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Hi All, Just wondering how the majority go about setting up a staff laptop? We're looking at giving our staff laptops and replacing the computers in classrooms. Up until now only a few staff have staff laptops, so we've done a solution that works but wondering what people think is best now for moving to mass laptop use. The laptops will be imaged through SCCM/MECM with drivers/software installed through the task sequence. In terms of then users using the device both in school and at home, I'm aware of the 2 options below, but wondered what people think of these and if you guys do anything different: Option 1: Following the domain build, have the staff member log on to their device. Log off of the device. IT log on as admin and load up System Properties > Advanced > User Profiles, select the staff member and convert their profile to local. With the above being done, the staff member can then log on both in school and at home. Option 2 (less ideal, best for home use only really): Following the domain build to install the relevant software, remove the device from the domain. Create a local user account on the device for the staff member to use. I'm looking to enable MECM/InTune Co-Management so that we can use this to manage laptops externally too. What process to people use if none of the above for configuring staff laptops on mass? Also - for the few staff who have laptops already, we have enabled Offline Files and sync their user area to the device, but Microsoft's offline files seems archaic and sometimes just doesn't sync. Not because the files are in conflict (edited both in school and at home) but the file shows 0bytes in the folder for example. Are there any credible alternatives to offline files to help sync staff's user areas to the devices? (They will be bitlocker drive encrypted so security shouldn't be an issue). Thanks in advance.

Good evening all, First of all, may I say what a great resource this site is. I've found many a resolution on here, it's usually my first port of call for any technical problems. Onto the problem; As a School I have configured a Proxy .Pac file for staff laptop users so they don't have to go through the mundane tasks of turning the proxy on and off depending which location they are - home or school. I have tested this on numerous laptops which seems to work great, apart from a few Windows 7 machines, specifically HP Probooks 6560b. I have the Pac file running from the local drive, currently set to http://file://C:\Support\Proxy.pac - as I said this works brilliantly for the majority, and does work for all staff in school. As soon as the users with Probooks take their laptops home it doesn's seem to work; I did a bit of research on this and found if you enter in a full stop after the file:// protocol (file://.C:\Support\Proxy.Pac) then it will work from home. This kind of defeats the object of the Pac file if they have to enter in a full stop to make it work at home. I'm just wondering if someone has come across this problem before, or if anyone has any suggestions as to why this is? May I also point out that all staff laptops receive the same GPOs. I look forward to a response, and hopefully contributing to resolutions for others.