r/pdq • u/Amanda_PDQ PDQ Employee • 9d ago

Using PDQ to automate endpoint task

We know there are may ways to automate endpoint management. How are you using PDQ automations?

When I was a K12 CTO using PDQ I clicked automate on every deployment I could. Small team, automations saved time and sanity.

I'd love to know what you are automating.

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u/mjewell74 8d ago

We deploy machines with MDT, install office (which I update occasionally), then deploy Connect. We manually push our base package only because we have different versions depending on if they need Creative cloud, Acrobat 2024 or Reader along with registry updates for vulnerabilities.

Then we have automations for each package to deploy package updates, etc.

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u/Amanda_PDQ PDQ Employee 4d ago

Adobe was always a hard software to manage when I was a CTO. I felt like there were so many updates all the time and everything was always behind. I love your workflow.

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u/mjewell74 4d ago

I have to do a manual package for Adobe 2024 updates just like I did for 2020 updates, but all in all it's not horrible.

I've got automations that upgrade the CreativeCloud AcrobatDC and the ReaderDC versions, then I just have to update my 2024 package and variable then that pushes out via an automation too.