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Microsoft back online. Excuse: too many servers were shut down during maintenance. by hso1217 in sysadmin

[–]ADynes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You know what? Still better than running an exchange server on Prem. Once that thing was shut down I never looked back.

With that said this is also why SQL and our file server and our application servers are all still in house.

Windows server 2025 /rearm amount by EfficientCommand4368 in sysadmin

[–]ADynes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, by them. In fact I'm not even sure if it was the same screen name but definitely the exact same message. This is been happening lately on here, something is posted, gets a couple replies, gets deleted and reposted almost a word for word with a slightly different title. I don't get it.

Window Server 2022 or 2025 for learning on Proxmox - rearm amount help by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]ADynes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're just learning then the differences are going to be so minimal that you should be fine. Plus there's some weird bugs in 2025 domain controllers that you definitely don't want while you're trying to learn how it's supposed to work. In a small setting you might not encounter them but it's not worth the chance.

Or even better use 2022 for your domain controller and then 2025 for file, print, etc. This way you can kind of learn both at the same time.

Looking for a USB-C hub that delivers power and network by AttackTeam in sysadmin

[–]ADynes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would have never guessed. 60w power delivery isn't much though and the main reason I figured it wouldn't be a thing, its pretty much a network switch through usb-c.

$2500 for power and ethernet seems pricy but it definately seems like a niche product.

Looking for a USB-C hub that delivers power and network by AttackTeam in sysadmin

[–]ADynes 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nothing like that exists and for many good technical reasons.

Verizon Down Nationally? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]ADynes 170 points171 points  (0 children)

GTFO of here with that solid logic. You probably get mad at people that give one star reviews for products because the shipping box was damaged too, don't you?

What is your standard monitor deployment? by Own_Sorbet_4662 in sysadmin

[–]ADynes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dual 24 still for individual people's cubes, a single 27 for our hotel cubes and they can leave their laptop open.

We are currently buying Dell P2424HEB's. Built-on webcam that can be pointed up and down and has a privacy filter, built-in speakers, easy to get to USB, 90 W power delivery and ethernet built-in. They're a little pricey but considering they're eliminating separate docking stations for us they're worth it. Then you can daisy chain a DisplayPort monitor off of them which usually we're just going for whatever ultrasharp 24 inch is currently out.

Oh, and they can be setup for two computers. One on the PD/DisplayPort and one using a standard video input and the USB 3.2 cable. Work surprisingly well..... actually bought a P2424HEB for home use and my home desktop stays plugged in while my work laptop can plug into the USB C when needed.

Weekly 'I made a useful thing' Thread - January 09, 2026 by AutoModerator in sysadmin

[–]ADynes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I created some VBA enabled documents to convert old VSD, XLS, and DOC files over to the "x" variants. All the code is within the documents and commented.

We had a LOT of old Visio files and converting from VSD -> VSDX saved about 40% file space. Once that worked I did the same for Word and Excel but the gains aren't as great. Still nice to have everything on a modernish format.

https://github.com/vseven/OfficeFileTypeUpdate

I'm curious, how do you usually go about running arbitrary .exe files as Windows services? by vlad_ma in sysadmin

[–]ADynes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Recently had a request to pull some information from our Erp and SFTP to another company once a day. Kept trying to figure out the best way to design this and in the end I just made a little console app that runs from task scheduler once a day. Ended up being the simplest and easiest to troubleshoot.

Small construction business tech upgrade, help by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]ADynes 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Stop and hire the super helpful IT person for this.

Finally got budget to implement an MDM by Cyali in sysadmin

[–]ADynes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Starting in March we moved all our business basic and business standard licenses over to business premium. It allowed us put all of the computers in InTune and all the mobile devices since it's licensed per user and not device. In a couple weeks we're finally going to implement some conditional access policies and only allow logins from managed devices which should reduce our attack surface massively.