Not bad. Sounds pretty interesting.

@technobabble said:

@scottalanmiller correct. And I think GFI is less than 1/2 that price.

Yeah, you can put together your own setup for a fraction of the price. LMI from NTG, Webroot or Vipre, RMM from any number of options. Should be way under $50/year if you ant it to be. That adds up quickly as that cost is per desktop.

Jira is not free but very popular. Extremely customizable.

@scottalanmiller said:

@IRJ said:

I pulled the trigger on LANTech.co

I am very surprised that was still available

Because customers don't know what LANs are 😉

Lol

I dont know all the details yet, but I understand that the pricing could be low, fair, or high.

I just added this server as a trusted site in IE and it worked

It's kind of a sensible use of resources.

@scottalanmiller said:

@alexntg said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@alexntg said:

For an entry-level employee, I can see doing some prepwork. For an experienced employee, a typical rite of passage often is having them set up their own workstation, join it to the domain, etc. Watching how they go about this and paying attentention to the questions they ask will give great insight on how to go about training them in an effective fashion.

Few large companies would give desktop admin rights to average IT folk. And far fewer would let them join to the domain.

Most larger companies would use something like SCCM or VDI, so joining the computer to the domain would have already been done.

I don't think that VDI is as common as you would imagine. I've yet to hear of Fortune 500s even discussing it yet. I only work in so many, but from what I've been seeing it is a long way off from common adoption for normal users in the large space. It seems to be mostly small companies doing it. I'm sure some large companies are going that way, but I've not seen it not really heard about it. Now small companies, I hear them doing it every day.

I'm familiar with a Fortune 100 that's working on implementing VDI. Bigger companies are doing it, but it's more of a phase-in process. Because of this, it isn't as widely known. Most implementations start with a PoC at a smaller division, then grow from there.

Have you started issuing deadlines for updates?

Ahh, so he's a Science vessel, or an explosives delivery system........#evilaligatorbomb

Interesting. I wonder if that's using just the device passcode, or if it's also being backed with an ActiveSync policy that requires encryption?

@alexntg said:

I'm not sure how many computers you have out there, but have you considered SCCM? It'll deploy your base image and do all the rest for you. You can go from bare metal to ready-to roll in a couple of clicks.

I have considered that and FOG. Our probably is we have a bunch of small local branch locations connected by a T1 line. If I were to image over the network, it would kill the branch completely.

@Joyfano said:

@ajstringham said:

It's funny but when I don't have the time to post like I want, I'm generally posting like I want. My activity usually dies when I lose a job, despite the fact I have more time and should be posting more. I'm back now! I didn't even know this thread existed! LOL

hahah yeah it really existed A.J.
Go back and sleep again 🙂

I have no idea what you mean by this. What really existed?

iTunes typically has episodes up within a day or 2 of airing.

@alexntg said:

You might like that aspect of FFXIV, then. throughout the game, there's plenty of places where you need to interact with others. In the crafting system, everyone crafts items other crafters need.

That is exactly how EQ2 was at launch. It was a really good system IMO. Then again I had 3 max level crafters in my two years playing and only one max level adventure class.

It's usually management that causes that sort of problem, well except me of course 😉

I've never read the Eula since I never considered installing it but I'm pretty sure that the time after the trial was actually a violation. The kind if stuff that the BSA looks for.

@Chad-K. said:

I must concur, the Webroot Anywhere is great. Nic helped me too and I am so happy with it that I think the wife is going to switch over too. It's smooth and fast and so far, totally unobtrusive!
Thanks Webroot and Nic!

You're very welcome!