ChrisS

How are people handling Windows Deployment in the serverless model?

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Can anyone know a reliable source for firmware for this unit that's not Juniper themselves please? It's an ancient unit but there are updates as recent as 2018. Cheers.

I'm looking at Maraki's video solutionand I like the on-device encrypted storage on wifi cameras but it occurred to me that there might be something comparable and cheaper out there. Anyone had a play with Shinobi? The "pro" version is free to Edu. Does not seem to accommodate cameras with built in storage in the way Meraki does it. I was wondering what people'e experience of having the media write back to storage servers via wifi is? The thought did occur to me that old smart phones in some sort of hardened case might be an interesting project. Obviously they are wifi enabled with built in storage. USB powered.

Please see: https://bwh.staffs.sch.uk/docs/Vacancies/2018/ICT_Apprentice.pdf https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/45318/level-3-apprentice-it-infrastructure-support/

Based in and around Stafford, technical training in Birmingham. Starting Jan 2019. National ad is imminent, I will post a link soon. Whole year working, this will be a level 3 technical apprenticeship. It won't be just changing toner cartridges! The successful candidate will get a sound technical training in IT support in a network computing environment and get to work for an expanding organisation at a time of significant change. Example technologies involved: Hyper-V VMware Windows 7 - 10 Windows Server 2012 - 16 SCCM DPM Azure Apple MAC Apple iPad HP Switching Ethernet Windows Group Policy Linux Audio - Visual equipment Windows PowerShell The successful candidate will have demonstrated a strong personal interest in computing and shown a natural tendency for logical thinking.

What are folks experiences with hosted SIMS? I'm thinking of suggesting our 6 primaries move from local SIMS DB to hosted. For a start it's not absolutely clear to me whether a local (installed in school) SIMS client will still work with the hosted solution or if it has to be via RDP. I've read that maybe the SIMS client will still work via a VPN but is that Capita supported and how is update handled? What's the reliability of SIMS like in a hosted solution?

Quick and dirty PS script to remove a single profile or matching pattern of profile names from a single computer or group of computers. Feel free to add your own validation etc. #Import Active Directory Module Import-Module -Name ActiveDirectory #get the profile name from the console input: $input_profile_name = Read-Host -Prompt 'Enter the profile name or pattern ( e.g. test-teacher-* )to delete ' #get the computer name from the console input: $input_computer_name = Read-Host -Prompt 'Enter the computer name to or pattern ( e.g. IT-suite1-* ) to delete the profile from ' # Get computers from AD: Get-ADComputer -Filter 'name -Like $input_computer_name' | Sort-Object | ForEach-Object -Process { # set the variable $computer_name to the next computer name from the list generated: $computer_name = $_.Name # Run delprof2 for each computer: & '\\someserver\somefolderpath\DELPROF2.EXE' /u /i /id:$input_profile_name /C:\\$computer_name }

Me too. Not filled with much confidence by the replies but I'm aware that a few months have passed. I wondered if you and went for SMH and what your experience of it was. Has anyone else got any more recent feedback to give?

ICT Technician 2012-09-07 13:38:15 (UTC) Closes tomorrow (26 Sept 12).

I agree with that. Keeping it simple too without a very feature-full GUI seems a good idea. We are thinking of using Notepad++ to edit code but it does not appear to highlight things in python as it does with asp by default. Gotta look into that! Thanks for all the suggestions!

Now that kids are going to do Computing rather than ICT at GCSE, my head of ICT is asking for suggestions about what to teach in preparation for gcse. He's very capable himself but recognises that the techies could have some valuable suggestions! We are looking at Python on Linux (saves any security issues on Win clients!) Currently I've got a linux server that they can ssh to with putty and log in with their domain credentials (using likewise) to do some Python coding. Access to their CIFS share (a work-in-progress) to save and run scripts, Notepad ++ to edit the code. Any other suggestions for preparing kids for GCSE computing?

See here Apprentice - ICT Technician - Painsley Catholic College, Cheadle, North Staffs Reference Number SCC001924C Sub Location SCC see Advert Employer Staffordshire County Council Contract Type Apprentice Working Pattern See advert details Hours 37 hours per week Closing date for applications 14 August 2011

The junior role / taking a voluntary position are good ways to get in. Try approaching your local school with a permanent ICT support team and offer to volunteer if you can't find places advertising for volunteers. I took an assistant ict tech job (and that was hard enough to get!) at 35 having changed career and worked my way up to network manager last year so it can be done.

We had some problem with PXE boot - Missing driver? - not much effort has gone into overcoming the prob yet! Mind you, that was vmware rather than virtualbox!