just worked out why I don't understand sign language. They don't do it in English!

one thing that drives me nuts is their use of 'sign off' sign out' log off 'log out'. with W10, you go 'sign off' and then you're asked if you want to 'sign out'

i can remember when MS products were only considered lowly desktop products, then NT came along and they worked like hell to create an image that MS & NT were a highly professional enterprise company that could be trusted. they did get to that point (IMO), but along came W10 and the whole image thing started to revert back to the desktop kiddie image (again IMO).

anyway i'm going to lunch early.

just been offered an increase on my govt contract, more work = more $$$. it's a good thing

just sorted out some wsus gpo settings i'd been meaning to look at for a while.

out to the shed to do some dirty work, gotta weld up the front wheel on the mower

sitting on my backside, looking at the rain, listening to velvet underground and waiting for knock off time......

sitting & trying to ignore mu sore back
working on wsus installs & general housekeeping.

sitting, just, on the couch after destroying my back on tuesday night.

working on a nightmare problem with a 5506 wlc not handling wireless traffic too happily. wireless clients can ping some VMs on a host but not others. wireless clients can't ping the physical host, but can ping a mock up unused nic in the server I setup.

@ysapir said in MDM for 20 iPads?:

I can vouch for Jamf and intune.
but have you looked at APPLE DEP ?
depends on what you need to do but I found that the free DEP offering usually covers what you need and if you work with a channel partner they usually can pre-register the units for you in DEP program so you dont have worry about setup each unit when you get them.
Let me know if you ned more info on DEP, JAMF or Intune please.
I can help.

Thanks very much or the kind offer.

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Heading home.

snap, me too. bit brighter here at 1628hrs.

listening to 'wild horses' sung & made famous by the Stones, written by Gram Parsons in fact!

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Trying to do a Windows 2008 R2 fresh install over the phone without a technical person at the site!

Doing the full upgrade path to 2019 while you're at it?
Sorry.

sitting at the desk gazing out the window wondering how it all came to this ...

@wrx7m said in MDM for 20 iPads?:

@Kelly said in MDM for 20 iPads?:

https://support.apple.com/business

DEP is your starting point if they haven't changed things in the last year or so.

Good luck getting this going. Takes at least a week to 10 days to get verified.

Yep. This is one of my biggest probs. I visit these places for 3-5 hours a week and if I'm not there to get the phone call, then no one knows what's going on, regardless of how many times you tell them.

I've looked into setting up VPP accounts, but you can wait for a week for a call from Apple USA and if the call is taken by someone who doesn't know what is going on, you have to arrange for another call.

A 15 minute job could take 3 weeks to complete.

Thanks for all the replies people, there are few options there for me to look at, which I will do.

Been looking at some MDMs to manage about 20 odd iPads.

Currently playing with Mosyle, which doesn't seem too bad, but ....

Any suggestions / recommendations.

playing with mosyle mdm & ipads

monday morning. 2 coffees, no effect.

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Sitting by the Dunedin causeway, about to eat some stone crabs.

Scotland or New Zealand or elsewhere?
What's a stone crab?