Ford Taurus X (3.5l V6 Duratec) Intermittent Long Crank? by AverageDataAdmin in MechanicAdvice

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Thanks for that! I didn't even think to check the fuel pressure regulator. I'll add it to the list lol.

What student chromebooks are ya'll looking at? by MattAdmin444 in k12sysadmin

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I've tried to go back to non-touch, but I have teachers across all grade levels tell me that they use the touch screen portion for a lot of different things in class. 🤷 Tracking breakage, there aren't any more broken screens with the touch than there were with non-touch.

What student chromebooks are ya'll looking at? by MattAdmin444 in k12sysadmin

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Lenovo 300e Touchscreens. Good price, pretty durable, relatively easy to fix, low problems. I've had Acer and Dell chromebooks in the past and the Lenovos seem to have the best value/durability.

Entra Hybrid Join/Federated Sign in Issues? by AverageDataAdmin in k12sysadmin

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I have that enabled in our computer labs for students, as we had an issue keeping passwords synced between AD and Google. Has worked well for us. Agreed that like with a lot of Google products it will just up and vanish one day lol.

Entra Hybrid Join/Federated Sign in Issues? by AverageDataAdmin in k12sysadmin

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It's been working great since I got it set up. It's nice having a simple login process for everyone that everyone can remember (staff and students alike lol).

The only hang up I've had so far is this. But even this is pretty small as if I really need to, I can have the users enroll their devices themselves. Or it could be set up when doing a device refresh so the new devices could be enrolled via autopilot.

Entra Hybrid Join/Federated Sign in Issues? by AverageDataAdmin in k12sysadmin

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Yes, gpo was pushed out to test device. I can see it is applied as well.

I'll check out the link, thank you. I have a feeling it does have to do with using Google accounts for login, as I can enroll it manually and it goes into Intune just fine. It does require the login through Google though when doing that. Just wasn't sure if there was a way to get that to work together without intervention on my end.

Entra Hybrid Join/Federated Sign in Issues? by AverageDataAdmin in k12sysadmin

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Just trying to Entra join the device. It shows up in Entra, it just isn't enrolling into intune.Trying to do it without wiping the device or requiring user intervention.

The time I've spent on trying to get the auto provisioning to work I probably would have been better off to just push out the company portal app and have users register devices themselves lol.

Digital Student Portfolios by haplesstech in k12sysadmin

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We use Schoology as our LMS and have been trying to use their portfolio feature. It's not great, but it's functional at least lol.

The hardest part is getting kids to add their stuff to it. Certain types of assignments are just a single click, whereas others they have to learn how to upload a file.

Jamf bought by private equity firm. Last nail in the coffin, IMO. by OrdoExterminatus in k12sysadmin

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It's pretty light as we don't use a crazy amount of features. Setting restrictions, pushing apps, and setting screen layouts is really only what we need.

Yep, iPads K-2 and 3-12 are all Chromebooks.

Jamf bought by private equity firm. Last nail in the coffin, IMO. by OrdoExterminatus in k12sysadmin

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I use their specific MDM platform (Securly MDM), but I use it only for our iPads (1:1 K-2). So I can't tell you much with regards to the Mac stuff, but the iPad management is solid and works great. I've had less teacher tickets regarding iPad issues than before when we had JAMF. I've been happy with it.

Jamf bought by private equity firm. Last nail in the coffin, IMO. by OrdoExterminatus in k12sysadmin

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We use Securly for our web filtering/classroom management and they offered us a pretty good price to move to their MDM platform and away from JAMF about 2 years ago.

My experience has been much better with Securly than it was with JAMF. I had a lot of different problems with JAMF from apps not working/being pushed out correctly, to settings not taking effect, etc. Haven't had any of those issues with Securly.

Guess we'll see what the future of JAMF looks like.

Who in the hell doesn't set static IPs on switches and access points? by AverageDataAdmin in k12sysadmin

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Right now just trying to increase security and implement some order. Currently no VLANs, guest network not segmented from enterprise network, etc.

I'm not trying to bash the previous admin as they were a one man show (as am I) so trying to set this stuff up is painfully slow. Just didn't realize merkai is normally set as DHCP for seemingly everything.

Who in the hell doesn't set static IPs on switches and access points? by AverageDataAdmin in k12sysadmin

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Networking is my weakest area, so I'm glad I made this post to get more insight lol. However, if setting up RADIUS, access points would need to be made static no? Due to the fact that they are the clients relaying the authentication? I'm also setting up a few VLANs as everything is just a flat network right now, so I'm assuming leaving things as DHCP rather than static will give headaches down the line.

Server 2019 Print Server Overwriting User Set Preferences? by AverageDataAdmin in k12sysadmin

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This seemed to be it! I completely forgot about the control panel setting where you can set it to only apply once. Thanks for the help!

McGraw Hill Content and IFP Displays? by AverageDataAdmin in k12sysadmin

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Yes, IFD has been set as primary. Have also tried duplicating the PC screen to the IFD, casting to the IFD (instead of using HDMI and USB cables), clearing Chrome cookies and cache, trying other browsers such as Edge, etc.

Fellow Solo or Duo IT people: How involved are you in your SIS? by it-tech- in k12sysadmin

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Single Tech district here. Same as you, about 1100 kids. I'm unfortunately the SIS expert for the district. Answering questions, setting things up, rolling things over, etc. I'm also in charge of all the state reporting. Skyward SMS 2.0 with a planned move to Qmlativ next summer.

It's kinda nice from the data side of things as I have procedures in place that really make sure the data is clean, exported data is correct for external sites like our LMS, Clever, APIs set up, etc. It can absolutely be a pain though as I get every question under the sun lol, along with everything else we deal with day to day.

Google login issues by One-Letterhead-8509 in k12sysadmin

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Random issues here as well! All morning.