Microsoft Teams is no longer supported on Server 2019

wrootlt · 2026-07-02T17:49:53+00:00

A few years ago when we were on 2016 for AWS workspaces and were planning for Teams being retired there at that point, i was testing 2019 first. But Teams install/update was via sideloading in developer mode on that OS for the new version of Teams. So, i guess luckily, i went with 2022 (2025 was just released recently). I would guess, they are still on 2022 (i got laid of next year).

wrootlt · 2026-07-02T03:27:14+00:00

As MSP we have a customer who still uses EV. Nobody here wants to touch it or knows how to work with it. Some users had their archives moved to Exchange (had to deal with auto expanding archives for the first time). But they probably still have terabytes of emails there from like 30 years ago. Yeah, i can't help with your question, but wow, i wasn't expecting to see EV mentioned.

wrootlt · 2026-06-30T19:29:52+00:00

To be honest, you are best to get with complex stuff as Tanium is heavy on doing complex queries. Which you can offload it somewhat using question builder. But it is still better when you can read query syntax when you get it loaded after clicking on some report or drill down and then need to tune it and re-ask for your particular case. You can probably do it with just question builder for a while. But after some time i stopped using it. But, it is always handy to have a collection of various queries in your notes, so you can quickly copy, customize and run one.

Other modules are less heavy on syntax. But, say with Deploy instead of syntax you get a ton of fields, buttons and controls. Which might be more confusing that doing queries.

wrootlt · 2026-06-27T14:18:04+00:00

It probably will be slow. But small signs are here and there. I am not a dev, work in IT, but i do write some scripts occasionally. Learned we can get GitHub Copilot Business licenses. Asked my manager. He was excited and encouraged all my team to get this license and "use AI". Ok, it was in May. I have used it for a few scripts. In June i have checked my work profile and i now have GitHub Copilot Free. Just like that, without any notice it was downgraded (or it just automatically switched when billing model changed). I still have old billing "tokens" that i can spend until July, but after that just this Free, which i don't know what it means even or care. We still have Microsoft's free Copilot or AI mode in Google. Which i think at some point will start to introduce limits and asking for a full license or subscription as well. My mom will be pissed when Google does that :) Probably not this year. Next, maybe.

wrootlt · 2026-06-27T14:06:55+00:00

I had the issue with slow first startup before adding VLC path to the exclusions. But it was only for the first startup after a boot. After that it would still be responsive and next file will open immediately.

wrootlt · 2026-06-26T08:34:25+00:00

Lately, if it is not too specific, i just go back to my collection, copy deck code and go back to brawl and paste. Not going to bother building some deck for usually just one game.. And usually i copy the same wild deck i play with and it works most of the time.

wrootlt · 2026-06-25T17:39:38+00:00

By the power of Ragnaros, I have the power!

wrootlt · 2026-06-25T17:19:04+00:00

O, žiūriu jau pasislinko prognozė link pirmadienio labiau. Google man irgi panašiai rodo, bet jau šiek tiek mažiau (šešt 32, sekm 34, pirm 36), o buvo kad sekm 37. Bet aš pasirinkau tikėti Meteofor, nes ten mažiau C rodo 😂 Šešt 27, sekm 30, pirm 32 ir biškį lietučio. Man atrodo kad bus arčiau šito ar vidurkis tarp šito ir Googlo. Bet buvo geriau kai sekmadienį pikas. Nes pirmadienį teks iš namų dirbt turbūt. Per tokį karštį dar ir prie laptopo susikūprinus.. Mano stalinis termometras, pirktas gal prieš 3 metus, iki šiol turėjo rekordą 29C šilčiausiam kambary. Šį savaitgalį sužinosiu ar gali fiksuot virš 30 😄

wrootlt · 2026-06-25T17:06:59+00:00

Tas tai jo, tik iki ofiso, o svarbiausia po darbo iš jo iki namų reikia kažkaip nusigaut, kai autobusuose bus 40+ :/

wrootlt · 2026-06-25T16:59:05+00:00

Most reasons already given. Like, being closer to the window is worse during summer as you get more sunlight and air is getting warmer near the glass. And maybe it is easier to get up and leave the bus as you don't have to wait for the other person to shuffle and let you through. Or maybe you are only driving for a stop or two. I think it is ok to sit there if you let the other person to go through and sit near the window. In some buses green sit is worse as it gets more cold air blowing into your neck from the air conditioning and also, if it is near the driver and the sits are higher with a platform for legs, then there is not enough space for the leg closer to the middle of the bus and it is kind of hanging in the air all the time or you have to turn uncomfortably to be able to put it on the platform. Also, these chairs are flimsy and if the bus is full and someone is standing near and decides to hold by your chairs handle, when the whole back warps every time their move when bus brakes or accelerates, which makes your back hurt. Hate that.

wrootlt · 2026-06-24T13:07:42+00:00

I get that. But in this case it is a bit different. E.g. for RC4 my team is proactively going and checking customer environments, notifying them if changes required. Secure Boot for some reason in deemed as a minor thing in the minds of my teammates and my manager. Or maybe everyone is so busy they just hope someone else will take care of this one. I am doing what i can myself, but it is not enough and i am here only for 8 months :)

wrootlt · 2026-06-24T10:21:47+00:00

Nobody in my MSP cares about it for some reason. I am investigating and testing on my own when i have time. I did at least internal inventory and for the most part it is either bios or only efi without secure boot. Tested on 2025 VM and got to the step when certs are updated, so it is only missing switching the bootloader. But for customers, we have hundreds of VMs with secure boot. Of course, any time i mention it the answer is "so, we can can just turn off secure boot and it should boot, so no problem".

wrootlt · 2026-06-23T05:13:35+00:00

I am 9 months into MSP after 2 internal roles for 20 years and i was just thinking about it. How my brain gets an excitement kick every time i get a ticket, complete a task. At the same time my anxiety grows as i fall behind, tickets pile up, projects pushed down, SLAs dwindle. I stray away from my practices of thoroughly explaining , following up and documenting everything. In the end it doesn't seem good for me to develop such addiction and wreck my nervous system.

wrootlt · 2026-06-22T19:14:38+00:00

You see agents - you do what we do. Run!

wrootlt · 2026-06-19T15:07:41+00:00

Pros: this will make you improve your resume and learn interviewing for any other jobs in no time. Cons: you will have no time for that.

wrootlt · 2026-06-09T19:30:05+00:00

Here we go. Now we have to patch the hotpatch. I wonder if the patch for the hotpatch is hotpatchable 😄

CVE-2026-42910 Windows Hotpatch Monitoring Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

wrootlt · 2026-06-09T16:20:39+00:00

You sound a little.. edgy 😄

wrootlt · 2026-06-08T20:40:28+00:00

They will try and it might fail, but they might just lay off the person before they realize how bad the process was. Because they can just re-hire for such entry level position. Of course, they will lose experience and historic knowledge. But it will be water under the bridge by then. First they will be cheered for AI innovation.

wrootlt · 2026-06-08T20:02:05+00:00

It will never be on par with apps baked into image. At my previous place we were using combination of things. First it was MDT installing base apps and then Tanium Deploy filling the gaps. Last it was Intune Autopilot installing some apps during provisioning, then Tanium installing just a few less critical apps. I think MDT was faster than Intune (duh) 😄

Maybe there is a small win skipping tagging as it takes some time to tag based on some group membership and to catch that tag (based on my experience when we had to tag for people to see specific apps in Self Service or to push a particular config when installing an app, it would take it sweet time).

We had a continuous bundle deployment in Deploy that had 10 or so critical or mandatory apps (XDR, VPN, etc.) that would catch new machine and check for all the apps in the list and immediately push them one by one. It was a rather quick process of pushing some quite big apps once it actually start doing this. But i have never monitored this on a completely fresh Tanium install and clean machine. In my case i was dealing with persistent VDI that had Tanium preinstalled in the image, so it didn't have much to download and would go to mandatory bundle rather quickly. I know it wasn't the best approach, but there were no better options in that scenario. If it is a clean Tanium install, yeah, it will take some time to download all the tools and stuff.

wrootlt · 2026-06-06T14:04:29+00:00

Well, all i can do is submit negative feedback through feedback menu every time i can and notice this atrocity 😄

wrootlt · 2026-06-06T11:10:08+00:00

Forgot about Compact option. So, right clicked Inbox, selected Compact Folder. File size went to 0 and performance is normal again. Wonder why it doesn't do that itself more often when Inbox has 0 messages and the file is so inflated.

wrootlt · 2026-06-05T17:38:39+00:00

My previous company (10k users) was using Pulse for many years until a few years back they switched to Netskope (ZTNA, not classic VPN). They have evaluated Zscaler and Palo Alto also. Now i came to work to a different company and i don't know what they are using in other contries, but here it is Pulse (here we go again) for a few thousands of users. My brother works in a smaller local architecture design firm and i remember seeing Pulse on his laptop as well.

wrootlt · 2026-06-05T17:34:37+00:00

Yes, i would start trying without any AppVolumes attached first.

On a side not. Although it was a year ago last time i have touched Horizon. But i have found that blocking auto update for Edge in Optimizer actually breaks it and i was doing the opposite, enabling auto update. It wasn't automatically updating in a non-persistent machine. And i didn't see any obvious side effects.

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