How do you handle workstation monitoring?

I've been in IT for almost a year now, and am the only IT staff in my office. While I've been getting my sea legs so to speak, we've had a MSP help monitor/patch our workstations. Since I've been handling workstation support and troubleshooting well, we are going to end our managed services contract with them. Being a nonprofit, it helps to cut expenses where possible.We have about 45 workstations/devices. I'd like to be somewhat proactive with the maintenance of them. I'm wondering how best to organize and handle this workload on my own.I'm thinking of creating a sort of schedule to go through and check:Updates (Windows, Java, Antivirus)Disks (free space, fragmentation, event logs to make sure they aren't generating errors)What procedures and resources would you recommend? Would appreciate any advice!
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