dillonuw

Thanks everyone. Several good ideas here. When you actually start thinking about it, overnight updates like that really do seem wasteful. They're probably updating for what, an hour on one day per week? And then the computer just sits idling until 8am... yeah, it's time for a change. My previous district was in the US and had over 6k devices- energy use wasn't a concern as long as the devices were ready to use at a moment's notice. The UK is more conscious about matters like this, so I'm having to approach things differently. I think I will play with the schedule and try to get it to do updates much earlier and then do a full shutdown nightly. Cheers!

My school district currently uses GPO to ensure that PCs never go to sleep and stay on overnight to receive the latest software updates and policy. They do usually get shut down on Friday afternoons and then turned back on first thing on Monday. I was recently approached by the business manager and asked if there was a way we could cut down on paper and energy use. Paper is another matter entirely, I have some proposals to cut down on that, but what are some ideas for the PCs? I have been in other districts before as well that all used the same policy - PCs on all night, shut down at weekends. What is a good practice for ensuring that PCs can get their updates while not in use, while also conserving energy? Thanks.