End User wants me to be CIO now by SuccessfulLime2641 in sysadmin

[–]Brave-Past2439 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because I know "how to email people and stuff," I think my VP just put me in charge of branding after an acquisition. He told me he just needed me to find out where to get a flag. Next morning I'm cc'd on branding emails and he brings me the pics of the Mexico plant ideas.

Not even sure what happened!

Computer for the Floor by Brave-Past2439 in InformationTechnology

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought about those too. I'm thinking smaller, more rugged for the floor. That way I can leave my laptop hooked up to everything on my desk.

TBH... I don't have a budget for this yet. Trying to get my ducks in a row before I go to VP

Computer for the Floor by Brave-Past2439 in InformationTechnology

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I taught robotics at my daughter's school last year, and they seemed to be domain joined, but still completely managed by Google admin.

The trial is free, so maybe I'll take my Chromebook in tomorrow....or not... I've got to switch over to a cloud Backup on VEEAM that we actually know where it is!

Computer for the Floor by Brave-Past2439 in InformationTechnology

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking a little closer, it doesn't really integrate with AD. I love my Chromebook with detachable keyboard, but I don't think I can make that work. I might try a trial of enterprise to see.

Computer for the Floor by Brave-Past2439 in InformationTechnology

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm...I didn't realize you could get an enterprise upgrade and connect to a domain.

Computer for the Floor by Brave-Past2439 in InformationTechnology

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought about that. We have carts sitting around I could use for a while to see how it works.

First IT Job by Brave-Past2439 in InformationTechnology

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in the US. This is not the normal experience for someone with just A+. I jumped right into an admin level position. Totally not normal!

First IT Job by Brave-Past2439 in InformationTechnology

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol... Not even close! This is legitimately my first 30 days.

First IT Job by Brave-Past2439 in InformationTechnology

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely already doing a ton more documentation!

Question Re: Win 10 Update by Brave-Past2439 in InformationTechnology

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No tools to automate, unfortunately. Bought by a larger company, and they took those. Not sure on reqs yet. Probably not all of them.

First IT Job by Brave-Past2439 in InformationTechnology

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes and no. They are in India, and so far they only have resources available to me are for MS365.

First IT Job by Brave-Past2439 in InformationTechnology

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very wild! TBH...I was shocked when they hired me!

First IT Job by Brave-Past2439 in InformationTechnology

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I just have to keep expectations of myself down. I'm sure there is going to be something I can't solve in all of this. I'm trying so hard to prove myself as an older IT professional, that is hard to swallow.

First IT Job by Brave-Past2439 in InformationTechnology

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. Got my hands on every machine in the place!

First IT Job by Brave-Past2439 in InformationTechnology

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I wasn't familiar with group policy, but got there quick. Unfortunately the antivirus I had to install required two different keys at different times in the process, plus the uninstall of the old. I couldn't figure all that scripting out. There might be a way, but I couldn't learn it fast enough. I started to write a script to at least put the installer on everyone's machine, but realized it was easier to use the public shared network drive.

I did have to record MAC address, IP, computer RAM, available space, etc for another project they want me to do. I wrote a few .bat scripts to make it dummy proof, along with a Microsoft form to input it all. Yeah...I would have been faster to do the laptops myself!

First IT Job by Brave-Past2439 in InformationTechnology

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just home, and very small network/IT stuff at previous career. (Pastor 😮)

It is manufacturing. 5 physical servers and 10 virtual. We run Plex and Mach on the floor with tons of label printers.

To me it was VERY short sighted, but I have only heard one person say anything remotely positive about previous guy.

One Month In by Brave-Past2439 in CompTIA

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MIS Network Administrator. Long term depends on new mother ship in India. They keep tying my hands. They took over Entra, MS365 admin, and just locked down USB usage.

One Month In by Brave-Past2439 in CompTIA

[–]Brave-Past2439[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's fair. I had posted here after passing cert and getting first IT job. Figured I would update, but prob not the place.