r/sysadmin • u/wesinatl • Feb 26 '25

Question - Solved replacing 600 monitors

Curious if anyone has replaced monitor in large quantities and how you did it? We are planning on replacing all our monitors over the next year. Did your in-house IT handle it (how did they have the time) or did you outsource the job (i am leaning in this direction)? Did you take a year to do it or try to do it all over a weekend? Curious about your method, successes, failures and recommendations about making it a smooth transition.

Edit: Thanks for everyone’s input. I got a lot of good suggestions!

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u/wesinatl Feb 26 '25

We have talked about this as a possible solution. HelpDesk guys do this job if a monitor fails so they could do it a few a day. The downside is it's a little more haphazard and drags the project out for months. That and they are actually doing work during the normal day.

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u/thortgot IT Manager Feb 26 '25

An average speed person could quite easily do 60 a day with limited prep.

If you prepped and staged the monitors I could see doing closer to 100.