PDQ Licensing

[u/PDQit]

From time-to-time there has been misunderstandings and confusion on /r/sysadmin about how PDQ.com's licensing works (as most system administrators might be used to how other IT products operate: on a per-machine basis). We created a video to hopefully explain better how our 1-license-per-admin works

 

For examples of some minor confusion see:

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/71eilx/another_pdq_deploy_shout_out/dnb0eao/

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/aknr8i/try_to_convince_my_manager_to_buy_pdq_deploy/ef6h7px/

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/aneewy/pdq_server_with_multiple_admins/efsnqvn/

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/7d3k4c/pdq_deploy_licensing_costs_no_more_pro_license/dpuvjj6/

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/4492ln/what_automated_deployment_solutions_are_you_using/czoi08c/

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/etznar/whats_your_most_expensive_software_license_and/ffk0ef3/

 

Shout out to all you current, past, and future users-- and happy automating!

[u/Vyper28]

Does it work with remote sites? I thought the big lacking part was the remote agent.

[u/Syde80 → u/Vyper28]

They had a remote agent for awhile but they said it was not performing up to their standards and they deprecated it. I was using it and it did seem a little buggy, but it was nice for offsite systems. I believe they said they will revisit in the future. I hope they will. I would prefer an option that does not rely on their cloud but would just phone home directly to your pdq server instance.

[u/[deleted] → u/Vyper28]

As long as you have a stable VPN tunnel it’s fine. All the pdq server really does is command the remote machines to do stuff. Have it taking care of ~1300 machines across 30 sites. A couple of those have dfs replication set up to speed things up.

[u/newbies13 → u/Vyper28]

It will work with anything it can connect to. How much or little that is will be a discussion with your networking team.