[_wolfie_]

Depends on the workplace. I have company provided laptop (32G RAM, Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U) which was empty (well, Windows) and I just nuked it and install archlinux. There is no software provided by the company and no external control on the machine. So I just work-provided machine, but with my config and I just saved bunch of money since I did not have to buy it.

[mikepurvis]

Did they not provide a VPN config? Or was it something you were able to re-setup yourself?

[miohtama]

VPN configurations are usually username/password/PK combos and work across all operating systems, including iPads and Androids and such.

[mikepurvis]

Maybe I'm thinking of Active Directory? I know there's something my company's IT department does on each machine that requires inputting a master secret and performing a kind of handshake with a central service.

[_wolfie_]

Yeah I've got openvpn config file and needed to configure 2FA for it. But again, that is just a config file, no software.