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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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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 question/expectations/understandings
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! | |