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Re: Desktop Management
From: Rob Whalen <rwhalen () STMARYS-CA EDU>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:54:28 -0700
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
Current thread:
- Desktop Management Andy Rivers (Oct 01)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Desktop Management Derek Ethier (Oct 01)
- Re: Desktop Management Gary Flynn (Oct 01)
- Re: Desktop Management Rob Whalen (Oct 06)
- Re: Desktop Management Derek Ethier (Oct 06)