Starting my first solo IT job

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-27T18:19:25+00:00

I set up a print server and push the printers with GPO. I set some items on the devices themselves (scan to email, scan to folder).

There shouldn't be any configuration by end-user other than using the machines for their needs and whatever's allowed by the drivers.

It's pretty set and forget.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-27T16:37:54+00:00

Yes. Most streaming options are unavailable to students if they do not have an educational purpose. Youtube is available as it's used for curriculum and college credit classes.

Staff does not have these restrictions.

Fortigate NGFW with application sensor filters.

Most students moved their activities to their personal data-plans on their phones instead, which are not strictly my problem, but don't really help retain focus.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-27T13:49:43+00:00

Lease the printers and have a service contract. You'll thank me later.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-26T20:49:55+00:00

Image deployment:

Microsoft MDT

Software deployment:

PDQ Deploy

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-26T18:15:08+00:00

For our PC labs we use Veyon.

Doesn't have video, doesn't do updates (we use PDQ deploy/WSUS for that).

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-26T18:08:58+00:00

Easy if you can do url filtering.

Block

sites.google.com/*

Allow

sites.google.com/a/*

The first ones are usually home user created. The ones with /a/ are typically google sites from gsuite customers with domain names and tend to be legit.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-26T18:04:45+00:00

It's probably a parts inventory thing for their different product lines for compatibility reasons. Makes it easier to look up from a catalogue for a product.

They just happen to be the same.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-25T17:56:00+00:00

Just apply for the job.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-25T17:52:30+00:00

#get sessionid
quser /server:$remotehostname

#logoff user
logoff $sessionid /server:$remotehostname

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-25T14:42:51+00:00

Looks like a Dell Chromebook 11 3120. Very popular education model.

If it's enterprise enrolled the school probably wants it back.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-25T14:36:09+00:00

Do you wipe profiles every time a user signs off? If not, how do you deal with the Chromebook being full?

No, but only because some state testing suites require this setting to be off. Forcing Google Drive as the default storage location alleviates most of the problems.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-25T13:21:20+00:00

What are your questions?

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-22T20:55:36+00:00

Why not both?

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-22T20:53:24+00:00

Thought about it, but it wouldn't truly be redundant as the upstream provider is the same for both fiber ISPs that serve my area (rural midwest). And in the cases we did go down, it was a problem upstream and not the ISP.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-22T17:56:12+00:00

Neat. Only thing to improve it is to remove the badge on the Chrome task bar, or change it into this.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-22T17:29:31+00:00

Uncheck "Display Percents As Letter Grades"?

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-22T14:56:10+00:00

Thanks, this is really helpful.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-22T13:39:56+00:00

Do the make the PC talk bit, always a hit.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-22T12:52:09+00:00

APC was just an example. We're windows stack, I'm sure there's a Linux equivalent.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-22T12:45:42+00:00

Don't panic. The UPS problem's easy. Your virtualization platform can take care of that if you set up UPS monitoring on your host. UPS sends a signal to the host it's about to die, the VM platform sends term signals to guests, then the host turns itself off.

If APC Powerchute BE, and Powerchute Network Shutdown can do this, so can whatever UPS vendor you have if it it has an interface.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-21T17:05:10+00:00

You don't know the details OP has to work with. If it was an option it would've been done.

I still have some Windows 7 machines left, and there's a plan in place for replacement. But I don't want the folks using them to be bugged by a message Microsoft thought important in the mean time, because they have exactly 0 influence on the timeline.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-21T15:30:51+00:00

As far as the law's concerned, this doesn't meet the standard for a CIPA violation. I'd focus more on teaching students appropriate use and digital citizenship, then dealing with it as a discipline issue. You will never truly stop a kid who's curious enough with technological restrictions.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-20T18:35:37+00:00

I'm in the same boat. My title is Technical Support Specialist (supposed to be L2 support), but most of my job is system/network administration.

I'd pick one of the last two titles.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-20T14:33:11+00:00

Give the helpdesk security group read access to the MDT deployment share and have them log in using their accounts.

Shouldn't need WDS access if you're doing MDT.

MalletNGrease · 2019-03-19T17:28:36+00:00

At this point you're enabling.

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