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Those laptop provisioning experiences sound great. I too found myself working from & deploying software to AWS Workspaces - cloud VDI seems like a great solutio

Those laptop provisioning experiences sound great. I too found myself working from & deploying software to AWS Workspaces - cloud VDI seems like a great solution for a lot of businesses. My remote work journey started with IBM in 2015. A few team members got Macs while the rest were issued beefy ThinkPads. It was one of the first large organizations I've seen that intentionally chose not to use Active Directory for their PC fleets. Unsurprisingly, IBM had IT service centers globally distributed. Despite the wider availability of service centers, I also installed extra storage and RAM myself on that ThinkPad. It's great that remote work has taken off especially since Covid-19.

raw_anon_1111 1y ago
Active Directory works with Macs. Amazon used Active Directory for their employees across Macs and Windows. They also had their own MDM software. Now we use a combination of GSuite and Rippling (a YC company) for our IDP/MDM software.
- evanjrowley 1y ago
  Thanks for sharing about Rippling. I'll take a closer look at it: https://www.rippling.com/device-management https://www.rippling.com/device-management The other company I've worked at that chose not to use Active Directory was Tenable. They even acquired a company that specializes in AD security, but ended up deciding AD was too insecure for their IT infrastructure.
  - raw_anon_1111 1y ago
    Rippling can also serve as a “PEO”. https://www.rippling.com/products/hr/peo https://www.rippling.com/products/hr/peo If you work at a small company, HR, benefits, tax reporting is handled by Rippling as if you are their employee even though for everything else is handled by your employer. You are “co-employed” by both companies. As our company grew, last year we all got “terminated” by Rippling (initiated by our company) and had to “re-apply” to our company as far as new tax forms. Nothing changed day to day. It was merely an accounting, legal, tax thing.

raw_anon_1111 1y ago

Active Directory works with Macs. Amazon used Active Directory for their employees across Macs and Windows. They also had their own MDM software. Now we use a combination of GSuite and Rippling (a YC company) for our IDP/MDM software.

evanjrowley 1y ago
Thanks for sharing about Rippling. I'll take a closer look at it: https://www.rippling.com/device-management https://www.rippling.com/device-management The other company I've worked at that chose not to use Active Directory was Tenable. They even acquired a company that specializes in AD security, but ended up deciding AD was too insecure for their IT infrastructure.
- raw_anon_1111 1y ago
  Rippling can also serve as a “PEO”. https://www.rippling.com/products/hr/peo https://www.rippling.com/products/hr/peo If you work at a small company, HR, benefits, tax reporting is handled by Rippling as if you are their employee even though for everything else is handled by your employer. You are “co-employed” by both companies. As our company grew, last year we all got “terminated” by Rippling (initiated by our company) and had to “re-apply” to our company as far as new tax forms. Nothing changed day to day. It was merely an accounting, legal, tax thing.