Re: Desktop Management

[Rob Whalen <rwhalen () STMARYS-CA EDU>]

Andy Rivers wrote:
> Good Morning,
>
> I was wondering what everyone is using to manage their workstations.  We
> currently have several pilot projects going to evaluate different products
> and technologies, and I was curious how everyone else is managing their
> desktops.  We are primarily interested in how administrative workstations
> are handled, not necessarily how labs are managed.
>
> Here are a few specific areas that we are wondering about:
>
> - Is Active Directory the primary choice for managing Windows clients?  If
> so, how widely deployed is it?  All workstations?  Also, how strict of a
> policy are you applying?
>
> - How are policies and other activities managed in AD? All centrally?
> Delegate OU administration?
>
> - What, if anything, are you using to push policy to OS X and Linux clients?
>
> - Has anyone tested or currently using products like Centrify and Likewise?
>
> Any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Andy Rivers
> University of Tennessee
Andy,
We use ZEN desktop management from Novell. It will do what you want. The
Mac piece requires either an OS X server (using OS X workstation
manager) or the Tanaka client to work. If you would like to chat send me
an email.
Rob