Thursday, September 10, 2009

Re: Managing Macs in a Windows Environment

Hi,
At MPH, we use JAMF Casper instead of Apple Remote Desktop. We didn't like
the Apple Remote Desktop program because it was very limiting in a time
constraint issue. The best part about JAMF is their tech support, it's
wonderful.


Brian Lee
Manlius Pebble Hill School

> From: Rick Castorani <rcastorani@aimpa.org>
> Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:34:39 -0400
> To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Subject: Managing Macs in a Windows Environment
>
> We are just beginning a one to one program with our high schoolers using the
> 13" aluminum macbook. We are all very excited and can not wait to get these
> in the hands of the students. I, on the other hand, come from a windows
> networking world where everything from default printers to mapped drives to
> advanced permissions is easily controlled by group policy and logon scripts.
> I am starting off with apple remote desktop but I feel that I am missing
> something. Those of you who are, or have been, in my situation, what do you
> use to manage your macs??
>
> Thank you so much in advance! Hope your school years have started out well!
>
> Rick Castorani
> Technology Coordinator
> Academy in Manayunk
>
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