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[Baks]

Bonjour à tous,

Nous sommes une entreprise avec une infrastructure réseau normale ( switch Cisco, serveur avec des applications dessus, une connexion internet et un forti). Nous faisons des projets de centre informatique dans les zones reculés ( nous avons une centaines). Chaque centre est compose de :

• 15 PC par site (Windows )
• Switch Cisco 2960
• Panneau de brassage
• Connexion interneT. 

Vu que l’accès est très difficile, nous souhaitons :

• Gérer tous les sites à distance;
• Superviser les PC, switchs, connexions Internet ;
• Pouvoir déployer et monitorer tous les équipements depuis le siège

Quelqu’un nous à Parlé de Meraki MDM et on sait pas ce qu’on doit faire côté infrastructure ( équipement, licence ou autre )sur le siège ou sur chaque site. J’aurais besoin de vos conseils dans notre cas spécifique ou si vous pensez à une autre solution.

Merci d’avance 

[Mloraditch]

Systems Manager works independently of Meraki Hardware. You just buy a license for each endpoint: https://documentation.meraki.com/General_Administration/Licensing/Systems_Manager_Licensing

General info: https://meraki.cisco.com/lib/pdf/meraki_datasheet_sm.pdf

Now if you have actually have 100s of sites with 15 Windows PCs each, you may want to look more into a Microsoft Native Solution for the PCs for deeper integrations.

I personally more advocate Meraki SM for iOS/Android and then maybe ultra small PC environments where AD/Entra AD are not feasible

Now you also mention managing and monitoring the actual network infrastructure. That's a whole different situation. At 100s of sites, even though many are small, you are going to want to contact your Cisco Partner or Meraki rep and get them and pre-sales engineer involved. There are many possible solutions depending on your needs and while I could recommend a basic setup for a small site (MX67, MS130 or 150 24 or 48 port, and a couple of CW916X or 917X aps) you would be be best served by a deeper dive. Also given the time of the year (Ciscos Q4) engaging a rep will also position you to get the best pricing for such a large install.

[Baks]

Thank you for your answers. It so well explained. I’ll also check the links you sent. for to do the same things with the tablets, I don’t need any hardware or anything ? Just the licenses in all my tablets ? What about the server ? Or it’s with the dashboard of the account ? 

[Mloraditch]

If you solely want to manage end user devices, Systems Manager does that without needing any hardware. It's a regular MDM like Intune, JAMF, etc. The licenses are attached to your dashboard and then consumed when a device is enrolled.

I can't say I'd recommend it in general on a server OS but it's fully supported and perhaps you have a use case where it could be a good idea.