IT Administrator Tools - Guide to Network Management
Are your IT administrator tools optimized for the scale and speed of technology in education? The right software can streamline your job as an IT tech, system administrator, or assistant superintendent overseeing tech teams. If you or your team struggle to manage larger tech networks, admin tools from Network Cloud are ideal.
In this blog, you’ll get insight into the top system administrator and network management tools that our clients love. Learn why tech management is important and how efficiency is key to mastering your role in IT administration.
How Important is Tech Management?
Tech managers of all kinds are vital to the effective running of a hybrid school environment. As more and more schools and school districts embrace technology, streamlined and unified management becomes more important.
Applying vital software extensions, content filtering, file sharing, and alert or error message systems across networked devices requires a consolidated approach to administration. Understanding and using IT tools is therefore important for any tech professional in the hybrid school environment.
Top IT Administrator Tools from Network Cloud
Dashboard and Toolbar Customization
Customizing the user interface with Senso software and ensuring the same setup across devices is key. This creates an efficient network where administrators can use any device remotely and effectively. The monitoring and management dashboard includes a thumbnail view, network reports, and error-viewing software modules. This gives your administration team all the tools you need to manage a networked tech fleet.
We recommend this as a method for streamlining your tech team’s interaction with important or commonly used tools. Limiting views and access to irrelevant parts of the network helps improve the overall management of large school networks. It is simple to select which reports, options, or tools are available for each user or user type. Therefore, staff can access what they need to effectively perform their roles without distraction.
Group Policy
Deploy group policy to install programs and manage devices in masse. Assign certain programs, updates, or permissions to selected groups within your tech fleet. This allows for a streamlined approach to updates and setting changes because it is all managed through Senso’s dashboard and intuitive tech-sharing setup.
MiMiC Script
As an extension to the group policy function, system administrators can apply shortcuts to manage, update, or install programs with the push of a button. Learn more about this feature, and more, in our guide to Senso’s Remote Script Software.
Managing Chrome Tech Fleets
Chrome Extensions Manager is an important tool that many administrators and IT staff utilize. Senso's software integrates easily with the Google Admin control panel. This will allow staff to manage Chrome extensions, creating policies for individual or groups of Chrome devices.
The Chrome admin console allows users with permission to enable developer mode. This allows IT teams to collect and share activity logs as needed.
Remote Control
Remote control work is a crucial element of device management and a key way in which your tech teams and IT administrators will interact with the device network. Once an alert, error, or ticket comes through on the dashboard, you can solve issues by remotely logging into the desired device through the thumbnail view.
Remote access to the device management systems, task manager, and individual program errors allows tech teams to fix immediate options as they arise without leaving the office unnecessarily.
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