How is it convenient to administer a workgroup on a local network?

Question

System administration

Hello.
There are 50 PCs in the local network, in one workgroup. How convenient is it to administer them?
You need to monitor the free space on the disks, deploy the software, look at the configuration and check it all for the presence of pests.
KES would be ideal, but it costs 78600 for 50 pc a year.

Answer 1

Manage policy and rights - AD, monitor workstations and not only, well, for example, the same Spiceworks.

Answer 2

active directory

Answer 3

Nothing.
AD was designed for just that . Centralized storage of logins and passwords is just one of its functions, the main thing that makes it strong is just GPOs, which make it possible to just not tie a bow :)
AD can be started on Linux, but I haven’t tried it myself yet, although I really want to see what it looks like.

Answer 4

In a working group ?
I recommend the domain. It can be raised not necessarily on Windows.
But if something goes wrong - the software is actually full, the difficulty will be that it is very simple to restrict the administrator's rights in this situation.

Answer 5

manageengine.com/products/desktop-central
25 PC - Free
or ruboard