Did you know 94% of IT pros say they’re overwhelmed by manual, time-consuming work? I don’t think anyone is surprised by that statistic.
The good news is that with the right tools you could save up to 40 hours a week! 
Here are 3 key tasks that are perfect for automation:
- OS Patching – automated patching keeps your systems safe, compliant and saves you hours of manual work.
- App Updates – with applications constantly updating at unpredictable times, automating third-party patching ensures your software stays current.
- Issue Detection & Resolution– trigger actions based on alerts to resolve common problems instantly, reducing downtime and panic mode moments.
So what about you? What tasks do you automate daily to stay productive, secure, and (relatively) sane?
If you’re curious about more time-saving tasks you can automate, check out the full blog here 
Top 5 Repetitive Tasks You Can Automate Today
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tb33t
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At a previous job I found that most of the tickets I had were manual tasks handled in AD. So, I learned PowerShell to automate all those tasks as much as I could. Saved me tons of time and let me learn other things as well. Any onboarding/offboarding tasks in a Windows environment can be handled via PowerShell, let it be your friend.
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molan
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anything and everything I can.
A few examples
*Printer Installs is a big one. I have a PowerShell script that combined with our RMM makes a printer install as easy as selecting the printer by name (and end users can do it too!)
*Printer clean up (Removing that list of junk printers windows ships with such as Fax and OneDrive)
*Software Removal (Especially the re-occuring junk new Windows and PC Manufactures Spam out)
*Software installs (Intune and RMM tools)
*Windows setup (autopilot and Intune) consistent rules based deployment is a huge time
saver both in setup and support after the fact.
*Reports (PowerShell again) on secrets used in apps that expire… so we know 30 day in advance to avoid outages.
*Monitoring for errors on devices and taking automatic corrective actions.
*anything you find your self doing on a re-occuring basis should be investigated for automation potential.
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somedude2
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Backup, not only automated, eventually sub’d it out so I don’t have to baby sit it…it just gets done.
They even send me a email if they detect a new machine, to ask If I want to add it or not..
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I hope your team was grateful for this. It’s great advice!
Yes!!! Newbies take your notes 
Damn, not even a smiley face for the printer? 
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+1 for Autopilot. That has been a huge gamechanger for me and significantly reduced the amount of time it takes to configure a machine.
I also have PowerShell scripts for creating and deactivating user accounts. It automates everything that has to be done on-premises and in the cloud which saves so much time.
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schedule this task:
dism /online /cleanup-image /checkhealth
sfc /scannow
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
sfc /scannow
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PowerShell, cmd line tools, sql, php scripts to handle - User accounts(ring Central, O365), Printer install, Active directory users. There nothing like have to type in a user information on dozens of system, Enter once, script the rest. I use mySQL and php to generate scripts for all the other systems. Outputs as .bat, .ps1 or .csv for import.
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Love that setup, you’re basically running an automation command center!
The fact you’re using the word “lappy” is killing me
I like to do OS updates and software updates.
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Notey is not that catchy…heeehee
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I am working to automate as much as possible. Still untangling the rats nest that I walked into with this new position.
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