back to article Googlers reveal code they use for mass Windows deployments

With close to 60,000 employees, Google/Alphabet has an awful lot of desktops, laptops, notebooks, tablets and phones to support, and it's taken the covers off one of the tools that helps it do that. Glazier, which landed at GitHub yesterday, helps its sysadmins automate Microsoft Windows installations. As the documentation …

  1. frank ly
    Coat

    Does Glazier use PuTTY?

    I'm going.

    1. Richard Chirgwin (Written by Reg staff)

      Re: Does Glazier use PuTTY?

      Oh, very good! - Chirgwin

      1. jake Silver badge

        Re: Does Glazier use PuTTY?

        I don't get the point.

        Now don't go off the rails, at least I got stile.

  2. TReko
    Go

    A better option

    from the Chocolatey folks for deploying Windows boxen:

    http://boxstarter.org/

  3. getHandle

    It's too early

    Read that as "Googlers reveal code they use for mass Windows UNEMployments" at first, glanced at my Chromebook and wasn't surprised...

  4. Your alien overlord - fear me

    I was under the impression that Google didn't use *any* Windows products cos of some historic spat and forced their employees to use either Linux or Macs. It's good to see they've seen sense.

  5. 0laf

    I'm surprised I'd expected Google to be using Chromebooks or some form of Chrome-desktop for all their in-house stuff.

    1. DaLo

      How would they develop and test all their Windows based products?

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Do they test on a massive scale? Anyway I thought they were revealing the code of the Chrome installer, and how it is written to ignore Windows policies...

  6. Paul Woodhouse

    OK, anyone got a howto?...

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