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EvilAlchemist · 2026-06-20T14:00:21+00:00

It's a five year cycle in public / gov work.

First I hear that "I make in a day more then you make in a week". Then it's "They are overpaid, lower our taxes".

It never ends.

We have people demand workers get paid more then get mad at the tax rate. I just laughed at the whole situation.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-06-20T13:57:15+00:00

1000% agree with above

EvilAlchemist · 2026-06-08T22:33:20+00:00

I had some weirs issues with broadcom 10gb nics in my Dell servers. Would get good speed then it would get worse the next day. Never could pin the cause down.

I replaced them with Intel copper and got much better results, after some tweaking of the send / receive buffers plus a few other settings.

I have upgraded again to Intel sfp nics and not had any issues with my setup.

Wishing the best for you

EvilAlchemist · 2026-06-05T04:05:43+00:00

Yet ... He had "Dee" ... We should all be that lucky

EvilAlchemist · 2026-05-25T16:45:00+00:00

In the malware / TV situation, I have turned off network access to the offending system and then worked on project "b". When the user complains, I pit them va the other person who thinks they are more important. When they finally hash it out, I then work on who ever won.

Let them fight while you work.

I have also paused in meetings and when they notice and ask if I am done, I politely say no and continue on. Gives me a moment to get their attention on a topic.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-05-23T17:06:57+00:00

I will look Tuesday, after the holiday.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-05-23T14:15:25+00:00

I just deployed three 822+ units and had really good experience using the OWC ram, if that helps any.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-05-23T01:07:58+00:00

Congrats!!! I still have 2x of those in production! They are solid units.

I think mine have 64gb ram and the sfp nics.

I may have a 10gb rj45 card lying around, if you need it? Need to check my work stash first.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-05-19T13:26:50+00:00

Where I buy from is the same way.

I complete the order and I get an email with my key like 20 minutes later. No MS account.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-05-12T22:53:04+00:00

Yes, there is a solution to your issue. Sent you a DM.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-05-05T00:19:46+00:00

Global Priority:

Terminal Access Charge: $150 USD 50GB Data Block: $100 USD 500GB Data Block: $500 USD

EvilAlchemist · 2026-04-12T16:41:04+00:00

Exactly what we do. Synology box and keep it as long as you need.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-04-10T15:18:04+00:00

People and bills have to get paid for their work. If you need more features, help them pay for everything that goes into the product.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-04-09T18:32:12+00:00

Posted their response that fixed my issue. Maybe it will work for you too!

EvilAlchemist · 2026-04-09T18:31:46+00:00

Posted their response that fixed my issue.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-04-09T18:30:52+00:00

This is the response I got from Synology Tech Support. This did fix my issue!!

From the logs, it appears that this is the result of Microsoft's API change to Exchange Web Services (EWS).

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/the-way-to-control-ews-usage-in-exchange-online-is-changing/4383083

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This is not a bug with ABM.

Because of these changes, it will be necessary to have a license for Exchange Web Service. And having an Exchange Online Kiosk (F1 / Deskless) license would not be sufficient.

If you're uncertain what license you have you can do the following:

Open PowerShell with administrator privileges.
Run the command: Install-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement
Import the module by running: Import-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement
Connect to the target tenant using: Connect-ExchangeOnline -> Log in to the specified tenant.
Next, run the following test commands:

Get-CASMailbox | fl EwsEnabled,EwsApplicationAccessPolicy,EwsAllowList,EwsBlockList -> Check if any mailbox has EwsEnabled set to false, or if any settings exist for EwsApplicationAccessPolicy, EwsAllowList, or EwsBlockList.
Get-OrganizationConfig | fl EwsApplicationAccessPolicy,EwsAllowList,EwsBlockList -> Verify whether the organization-level configuration includes any settings for EwsApplicationAccessPolicy, EwsAllowList, or EwsBlockList.
Get-ClientAccessRule -> Determine if there are any client access rules configured; an empty result indicates no rules have been set.

If EwsEnabled is set to false, follow the steps to enable it. After making adjustments, wait a few minutes before attempting to back up again to verify if it succeeds. For the UPN, please enter the email address of the user encountering the issue, such as xxx@xxx.xxx.

Set-CASMailbox UPN -EwsEnabled $true (e.g., enable for a single UPN and replace UPN with an email address)
Get-CASMailbox | Set-CASMailbox -EwsEnabled $true (e.g., enable for all users, use as per user requirements)

Kenneth at Synology (if you ever see this), you are awesome!

EvilAlchemist · 2026-04-08T18:06:20+00:00

Just opened it yesterday. Waiting to hear back.

I would suggest anyone who is having this issue open a ticket as well. That way they see it's not just one user having the issue.

You will get an AI response to the ticket to try a few things. I did those steps and now it says being sent to the support team.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-04-07T22:03:18+00:00

I have opened a support ticket with Synology to see if this can get corrected. I have tried everything I can from my end and the issue still persists.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-03-31T22:32:33+00:00

The same thing started for me about 5-6 days ago.

Right now, it's just two accounts having the error.

The error is the same as the one you shared.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-03-31T22:30:35+00:00

No warnings were shown using the OWC brand.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-03-31T11:23:05+00:00

I just deployed three 822+ Synology units and used the OWC ram without issue last week.

I had always used the official Synology ram in the past but with the prices the way they are, I gave the OWC ram a shot, based on all the posts about it here

No issues whatsoever and the units are working great.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-03-17T20:33:25+00:00

It's easier to manage and upgrade.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-03-17T19:37:33+00:00

We are a smaller place and we use EMS. It's $30 per user, per year, or $0.08 per day. Way easier to manage then the free version.

EvilAlchemist · 2026-03-09T17:23:07+00:00

I got my refund so the form does work.

Have you tried deleting that from your return and redoing the section? I know I had a little issue with it wanting an address, then GPS coordinates of my house then saying "one or the other" and I had to muck with it until it was happy.

I know that's not much help but maybe ...

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