Chad,

We have separate domains for our staff and public computers. This is partly driven by the fact that we have separate IP ranges for our staff and public networks and separate them through our networking equipment including our firewall. While it does lead to a bit of redundancy in managing things like software updates through Group Policy, overall, it's worked pretty well.

Andrew Mutch

Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library

Waterford, MI

From: Library NT [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chad Neeper
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 6:26 PM
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Subject: Patron/Staff computer management

I'm curious on a particular topic and I'd like to ping the list to see what you do at your own libraries. I've done both ways and I'm curious to see what other libraries are doing.

For those of you that use Active Directory and Group Policies to manage your public and staff computers (regardless of whether or not you use Deep Freeze, Steady State, etc.):

Are your patron computers attached to the same domain as your staff computers, or do you maintain entirely separate domains?

Thanks!

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