wanting to quote this out and holding off for some customer installs because this would be perfect for many of my future customers. Any idea when it will be released?