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Motivations for, and barriers to, using Cornell's MS Configuration Manager (CM) more powerful tools and capabilities, such as application updating. Especially within Research.

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Overview

The decision to have CM installed "on all Windows which are in CU AD" is fine within Research as long as the following condition holds true:

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  • KEY requirement: Do not force use of MS updates (OS, Office, etc.) on a computer simply to benefit from other CM services such as CM SCEP or CM Firefox.
  • Many research computers, especially those attached to instruments, must only be updated and restarted by the user, and not forced on them.
  • See: CM question/expectations/understandings

Table tracking concerns, questions, and progress

FunctionGap, as understood by Chemistry ITNotes
Create and maintain easy-to-access page with current list of apps managed by 3rd party updater.Unknown products been installed or updated by 3rd party updater.All or nothing, right?
Enable stand-alone CM SCEP install  
Enable stand-alone CM MS updates with forced rebootsDo not automatically link this capability with any other enrollments.Forced reboots moving from ~2pm to ~4pm, once moved to CIT's schedule.
Ideal: Enable stand-along CM MS updates with non-forced reboots (and/ or other algorithms)The more choice, the more likely to find a good fit to ensure patching. 
Enable stand-alone A&S CM Java installIn progress. A&S testing. 
Enable stand-alone A&S CM Firefox installEasy?Easy since CIT has package already?
Enable stand-alone A&S CM Flexera installDONE! 
Enable stand-alone A&S CM FileZilla installDONE!