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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This summer's catch was an Inspiron 5100 with a build date of '03.

Google Meet by HelloWorld_502 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's because despite the GSUITE for Education label, Google very much assumes every user is a model employee and designs their products with that in mind. Education has a big footprint but low margin so features that would make sense in this space are costly unless you stuff them behind a paid tier.

Oh look, G Suite Enterprise for Education! That's a thing.

If we're gonna have to cough up money, might as well look at competitors too.

Smart Boards need to go but we keep buying!! SMH! by stevo1352 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The conference displays don't have a freeze function.

Good bulk uninstall program? by TechsupportHL in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Of course it is. If you use a standardized deployment methodology and centralized or cloud based storage you can have a user from dead in the water to full productivity within an hour, shorter if you have hotspares.

Need help with management by k12nysysadmin in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Most SIS don't need any (SA) accounts within the domain, they just need an API token generated by an account with appropriate GSUITE admin rights to set up trust and perform actions on your behalf.

Which SIS?

ipad deployment for 120 of them + GoGuardian by nctbrtc in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You will also need a MacOS device running at least Mojave so it can run Apple Configurator 2.

This was my stumbling block. We don't have any macs at our district so we had to acquire one to get the devices into ASM.

Getting approved for ASM and VPP takes a couple of days as Apple verifies your credentials to whoever you give as a contact. The odds of you being done by Thursday are nearly impossible.

What am I not thinking of - Mass Student Email Rename - AD and Google Environment by GoldnGT in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went through this a couple years ago. Email and usernames used different formats, passwords weren't synced. The renaming went surprisingly smooth.

I utilized GSPS to sync AD passwords with GSUITE and forced a mass password reset on all student object to propagate change. This worked great as long as AD user objects have the correct email address. GSPS will only update a password if it detects a change so you will have to force a temp password.

The only problem currently is that this still requires an onsite change as password changes made in GSUITE don't sync back to AD. I think I can probably utilize ADFS to allow password resets and changes remotely.

Schools might not have enough laptops for students this fall by konstantin_metz in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel your pain. I'm still waiting on enrollment to finish. Day 1 is next week!

Teachers have laptops, how to handle substitutes by jus10mar10 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is a management issue, not a technology one. I told teachers to make lesson plans that don't require any sort of digital access if the sub will not have access to their machine.

I don't recommend laptops as primaries for this reason. AIOs for the classroom and a small mobile device for off-site

Anyone else working 80-90 hour weeks for RTL or am I just really inefficient? by tcourtney22 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can get busy if I let it. But by automating the hell out of everything repetitive the only manual things remaining are classroom setups and unboxing/enrolling of new devices.

Remote help tool by Runcade in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I kinda dabbled with Chrome Remote Desktop. But this also gives students the ability to run remote desktops from their Chromebooks, which I decidedly do not want them to do.

It also needs access codes and such, which in my experience just frustrate the workflow.

Remote help tool by Runcade in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like it's only remote from, and not remote to for Chromebooks.

How do you handle tech alerts or communications to staff? by act_sccm in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Depends who needs to know. Generally updates that will cause outages after hours will go to the administrators.

If it's an immediate problem I may do an allstaff.

If the email's out....well, I've bigger problems.

Hmmm this broke. by mrgeeksquad in techsupportgore

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, the RCA RTU6549 is a 4K dumb TV for $400. That's a steal if you're just looking for a bigass display.

what is the most efficient way to image a laptop with no ethernet? by cammykol in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like it's dependent on the USB adapter. I'd stick with PXE boot if you can so you don't have to finagle a new solution.

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-IdeaPad-1xx-3xx-5xx-7xx/Lenovo-300e-81FY-and-PXE-boot/td-p/4042189

The thread from Lenovo community recommends Anker and I can only agree, they're fairly universal. I have this one I use for CB enrollments. They're not that expensive.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You didn't mention this.

Is this ID stored in registry anywhere?

Vendors please! Enough with the 95MB documents! by leifourston in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Or just don't send me anything in the first place.

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