Tranquil IT Forum

Hello,

I've been a WAPT user for a few years (Enterprise Edition, currently v2.4.0.14143 / rev 2.4.0.14143-9847ee8b) and we're starting to encounter a problem related to IT resource sharing.
Is there a way to group machines without changing the Active Directory (AD) structure?
The idea is to keep the structure defined in AD, which is often geographical, say, one organizational unit (OU) per building and its sub-OUs per room, and add a functional layer, for example, all the machines used by a category of staff, machines that are distributed across several buildings in different rooms.
Perhaps this is a feature request: the ability to switch from the geographical view (AD) to the functional view (managed in WAPT) in the console.

Example:
<AD>
[Building A]
(Room A1)
pc1
pc2
pc3
(Room A2)
pc4
pc5
[Building B]
(Room B1)
pc10
pc11
pc12

I want to assign packages to a group of machines: pc1, pc2, pc4, and pc10. Is there a way to do this all at once?
Currently, I use the "All" view and select the machines to then press Shift+Ctrl+O to modify multiple machines, but I have to reselect each time. If we could save this functional group under a name like "Administrative Workstations," for example, it would make it easier to manage the software suites needed for a function that uses machines shared between several buildings.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. If you have any ideas, I'd appreciate them.

Hello,

if you wish to stick with an Active Directory model, you can use AD groups and profile packages.

https://www.wapt.fr/fr/doc/wapt-console ... se-feature

This way, you create your groups in AD, add your machines to the groups, and then create a profile package with the same name. The member machines will then install the corresponding profile package.

Without using Active Directory, you can more simply create a group package (one of WAPT's oldest features):
https://www.wapt.fr/fr/doc/wapt-console ... up-package

You create your group package "administrative workstations," and add the "administrative workstations" package as a dependency. The machines must be members of this group.
Now, to manage the "administrative workstations" machines, you just need to add dependencies to the "administrative workstations" package.
You can even filter which machines have "administrative workstations" as dependencies from the inventory tab using "WAPT groups."