Re: Keeping 550+ systems maintained

2013-03-15 Thread Graeme Carstairs
combination of technologies and people you need to meet it. ** ** Cheers Ken ** ** *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] *Sent:* Wednesday, 13 March 2013 1:40 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Keeping 550+ systems maintained ** ** Scenario

RE: Keeping 550+ systems maintained

2013-03-15 Thread Art DeKneef
Would Windows Intune be a possibility for those remote devices? From: Graeme Carstairs [mailto:loonyto...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 12:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Keeping 550+ systems maintained You could look at direct access As long as the remote

RE: Keeping 550+ systems maintained

2013-03-15 Thread David Lum
Subject: RE: Keeping 550+ systems maintained Would Windows Intune be a possibility for those remote devices? From: Graeme Carstairs [mailto:loonyto...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 12:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Keeping 550+ systems maintained You could look at direct

RE: Keeping 550+ systems maintained

2013-03-15 Thread Jon Harris
, YMMV, etc. Jon From: david@nwea.org To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Keeping 550+ systems maintained Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:04:24 + I think we have the tools needed (We have KACE that can sit in the DMZ, we have an ePO server that agents can check

RE: Keeping 550+ systems maintained

2013-03-14 Thread David Lum
to confirm the above Dave From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Keeping 550+ systems maintained I think you need to know what your requirements are. How do you define up to date? e.g. - How quickly

Re: Keeping 550+ systems maintained

2013-03-14 Thread kz20fl
, 14 Mar 2013 20:23:57 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.comSubject: RE: Keeping 550+ systems maintained Excellent questions Ken, thanks. Up to date at this point means 1. Current (within 1

RE: Keeping 550+ systems maintained

2013-03-14 Thread Ken Schaefer
System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Keeping 550+ systems maintained Excellent questions Ken, thanks. Up to date at this point means 1. Current (within 1 day) of anti-virus signatures 2. Have the latest Acrobat/Java/Firefox/Chrome updates within two weeks 3. Successful backups (we use

RE: Keeping 550+ systems maintained

2013-03-13 Thread Ken Schaefer
it. Cheers Ken From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, 13 March 2013 1:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Keeping 550+ systems maintained Scenario: * 550 Windows workstations, with 100+ of them remote. * Active Directory (W2K8R2 and W2K3 DCs

Re: Keeping 550+ systems maintained

2013-03-12 Thread Christopher Bodnar
: 03/12/2013 10:41 AM Subject:Keeping 550+ systems maintained Scenario: · 550 Windows workstations, with 100+ of them remote. · Active Directory (W2K8R2 and W2K3 DCs). · Windows 7 and Windows XP. · Users are local admins. · Some remote users

Re: Keeping 550+ systems maintained

2013-03-12 Thread Robert Cato
In my experience the Users are local admins. bullet is going to add to the manpower hours. You probably already know this first hand and unable to change it, but it does add to the manpower requirements. We have roughly the same number of workstations, and our helpdesk breaks down like this 1 FTE

RE: Keeping 550+ systems maintained

2013-03-12 Thread David Lum
: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Keeping 550+ systems maintained Question: How long is it taking now? I'd be surprised if you don't have some sort of benchmark already. Even though you've provided some good info, so much of this is subjective and relies

Re: Keeping 550+ systems maintained

2013-03-12 Thread Kurt Buff
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 7:39 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: Scenario: · 550 Windows workstations, with 100+ of them remote. · Active Directory (W2K8R2 and W2K3 DCs). · Windows 7 and Windows XP. · Users are local admins. · Some remote