I thought this was the right place to ask, let me know if somewhere else was better.

I have a classroom in a public school with around 30 PCs (windows) I need to install software on (python and codium). They are all the same PCs. In the past there was a management system but due to some licensing issues that does not work anymore.

How its been done before: Go to each and every PC and setup everything manually, or do it once and mirror the HDD 30 times … both ways very time consuming.

I thought there might be a better way to do this, do you have any idea?

  • @surewhynotlem
    2•1 year ago

    Sure. We manage about 110,000 endpoints with it at the office. It’s just not infrastructure as code.

    • Dran
      1•1 year ago

      Intune is kinda point-and-clickey for sure, but would you not consider puppet and ansible IaC? What would you classify it if not?

      • @surewhynotlem
        2•1 year ago

        As I understand it, IAC is not about managing devices. When a IAC created device needs an update, you update the config, blow away the device, and build new.

        Ansible and puppet manage devices. If you need a change, you send the package or config or reg key. You can’t blow away a device and build identical, like you can with IAC. At least not easily and without lots of careful group management.

        That said, IAC is changing fast and I may not be up to speed on all the features of those tools. We’re an MECM and intune shop, with a bit of jamf on the side.