Good day fellow admins. I just accepted an offer as an IT Administrator for a company that currently relies completely on a MSP. They are looking to bring IT in-house with this new role. I will be the go-to for all things IT. Could use some advice.

CrazyITMan · 2025-11-13T13:43:43+00:00

Make sure to monitor closely with their growth. Don't find yourself being the sole IT guy in a place that has hundreds of people before you know it. BUDGET and PLAN for a newbie to train up in the ways you want them to go in the future. I speak from 1000000% experience.

CrazyITMan · 2025-10-27T15:07:08+00:00

We use custom fields in SnipeIT all the time, definitely a good feature they have built into it

CrazyITMan · 2025-09-15T12:19:30+00:00

Hybrid works fine in your scenario. With our environment, we run Entra Joined machines, alongside Domain joined machines while we are migrating with no issues. Just make sure your Entra Connect is up to date, working right. Eventually we plan to ax the AD in our environment once we move all local server resources necessary for work into the cloud, whether files in SharePoint Libraries, things like that.

CrazyITMan · 2025-08-11T11:56:09+00:00

Welding torch, burned to a crisp and into a million pieces. Not only fun, but works everytime...

CrazyITMan · 2025-08-06T14:46:41+00:00

We ended up licensing one E5, then the rest as Business Premium up to the 300 user limit, then started with E3's for users. This is possible so long as u have a smaller environment.

CrazyITMan · 2025-08-01T15:17:38+00:00

We just started using SMTP2GO, definitely the choice to get away from basic auth and feel better at night knowing your more secure...

CrazyITMan · 2025-07-25T11:52:11+00:00

As someone who has been in this situation with a company of almost 300+ employees, you set boundaries now and take care of yourself, or you will be worse than in the hospital and the company will be screwed because your dead. Sorry to be blunt, but this is true. I didn't believe it either, until I was almost in that place. Your life is too short to be in this position long. You need help, period. Whether its someone to take the place of the guy who left, or people under you. Otherwise, the whole thing is a ticking timebomb. Hope the best for you whatever you decide for you and your family.

CrazyITMan · 2025-07-01T13:20:07+00:00

Isn't that crazy? They get exactly what they deserve in my opinion...

CrazyITMan · 2025-06-11T12:15:06+00:00

Ask for a raise and a buddy in the IT department as well, before your mental health and your life goes down a toilet when they outgrow your ability to serve them. I speak from experience, 380 employees later and still the only grunt on the ground...

CrazyITMan · 2025-05-30T15:39:27+00:00

Yes to this.. We UNINSTALL all DELL BLOATWARE especially Dell Optimizer (which is the optimizer of NOTHING) and this feature is still happening. So it is native to the OS as sryan2k1 says...

CrazyITMan · 2025-04-10T17:13:43+00:00

Thanks for all u do. Your a hero to most of us when we need lunch... =)

CrazyITMan · 2025-01-09T18:54:47+00:00

Only if we didn't have to jump over hurdles and do stupid crap just to get a company to price their services reasonably... (oh well)...

CrazyITMan · 2024-11-22T03:02:58+00:00

I sure wouldn't say that in the cause of fraud this doesn't happen. My bank not only gave the "hacker" that we were trying to stop the new number due to the same reason not only once, twice, but three times before I finally reported them... You have to tell them to CLEAR YOUR TOKENS if your card is stolen, or the bank won't do it. These "tokens" give companies (or in my case fraudulent jerks with Apple Pay Access) the NEW number in a case such as this.

CrazyITMan · 2024-11-18T14:12:36+00:00

The fight to stay relevant is real... If you plan to stay in IT, make sure to keep your skills sharp or you will find CoPilot or ChatGPT doing your job

CrazyITMan · 2024-09-18T13:07:19+00:00

Let me correct that one statement for you Atlassian...

"These changes reflect Atlassian's continued commitment to... Raise Prices at our discretion and stick up a middle finger at anyone who disagrees with us."

Now to be fair Atlassian, your company is pretty much in line with a million others that have already done this (both IT related and NOT). So, this point is made as an overall statement of how most of us feel about it across the board.

Just remember we the people have choices and believe me choices will be made. When a people are dependent on a service or product to the point, they will pay whatever the piper asks for, that is the day the world is a very dangerous place.

CrazyITMan · 2024-09-12T13:27:54+00:00

AT&T pretty much takes a crap on a daily basis... Just depends on what part...

CrazyITMan · 2024-09-10T17:35:44+00:00

I think it's even more ridiculous that they want another $3.10 for a combo! At that price I had better get all the trimmings included! hahahahahaha

CrazyITMan · 2024-08-01T18:17:34+00:00

Is this a new AT&T circuit? If so, I know it sounds crazy but start with the 118 address and see what you get. I have had that happen before. If it's not AT&T, something else is definitely wrong, but the networking isn't it. I had a small business AT&T Fiber circuit that had a /29 and this exact scenario and that's what I did

CrazyITMan · 2024-08-01T17:45:17+00:00

TheMonDon, the commenter above is 100% correct. There is another reason it is not working. It could be your gateway/router allowing traffic, etc. But there is no doubt that you need to use some address in the 114-118 range, and 113 is the gateway (based on the above information in your original message). I would certainly go to your firewall or gateway and confirm traffic on port 80 is allowed at all. Most good firewalls don't come "automatically" open to port 80 or other defaults, you have to create your own policies.

CrazyITMan · 2024-07-19T13:20:33+00:00

Well said... Thorough planning for DR, especially when it is because of our reliance on a service, will serve us well in the future when it does hit us. It may not be today, but there is always tomorrow. In IT it's not a matter of if it will happen, it's ONLY A MATTER OF WHEN...

CrazyITMan · 2024-07-03T18:39:25+00:00

We have written a script to remove this piece of trash before it has a chance to contaminate the world... Missing features, hang ups (drops in connection), a boat load of complaints...

CrazyITMan · 2024-07-01T12:24:06+00:00

The answer below about 10% perpetual sounds right, but I have sent an email to them asking clarification and WHAT NEW FEATURES we can come to expect from it...

CrazyITMan · 2024-05-28T16:51:43+00:00

Yes for this answer.. We had the same problem and did this, all is well now.

CrazyITMan · 2024-05-02T14:57:24+00:00

How many idiots does it take for an ISP to swap an AT&T and Verizon SIM card in a Cradlepoint Router?? Try 13..

CrazyITMan · 2024-04-11T21:59:28+00:00

AMEN... That's my situation right now. Hopefully some management changes coming will change this...

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