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#38
Originally Posted by barry99705 View Post
When it comes down to it, it's our (the IT folks) network. If there's an AUP stating you can't use a personal machine on the network, you're not using a personal machine on the network. If it states you can use a personal machine, but have to have one of our admin accounts installed on it and you don't want one of our accounts on it, it doesn't connect to the network. If we find that you have connected a personal machine to our network, it either gets confiscated, and you get to explain yourself to the director of technology, and/or, you find yourself a new job.
Petty tyrants are invariably the worst.

It's not your network. It's the company's. Your job is making sure they can use the network to do theirs. If the user is responsible and the personal device will improve their productivity, everyone benefits if you green-light their access. You might even learn something. Possession shouldn't extend beyond personal pride in your work.