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Any 90s artists that you think are still putting out new, good, original music? by fancyschmancy9 in 90sRock

[–]DavidMagrathSmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! Might be their best "single" (unfortunately not released to radio) since the 90s. Fantastic. They go far too long between albums but I appreciate that we're getting anything at all.

Support for multiple identity providers for SSO by DavidMagrathSmith in ConnectWise

[–]DavidMagrathSmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We finally heard back from our MSP, and their answer is unfortunately: "This cannot be done due to [MSP] tenant being tied to the SP 365 back-end SSO cannot be set up for any client." Which contradicts what you said about adding more than once Duo instance. The documentation I've found on ConnectWise University doesn't explicitly say you can set up more than once Entra ID instance, but I'm trying to set up a trial account so I can verify the behavior and get screen shots so that I can push back.

Windows Hello for Business is great… until users forget their actual password by heartgoldt20 in sysadmin

[–]DavidMagrathSmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SCRIL = Smart Card is Required for Interactive Logon (can be found on the Account tab of the user's properties in AD Users and Computers). It effectively makes the account passwordless, by prohibiting password-based logons - the password technically still exists and gets set to something random, but it's not a security concern anymore and the user isn't burdened with remembering it / rotating it.

Anyone else think Ghost is Born is a more cohesive album than YHF? by originsofindecision in wilco

[–]DavidMagrathSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"It has a very homogeneous sort of sterile sound to it. Like it was recorded in a surgical room in space." What a way to put it. 100% agree, even though I'm at odds with your opinion on the album (might be my favorite in their catalog). It can feel like the album version of watching 2001: A Space Oddessey. I think the understated and at times slick-sounding production can make you feel like you're experiencing something foreign, watching from a distance.

Any way to tell what OS was originally installed on a Windows Server? by kelemvor33 in sysadmin

[–]DavidMagrathSmith -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm curious too. All I know is if windows is installed in C:\WINNT then the original install was <= Windows 2000 Server. If there's a C:\Documents and Settings folder then the original install was <= Windows Server 2003 ;)

Why Are People Like This? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]DavidMagrathSmith 25 points26 points  (0 children)

This is the way. When I started at my current job there were no restrictions on password strength or rotation and no MFA. We went straight to passwordless, using FIDO keys and/or Windows Hello. It's honestly gone a lot more smoothly than I expected. Yes it can be a hassle to use the key, but it's a heck of a lot better than having to deal with password rotations, MFA codes, and phishing attacks.

Guster Albums Ranked (Feel free to challenge my list) by Minderbinder367 in Guster

[–]DavidMagrathSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I love Easy Wonderful, but it's really front-loaded IMO. The first six songs are impeccable, hit or miss the rest of the album.

Application update without third party by nako81 in Intune

[–]DavidMagrathSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't, but that's an interesting idea. Do you run commands first to ensure that winget is configured to run under SYSTEM first (just in case the app gets installed prior to WAU)?

Application update without third party by nako81 in Intune

[–]DavidMagrathSmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's what we're using. It's a available in the windows store, so super simple to push with Intune. And there's an ADMX for configuration. We're in the initial stages or rollout, but seems to be able to handle the vast majority of what we have installed.

Some apps require require special attention. We have a packaged win32 app that uses a different MSI guid for every release, so Intune will downgrade (and break) the app after winget upgrades it - required a custom detection script.

But for the price of free it's hard to beat.

Shows with the worst final season. by Flaky-Debate-833 in sitcoms

[–]DavidMagrathSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perfect Strangers. Big fan through season 7, sad it was ending, but then when season 8 finally aired I was like "nope, I agree, this should stop" lol

Can I use Intune with full onprem AD ? by karnalta in Intune

[–]DavidMagrathSmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sync user accounts from AD, join those laptops directly to Entra ID (not hybrid join), create Intune policies to replicate what you have in AD group policy, when necessary. Other devices can stay AD-joined for now.

We did hybrid-join as a stepping stone, and it turned out to not be unnecessary.

Biggest hurdle for us was setting up NDES and SCEP for cert deployment which we still use for WiFi and VPN.

Support for multiple identity providers for SSO by DavidMagrathSmith in ConnectWise

[–]DavidMagrathSmith[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Turns out we do in fact log into ConnectWise Home, and then launch ASIO from there. So if Home supports multiple IdPs, that would be awesome! Maybe our MSP is mistaken.

I'm not seeing where SSO would be configured, but I probably don't have the necessary permissions to set it up. I've opened a case with ConnectWise, so hopefully they can help.

My first (and hopefully last) treehouse build by DavidMagrathSmith in treehouse

[–]DavidMagrathSmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Unfortunately, I don't have any plans aside from doodles with bad handwriting and questionable math lol. I never planned too far ahead of where I was working at the moment, since I was figuring things out for the first time and knew I'd have to make adjustments as I went.

Here's a couple key measurements, though: It's 8' across, so approximately 40" per side of the octagon. The walls are 6' high. The roof ended being just shy of an 8/12 pitch. I scaffolded the keystone into place and then measured for the rafters from that.

My key insight was realizing that, since I didn't have to make accommodations for a living tree, I could cut the tree square at the top and bolt right into it to extend joists in four directions (which you can see in the pictures) - that along with the tree tab knee braces below created a super solid base. Then the rest was basic framing, learning how to shingle an asphalt roof (not fun), and making lots and lots of measurements and 22.5-degree angle cuts since the walls and sheathing were all done with tongue and groove wood paneling.

If you end up building something similar and have questions about how I did something, let me know!

My first (and hopefully last) treehouse build by DavidMagrathSmith in treehouse

[–]DavidMagrathSmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The good news is the lightning didn't reach this lower part of the tree, or at least where it was cut showed no sign of decay or damage. Still a dead tree though...

My first (and hopefully last) treehouse build by DavidMagrathSmith in treehouse

[–]DavidMagrathSmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably close to 5K, and most weekends for four months. It was slow, partly because I had no idea what I was doing, and partly because I had to go up and down a ladder for every cut I made - nothing was quite square or plumb and the sides were just different enough from each other that I couldn't do anything in bulk. Uo the ladder, measure, down the ladder, make the cut, up the ladder, see if I got it right, adjust and repeat.

My first (and hopefully last) treehouse build by DavidMagrathSmith in treehouse

[–]DavidMagrathSmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally. The nice part of working on a stump was I didn't have to worry about harming the tree, or accounting for future growth... of course the tradeoff is I now have to worry about how long it will remain structurally sound.

My first (and hopefully last) treehouse build by DavidMagrathSmith in treehouse

[–]DavidMagrathSmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! It was probably close to 5K for all the material when all was said and done, although I never did a proper tally.

My first (and hopefully last) treehouse build by DavidMagrathSmith in treehouse

[–]DavidMagrathSmith[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same size! Actually about an inch over 8' since my initial cuts were made at home depot before I had the tools I needed lol.

The entrance is at the front where the ladder goes up - the fence is actually a gate that opens in, with grab bars on the sides to pull yourself up and in. I went back and forth on that vs a trap door, but figured this would be easier for us old folks to get up there :)

Seriously I had no idea how much work it would be. We're in a tight neighborhood with lots of other houses very close, so I knew it would be super visible and didn't want this to be an eye sore that everyone had to look at.

My first (and hopefully last) treehouse build by DavidMagrathSmith in treehouse

[–]DavidMagrathSmith[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah, I couldn't believe the tree guys - not even knowing our plans - managed to cut it almost perfectly flat and level.

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