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No chest framework as I am based in the Oceania region.

We just recently subscribed to the Microsoft 365 Education A3 package on a 1:40 licence ie for every staff, we were given 40 free licenses for students.

Hello, I am looking to install a Windows Server 2019 on-site to have DC, DHCP, File/Print services, NPS/RADIUS with the possibility of creating VMs for each of the roles. Population of users will be for a college of 500 - 2000 users. I am looking at Win Server 2019 Standard but noticed that I will have to purchase CALs and OSEs as well. What would be a cost-effective licence to purchase to meet my requirements? Thank you.

The new email system is with 0ffice 365. Currently, all devices are not centrally managed. We are rolling out O365 individually to each device and I can tell you, it's a BIG challenge when each device has different Windows versions! Updates and AVs are not centrally managed as well. Basically, all devices are standalone with the user being in charge of the machine. The only security measure we have is the network firewall but when it comes down to each device, then each to its own. P.S. I have been tasked to come up with a system design that can cater to the needs of the university.

The university currently has 5 faculties plus another campus in another province (state) who connect via VPN to the main campus. On top of that, we have the administrative and support staff so that’s about less than 3000 with room for growth. I have had issues with deploying O365 since I go from one device to another. Most laptops/PCs I find have a lot of junk as in installing software they are unaware of or hardly use. So what I want to achieve is for all devices purchased by the university to be monitored and managed at a central point especially when it comes to standard software deployment, OS upgrades and security.

SLT are those in Chancellery and HODs. Currently, each department does their own procurement of devices (without the knowledge of IT) and then task the IT staff to configure and install. PCs purchased by the University are managed by the end-user, there is no form of control and monitoring of assets and network resources. Visiting academics have their own laptops/devices. Roughly, I would say we have more than 200 laptops/desktops purchased by the University.

I now have a fair idea of what virtual desktops are, thanks for that. Autonomy as in they can still use their own laptops (change settings; install programs) but to access the university's network resources, they will have to sign in. This would be different for devices purchased by the University where users will have to log into the DC to access network resources.

I am planning to set up an AD for all university owned devices but would also like to give autonomy to the senior management team. Would having virtual desktops achieve this? Also, I plan on having a failover AD over the cloud possibly using Azure AD but am not familiar on how to achieve this. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. P.S. I am new in my role as sysadmin.