Useless you man.I don't think I've issued a laptop with a CD drive in about 5 years
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Useless you man.I don't think I've issued a laptop with a CD drive in about 5 years
Useless you man.
Except that one cone that's always emailing the boss...It's threads and posts like this that makes me glad I work with traffic cones.
Coming from youYou sound like the snitch here.
We have to deploy everything with SCCM, complete ban on other sources. We do have an offline image in case of proper emergencies (customer site offices that have no access to the LAN etc).
Why can't you use SCCM, it's saves loads of time and hassle?
Dear me Phillip.
They prefer to use there own "user-friendly" application called Software Centre. It communicates with SCCM so only apps available to the users profile are available for them to download.
They prefer it all to go through that rather than us just be able to put in the machine name and deploy via SCCM. It's a pain though as takes ages for the software to replicate into Software Centre so a lot of time sat waiting for it to appear so we can download.
Haven't even been given offline source files either for slow sites, just have to wait or bring the machine to a site with better connection.
Huh?Coming from you
Microsoft Software Centre is just client side though and important updates/software can be forced, you don't need to click on them when it appears in the list. Replication only takes 20 mins max and we have deployment sites in China, Germany, Russia and Brazil.
Benefits of it are allowing a user to install stuff when they aren't busy. But like I say important stuff can be forced on, no waiting for a user to install it.
They say it takes 20 minutes max but that's not the case where I work, been times been waiting hours even with another machine on the network acting as a seed.
Been cases when been waiting over 3 hours for Citrix to appear even though been in the relevant group in AD for hours as well. Even worse if at a site with slow connection.
Even when go into Configuration Manager and run the actions to try force it along. If I could just deploy it all via SCCM be much easier, could just Upgrade the OS, Move OU, Migrate data and then go into SCCM and deploy it all but need to do it via Software Centre
Takes one to know one...You sound like the snitch here.
Eh, I’m no snitch.Takes one to know one...
I can do all of that without needing a user interaction with Software Centre though.
Software Centre is just the evolution of configuration manager.
See the nerds are ruining this thread.
Yea I know but before we get the Laptops signed off we need to ensure it's all there rather than just put them in the groups and say it will automatically install.
If we had the relevant admin permissions I could just do it without having to go into Software Centre either but they don't give us them..
Got 3 Laptops here all upgraded, data migrated and been waiting an hour for software to appear now. Where as if they gave us full functionality within SCCM rather than just being able to remove machines when doing re-builds I could just force it all going now.
You're not a proper IT person then in a department? Maybe I'm missing something but you'd have that access.
Contractor rolling out images perhaps?
Yea contract work, Windows 10 upgrade.
I know exactly what you meant but unfortunately this is the way they said they want it done.
Bit frustrating at times but suppose end of the day it means the project lasts longer so earn more money
Haha true!Now it makes sense why you can't do things. Why didn't you say that in the first place
There was a joint letter to mangement at one job telling them they needed to address one guys hygiene issues.
He stunk quite frankly and he just didnt seem to take hints. Felt bad for him
Most likely you’re seen as the snitch and they hide all that stuff from you in case you run to the bossSome people work in some weird places mind.
There’s no drama, no fighting over holidays, people turn up, do their work and go home.