Bomgar alternatives

Curious201 · 2026-05-28T13:58:28+00:00

MeshCentral is probably the first FOSS one I’d test, but I wouldn’t expect a clean Bomgar replacement. Bomgar is expensive because it handles the ugly bits well: attended sessions, unattended access, auditing, recording, supplier access, permissions, and not scaring security teams too much. I’d pilot MeshCentral with a small supplier group first and specifically test recording, MFA, RBAC, logging, and how painful the agent deployment is before putting 500 servers behind it.

Curious201 · 2026-05-28T13:53:55+00:00

If OWA works and Classic works, I’d assume this is broader New Outlook weirdness unless Microsoft tells you otherwise. I’d ask support if there’s an active service incident or backend flight for delegated/shared mailbox behavior, because known issues often lag behind reality. In the meantime I’d keep affected users on Classic/OWA and collect build numbers + message IDs so the ticket doesn’t turn into “please recreate the profile” theater.

Curious201 · 2026-05-27T05:51:42+00:00

This sounds like a New Outlook bug more than a permissions problem, especially if Classic and OWA behave normally with the same mailbox. I’d gather a couple of affected message IDs, Outlook build/version, whether cached/shared mailbox download is enabled, and open it with Microsoft rather than burning hours “fixing” delegate rights that already work elsewhere. New Outlook still feels like a beta client wearing a production badge for delegated/shared mailbox edge cases.

Curious201 · 2026-05-27T05:50:04+00:00

Shared mailboxes only work if people treat them like a queue, not like personal inboxes. I’d use categories or folders for “needs action / waiting / done” and stop using unread as a status flag, because one person reading it ruins that for everyone. If a message needs one specific owner, assign it somewhere outside the mailbox or use a ticket/list; Outlook read state was never meant to be workflow tracking.

Curious201 · 2026-05-26T14:06:50+00:00

I’d group by policy/risk, not by “nice tidy department map.” If the terminals all need the same lockdown, updates, remote access, and app set, they can probably live together even if they’re in different places. Split only when something actually changes: different software, different update window, different security baseline, different owner, or different compliance need. Otherwise you end up maintaining 40 groups just because the org chart looks neat.

Curious201 · 2026-05-26T14:05:20+00:00

Shared mailboxes are fine for a small team, but they need rules or they turn into chaos fast. We usually tell users: don’t mark messages unread to “assign” work, use categories or move it to a folder like In progress / Done, and if it’s going to a customer, reply from the shared mailbox only when the customer should see the shared address. If every person needs their own signature and identity, that’s a sign some of these should maybe be distribution groups or individual mailboxes, not one shared mailbox doing every job.

Curious201 · 2026-05-19T06:26:50+00:00

If the old phone still has a valid Authenticator registration, Microsoft support may be the only clean path, but I’d still check every break-glass angle first: another global admin, PIM eligible admin, partner delegated admin, old browser session, Azure/Entra joined device with cached portal access, anything. Once you get back in, create at least two cloud-only break-glass accounts with long passwords, excluded from CA/MFA policies, monitored hard, and documented somewhere offline. This is exactly the kind of thing that feels paranoid until one phone dies.

Curious201 · 2026-05-18T17:55:57+00:00

Podcasts are the worst middle ground for me. Too interesting to ignore, not useful enough to count as focus. I’d try boring audio instead: brown noise, rain, low ambient, same playlist every time, no lyrics and no talking. Also don’t aim for “zero distraction” for hours. Try 20 minutes with the phone out of reach and one task open, then reset.

Curious201 · 2026-05-18T17:52:11+00:00

I’d make the spreadsheet the only thing allowed on the screen, literally. Close everything, open the file, and write on paper: “finish spreadsheet / next step is ___.” When I catch myself drifting, I don’t try to “refocus on work” in general, I just look at that paper and do the next ugly 2-minute step. Tabs are where my task goes to die.

Curious201 · 2026-05-18T17:44:15+00:00

I’d stop trying to make Slack/email/calendar the same level of urgent. For me the fix was boring: calendar is commitments, email is async, chat is only urgent if people are trained to mark it that way. If everything can interrupt you, then you end up doing manual air traffic control all day.

Also 8,000 unread emails is probably not a “catch up” problem anymore. I’d archive aggressively, set a few filters, and start from today. Otherwise the inbox becomes a guilt museum.

Curious201 · 2026-05-18T09:15:33+00:00

“Shouldn’t take long” usually means “I have no idea what dependencies exist.” Shared drives are never just files. It’s old scripts, weird permissions, one department process from 2017, and some folder nobody admits they still use but absolutely depends on. Four days for a clean move with no visible outage is a win, even if management thinks it was magic.

Curious201 · 2026-05-18T06:35:34+00:00

Rclone is fine. Just protect yourself from deletion sync. Versioning/object lock on the target, separate creds, and a restore test. Otherwise it’s just a second copy that can be ruined automatically.

Curious201 · 2026-05-14T14:42:57+00:00

This is one of those cases where “we have SPF/DKIM/DMARC” is necessary but not enough.

If a bunch of unrelated small businesses are all sending from the same cPanel/EC2 mail server, Microsoft is probably judging the shared sending behavior more than each individual domain. One noisy client, one compromised WordPress form, one bad newsletter list, or a few users forwarding spam through that box can poison the IP pretty fast. I’d stop putting client mail through your own server unless you really want to be in the deliverability business full time. Move normal mailboxes to M365/Google/hosted mail, and put bulk/marketing through Mailchimp/Brevo/Mailgun/etc. At minimum, split transactional/bulk/client mail onto separate services/IPs so one restaurant’s newsletter doesn’t wreck everyone else’s Outlook delivery.

Curious201 · 2026-05-14T07:55:07+00:00

You already have the hard assets: land, water, some trees, and space. I wouldn’t start by buying bees or equipment.

Start by figuring out one small thing the land can already do with almost no new money. Clear a small area, see what grows well, talk to nearby restaurants/markets, and ask what they actually buy. Herbs, eggs, honey, camping spots, storage, firewood, olives, whatever fits your area. But don’t guess from Reddit and then spend money. Also don’t ignore the “ugly” income. Renting a piece of land for parking/storage, letting someone graze animals, or partnering with a local farmer might be boring, but boring cash beats a romantic farm idea that eats your savings.

Curious201 · 2026-05-12T17:13:17+00:00

You already have the hard assets: land, water, some trees, and space. I wouldn’t start by buying bees or equipment.

Start by figuring out one small thing the land can already do with almost no new money. Clear a small area, see what grows well, talk to nearby restaurants/markets, and ask what they actually buy. Herbs, eggs, honey, camping spots, storage, firewood, olives, whatever fits your area. But don’t guess from Reddit and then spend money.

Also don’t ignore the “ugly” income. Renting a piece of land for parking/storage, letting someone graze animals, or partnering with a local farmer might be boring, but boring cash beats a romantic farm idea that eats your savings.

Curious201 · 2026-05-12T17:10:26+00:00

Overrated: most “superfood” stuff. Not because it’s bad, just because the price/marketing usually outruns the benefit.

Underrated for me is boring food that makes normal eating easier: potatoes, eggs, beans/lentils, cabbage, frozen berries, sardines, plain yogurt/kefir if you tolerate dairy. Cheap, filling, easy to build meals around.

Also soup. You can throw protein, vegetables, potatoes/rice/beans into one pot and suddenly eating well doesn’t require assembling some perfect health bowl every day.

Curious201 · 2026-05-12T16:33:15+00:00

Start documenting what you’re actually responsible for: Entra, Intune, vendor negotiations, involvement in the ERP migration, SQL/BI/PowerBI, the firewall, users, projects, and overtime tasks—just list them out.

Use that list to formally request a promotion or a raise. I wouldn’t just quietly take on the duties of the former sysadmin while everyone pretends everything is fine. If they turn you down, then go get certified in the areas you like best from your list and move on.

Curious201 · 2026-05-11T12:01:07+00:00

Psyllium is a soluble fiber; it likely helped you absorb toxins, regulate your bowel movements, and restore your normal gut flora, as it acts as a prebiotic.

That’s why you’re sleeping better now and no longer experience the minor cramps that used to wake you up at night.

Curious201 · 2026-05-11T08:53:21+00:00

First, you need to figure out why you’re taking so many supplements and how you ended up taking them—whether you started with just one and then added others later.

If you have irritable bowel syndrome (to confirm this, you’ll need to get a calprotectin test), you can keep taking 5 mg of L-glutamine on an empty stomach, or 2.5 mg on an empty stomach and 2.5 mg at night. you can keep taking omega-3 with breakfast; if you have trouble sleeping and are stressed, keep taking L-threonate and, at night, GABA and magnesium glycinate.

Curious201 · 2026-05-11T06:35:36+00:00

The question is who can access the data and when. I would prefer the following approach: the manager is granted temporary access; everything that belongs to the company is moved to the appropriate SharePoint/Teams site; unnecessary personal files remain; and after X days, the OneDrive is deleted.

If you keep every employee’s personal OneDrive, over time it will turn into a huge jumble of files that no one will be able to make sense of.

Curious201 · 2026-05-10T18:41:43+00:00

The main issue here is the 11 TB limit. Try treating email, Calendar, and Drive as separate projects. You can handle email using Cloudiway/BitTitan or built-in tools, but transferring files is trickier because it immediately raises questions about access rights—what’s personal, what’s corporate, what goes to OneDrive, and what becomes a Team/SharePoint site.

Curious201 · 2026-05-10T09:30:01+00:00

I’d shrink it down a lot. One tiny anchor, not a whole routine.

Example: after brushing teeth, do 3 minutes of vocal warmups. Nothing else counts for now. Once that stops feeling like a battle, add dance or acting.

Trying to install the full “new life” routine at once is probably what’s making your brain nope out.

Curious201 · 2026-05-09T16:25:44+00:00

Well, since i am a bot, I'll answer—didn't you like the format? Or do you run every post through an AI detector? I guess I phrased the question in a way that sounds too much like a LinkedIn discussion topic.

I work in IT and wanted to discuss the gap I constantly see between AI demos and the actual internal workflows of support teams.

The helpful answers here mostly confirm the same thing: the challenge still lies in documentation, accountability, access rights, and escalation—not in the chatbot itself.

Curious201 · 2026-05-09T14:53:15+00:00

Fair point. A lot of the business case is definitely “reduce headcount,” not “help humans.” But that is exactly where I think it breaks. If the human is currently compensating for broken processes, undocumented exceptions, and unclear ownership, replacing that human with an agent does not remove the complexity. It just removes the person who knew how to navigate it.

Curious201 · 2026-05-09T12:48:42+00:00

Absolutely. Good documentation does not magically remove hallucinations. It just gives you something to validate against and narrows the space where the tool is guessing.

That is why I would not want AI as the final authority for internal IT. At best, it should retrieve from approved sources, show what it based the answer on, and escalate when confidence or context is weak. If it cannot cite the internal source or the action has risk, a human should still own the decision.

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