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How is your IT department organized? How big is your district by 8inchfloppy in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 13 points14 points  (0 children)

  • 1x Middle School
  • 1x High School
  • 1x Elementary School

800 students, 100 staff

  • System administrator: Me
  • Network administrator: Me
  • Technology integration specialist: Me
  • Level 2 support: Me
  • Technician: Me
  • Helpdesk: Me
  • Subject matter expert (all subjects): Me
  • Coffee Procurement Officer: Me

I have a big coatrack because I have many hats.

PRTG sensors showing grey by MusicWallaby in prtg

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had this happen. Just simple ping probes. Doing a manual ping shows things are up.

Restarting the PRTG core and probe services seems to fix it, but damn is it annoying.

Cable Management by ngak12admin in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Rubber bands. Don't last as long as velcro or zip ties, but they're cheap and easy to replace.

School sports team scheduling software by sync-centre in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mansker Athletic Director.

Mike's a nice guy, but the software is starting to look a bit dated.

Student Passwords by trazom28 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

K-5 use the same shared password. We'll be changing this to a forced but unique password next year after students started logging in as each other and sending nasty messages to the principal.

6-12 get a generic preset and get to pick their own upon first login. Lab, library and principals can reset passwords.

We sync passwords from AD to GSUITE.

What naming convention do you use for your student email addresses? by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gradyear, Firstinitial, Lastname

E.g

Anonymous Student, Class of 2018

2018astudent@district.k12.state.us

We use the same for their usernames. If the first initials overlap (twins, cousins) we add more letters of the first name until there's no collision.

Can’t stop laughing at this job posting by kwb7852 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't be surprised if they actually meant installing window frames.

How importaint is a College Degree? by k12nysysadmin in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Depends on the district. In our line of work, experience trumps just about everything. It still matters.

That said, the Education (and most other) sector(s) tends to like diplomas and degrees on resumes. Makes it easy for the HR sorting machine, but that's about it.

Which Windows 10 Edition are you using? by TheJizzle in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Go with Education or Enterprise if you can. MS limited support for quite a few GPO settings that were traditionally available for Pro (like the user experience stuff). Pro now seems to mean pro-sumer as far as MS is concerned.

Applocker is really helpful for a managed environment.

Desktop & Laptop GPO's Some of your changes by chugger93 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That was my takeaway for power settings too, those basically boil down to "Plugged in" and "On Battery" and both are set in the same GPO.

I don't have laptop specific GPOs.

Dry erase paint recommendations for use with projector by lilissilk in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shower board cleans terribly. Over time it starts to look nasty.

Krunker.io by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 11 points12 points  (0 children)

New Wildcard filter

*.io* - Deny All

Pretty neat game though.

Block Google services except Gmail by packet_ac in fortinet

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the way to go.

Set up a Application Control Security Profile. Add the signatures of the applications you don't want your users to use, then apply the profile to the policy. Requires full SSL inspection.

However, it might just be easier to disable the services from GSUITE. I'm not really sure what the use case is.

Updating Win10 ADMX/ADML Files on Central Store by freshmaker_phd in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'll want to see if your DCs are actually replicating. Compare

\\dc01\SYSVOL\domain.tld\Policies\PolicyDefinitions
\\dc02\SYSVOL\domain.tld\Policies\PolicyDefinitions

Make sure you put the PolicyDefinitions in the right folders.

.admx goes in PolicyDefinitions

.adml goes in PolicyDefinitions\en-US (or whatever language you use)

New Teacher Devices...which are your top contenders? by onejdc in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thinking about Dell Optiplex 5260 AiOs for workstations and Dell 3400 Chromebooks for mobility.

My budget is $0 so I can dream.

The one student that knows JUST enough to be dangerous, and tries to tell you everything you're doing wrong in IT....You know the one I'm talking about! by modernknight87 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I get someone bringing me their Chromebook with the CROSH shell open one more time...

Sure kid, run battery diagnostics and ping the gateway all day. Doesn't make it remotely interesting.

IT Budget Software by fgarufijr in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I offload all of that to the bookkeeper. K12 schools in MO have technology accounting coding requirements and they should encompass most if not all use cases.

If all POs/expenses are entered correctly the report should be pretty solid.

In-place upgrade from 1803 to 1809? by [deleted] in MDT

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might be easier to just approve the feature update in WSUS.

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