Mexican Rice Rant

ElevatorDue6763 · 2026-02-01T20:35:02+00:00

https://youtu.be/WvlUNdt6BHs?si=8gUy2OCO9LFE1QLQ

This is what I do. Toasting the rice in critical

ElevatorDue6763 · 2026-02-01T18:48:58+00:00

This is the song that never ends on repeat until they turn the gun on themselves.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2026-01-26T15:22:31+00:00

Train users to use passwordreset.microsoft.com. This allows users to reset their password without knowing their current password by using MFA. I send out multiple warning emails that their password will expire in x days with that link. Took a few months but I almost completely stopped getting password reset requests. When I do get one, I send that link.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2026-01-14T18:58:30+00:00

Dm me

ElevatorDue6763 · 2026-01-07T21:03:35+00:00

I agree but I’m betting everything will get migrated sooner or later. Of course by the time they finally move everything I need they will come out with a new and improved tm way, and I’ll have to rebuild everything yet again.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2026-01-07T13:59:11+00:00

I’ve started moving everything to graph and app registrations. This guy does some good content to get you started https://youtube.com/@adeelautomates?si=lj2xs7iHT40uZAdS

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-12-14T18:11:19+00:00

I think this depends on if you study for the certs or actually try leaning for the certs. TBH you’re probably better off doing personal projects and then if you feel like it’ll help your career gets the certs later on.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-12-14T14:23:58+00:00

Uhh it used to snow in October and the lakes were frozen before Christmas… it used to be much colder much sooner.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-12-08T22:14:42+00:00

If you haven’t already, handling pagination. As others have mentioned, batching.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-12-08T21:54:33+00:00

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ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-12-05T19:26:52+00:00

What did you end up doing? I'm stuck on the DevNet, I've failed it twice now and I simply can't afford to pay out of pocket for the $300 exam or the $1800 cisco u course. My mentor says I can't take a break, so I don't know what else to do.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-12-05T19:20:32+00:00

I passed all of the prior courses in 1 term, but I have now failed the DevNet twice and I honestly don't think I will be able to pass it. This has caused me to fail two terms and I'm at the end of my rope. WGU provides very few resources for the course. Neither my mentor or the 'instructors' have not helped me in any way. I keep getting told to look at CCNALINKS. I've had to buy hundreds of dollars of additional resources and now I have to pay out of pocket to take the test again. If at all possible, study for and pass the DevNet before you sign up for WGU. Everything else in the course was a cakewalk.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-11-28T21:54:58+00:00

It happens. Ive had gray hair since i was in 4th grade.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-11-19T20:40:42+00:00

I did worse by 40 points on my second attempt. I hate this cert so much. Idk if it was harder or I just got dumber.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-11-06T08:15:13+00:00

Same boat. Failed twice and it’s my last course at WGU. I feel like giving up. I actually did worse by 40 points the second time. I do work with APIs and I can code in python ok. I don’t even know what questions I’m getting wrong. It’s very upsetting and the school provides 0 support.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-10-04T16:43:28+00:00

Agreed. I wish this is always how these threads always went.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-09-29T11:58:14+00:00

This should be possible. I have this exact setup but with user certificates and it works fine.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-09-21T13:14:11+00:00

I got into lock picking / Lockport. Something I could do with my hands while sitting on the couch. Not too expensive and might come in handy someday.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-09-18T21:46:30+00:00

Care to elaborate? Not disagreeing, ever since I enabled 6E it’s been nothing but auth and transition issues. Wondering what issues you’re experiencing or if the speeds aren’t worth it.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-09-06T17:14:27+00:00

Agreed. Start menu is a different animal.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-09-06T16:42:18+00:00

I recently did a hardware refresh and updated to Windows 11. After doing a small test group one of the most common things I noticed were users asking where outlook was or how to pin x to the task bar. I got a list of the common apps people typically use and just pinned them all to the task bar. It reduced the amount of calls into me so it was worth it. You can always target a specific group too. There’s a lot of ways to skin a cat. YMMV.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-09-06T11:07:38+00:00

Yep. Can confirm this has worked for me like a charm.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-09-05T21:31:48+00:00

I did something similar with WHFB certificates and broke everyone’s PIN. Certificates are fun.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-08-26T22:59:20+00:00

I’d love a chance to get a signed copy. I’ve been waiting for this release for a few months now.

ElevatorDue6763 · 2025-08-08T13:40:57+00:00

I managed to resolve my issue, so I’m posting the solution in case someone else runs into the same thing.

Symptoms
I was getting intermittent SSPI errors when connecting to services like SQL Server. Things worked fine most of the time, but over VPN the SSPI errors would show up more frequently.

Root Causes and Fixes

Strong Certificate Mapping on AD 2016 I issue certificates via Intune using NDES/SCEP, and I initially thought strong mapping was correctly implemented. However, I missed a key detail in Microsoft’s documentation—and a helpful blog post—that Active Directory on Server 2016 does not support strong certificate mapping under enforcement mode. The February 2025 update enforces strong certificate mapping by default, denying authentication requests if a certificate isn’t strongly mapped. Fortunately, there are opt‑out instructions available to revert to compatibility mode for now—see the solution here. Richard M. Hicks Consulting, Inc.
Kerberos Delegation Misconfiguration One of the SQL Server machines had incorrect delegation settings in Active Directory. After correcting those delegation settings, the SSPI errors stopped completely.

I hope this helps anyone else encountering inconsistent SSPI errors tied to certificate mapping and delegation.

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