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MicrosoftUniversal Print for BYOD and Contractor printers
Can we have a new role that is one-time use for adding one printer to UP?
Many large organizations have remote workers that already have a printer (e.g. employees, contractors or even franchisees). These organizations want to allow users to print on their own existing (personal) printer but have visibility and management of their print jobs. They want to re-use these existing assets to be more environmentally friendly and be more cost effective. This is especially common for organizations using Azure Virtual Desktop or Windows 365.
One way to achieve this is to use the UP connector and convert any BYOD attached printer to a UP one. Yes, this will also require support for Windows 11 Home BYOD also, but let's address the contractor Windows 11 Pro devices first.
The challenge is it requires Printer Administrator or Global Admin privileges to install the UP connector, and organizations will not give end users this access. The alternative is to do the old school method of setting up a "managed printer" and shipping it to the end user, but then there is no re-use of existing printers and there is even more management overhead.
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Enable end users (or contractors) to add their personal or existing printers to UP without requiring elevated privileges like Printer Administrator or Global Admin, ideally through a one-time permission or role.
