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Currently a Air National Guardsmen. I've only had it take that long a handful of times. Usually when it does it is running Microsofts Endpoint Manager and try
by Cromation 5y ago
Currently a Air National Guardsmen. I've only had it take that long a handful of times. Usually when it does it is running Microsofts Endpoint Manager and trying to push updates, Scan with McAfee and Tanium, and loading a bunch of scripts in the background that are checking for compliance, setting a default AF or local Comm Squadon background, posting messages relating to the current security levels, etc. Its alot to all run as soon as booted and some things could and should be delegated for off hours but its not how its currently set. Typically the first 30 minutes of my morning is waiting for Outlook, Edge/Chrome, and Teams to open before even trying to open any tools. Also from working in Comm I've seen how they purchase hardware and its pretty frustrating. They will purchase 100 laptops at the end of the year to fill their budget for hte year, but its the lowest priced laptop, which is still almost double or triple what you can purchase it for as a civilian, then often times it will sit in storage and no one will touch it. This often happens due to the leadership not having any actual IT knowledge and they make the purchasing calls so performance isnt at the forefront of their mind.
- bityard 5y agoI was active duty AF 20-some years ago. It's sad to see that absolutely nothing has changed.
- callalex 5y agoThat’s not true, they’re burning even MORE of our money now!
- iamben 5y agoOof. Miserable. Thanks for an "I'm living this right now" reply! Appreciated!
- mxuribe 5y agoGreat, our military uses Teams; now I know we're doomed. Kidding, just kidding! Seriously now...Hearing the pain here frustrates me because i am actually in favor of paying my taxes because i know when handled properly then roads, bridges, infrastructure, other things, and yes, the right tools for our military are done then everyone benefits...but when things are not managed right, it chafes me so much because the pain ripples all the way through from civil servants unable to do their job, to military folks not having tools to help defend us, to civilians being put at risk while going over unsafe bridges, to commerce not being efficient because roads suck, etc.
- _fat_santa 5y agoWell I won't be complaining about my company laptop anymore lol. Just from reading your comment, sounds like the biggest problem is the vendor overlap here. MS Endpoint Manager, MacAfee and Tanium all seem to be doing the same thing. This seems like scope creep on an epic scale. It's almost like someone came to USAF IT every 3 years and said "we signed a contract with X vendor, add it to the laptops".