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Re:Schools should be using open source software by sekh60 on Monday May 30, 2022 @01:25PM (#31561319)
FreeIPA combined with something like ansible will do it.
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Re:Schools should be using open source software by ed25519FUUU on Monday May 30, 2022 @02:00PM (#31561722)
Can you find someone to install it, configure it, maintain it and update it, and support it (including on-site once a week) for less than $10K a year?

Microsoft is losing money to have schools run this software.

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Re:Schools should be using open source software by chucky_z on Monday May 30, 2022 @05:32PM (#31563857)
FreeIPA is a Redhat upstream thing (389 Server or something?) so yea I’d imagine Redhat would probably work with a school district for wicked good pricing.
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Re:Schools should be using open source software by schoolornot on Monday May 30, 2022 @07:23PM (#31564665)
I'd pay $10k/yr. out of pocket not to use FreeIPA again. It's no substitute for AD and when it breaks, it breaks hard.
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Re:Schools should be using open source software by robertlagrant on Monday May 30, 2022 @02:43PM (#31562201)
Do Microsoft do that work directly?
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Re:Schools should be using open source software by scarface74 on Monday May 30, 2022 @05:54PM (#31564035)
No, but you can throw a rock and find cheap good enough managed service providers that can do it — ie Microsoft partners. MS has been building out the network for decades.
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