Good info, and a lot of what I expected, thank you.
My last three companies have issued everyone laptops rather than desktops, whether they were expected to work remotely or not, so luckily there isn't going to be much of a hardware difference for IT to muddle through. Just making sure everyone knows how to connect to the VPN and is properly authorized to do so is keeping them busy, though.
You know, during all of the interviews I've had with facilities all over the region and country, was that they didn't want a remotely-based CAD manager, even if I was willing to pop by for a few days out of the month. Like, really? This is a FACILITY. Do you really think people across my 60 acre campus would come to me in person for help? No, I'd do phone or chat or video meetings. I'd record training to keep on the server, I'd have forms they could fax to help them gather the right data for questions. They were all 'good point, but, it's just a thing from leadership.' Yes, well, leadership can enjoy hiring someone local who doesn't know what they're doing.
But, I digress.
Perhaps this experience will open up employers' eyes, to know their talent pool is a lot bigger when they don't just search in their own zipcode.