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Motivations for, and barriers to, using Cornell's MS Configuration Manager (CM) more powerful tools and capabilities, such as application updating. Especially within Research. |
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See also
Resources
Interesting CM/Casper/Encryption stats CIT website
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- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1119258456/ .
- Publisher: Sybex; 1 edition (January 24, 2017)
Overview
The decision to have CM installed "on all Windows which are in CU AD" is fine within Research as long as the following condition holds true:
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- KEY requirement: Do not force use of MS updates (OS, Office, etc.) on a computer simply to benefit from other CM services such as CM SCEP or CM Firefox.
- Many research computers, especially those attached to instruments, must only be updated and restarted by the user, and not forced on them.
- See: CM-related services
Table tracking concerns, questions, and progress
Function | Gap, as understood by Chemistry IT | Notes |
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Create and maintain easy-to-access page with current list of apps managed by 3rd party updater. | Unknown products been installed or updated by 3rd party updater. | All or nothing, right? |
Enable stand-alone CM SCEP install | ||
Enable stand-alone CM MS updates with forced reboots | Do not automatically link this capability with any other enrollments. | Forced reboots moving from ~2pm to ~4pm, once moved to CIT's schedule. |
Ideal: Enable stand-along CM MS updates with non-forced reboots (and/ or other algorithms) | The more choice, the more likely to find a good fit to ensure patching. | |
Enable stand-alone A&S CM Java install | In progress. A&S testing. | |
Enable stand-alone A&S CM Firefox install | Easy? | Easy since CIT has package already? |
Enable stand-alone A&S CM Flexera install | DONE! | |
Enable stand-alone A&S CM FileZilla install | DONE! | |
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