Microsoft’s Endpoint Privilege Management client is slowly being adopted to be in use on the cloud controlled Windows devices of Oulu universities. This makes installing and running software without an admin account easy and simple. This is currently in a small testing phase, before a full rollout.
Running an application through EPM
If you come across software or an installer that requires admin privileges, you can do as follows:
- Right click on the application you’re trying to run and select Run with elevated access.
- This opens the Endpoint Privilege Management window, that asks you to type in a justification for running this application. This can for example be: “Installing/Updating for coursework/a study for course ABCXYZ123”. A reasonable justification is required.
- When you press Send, a request will be sent to the ICT. Once ICT has approved the request, you will see a notification about this. You will have the ability to run the application with elevated access for 24 hours.
- Run the application with the Run with elevated access option, do not select Run as administrator.
- Some of the more commonly used software and their installers are set to be approved automatically, in such cases you will not have to wait for an approval.
- Some software are not okay to install on a device from Oulu universities. Naturally, such requests will be denied.
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