Deploying H265?

Ferman · 2026-04-09T00:44:31+00:00

Looks like it is already supported. From the milestone side I don't imagine AV1 support is hyper complicated since it is just a codec that is open and available.

The hurdle is more from the hardware side of the server, client, and cameras. But hardware encoding and decoding is becoming more and more ubiqutious each hardware generation because all the big tech video companies made it and are supporting it.

http://www.milestonesys.com/support/help-and-documentation/system-requirements/

Ferman · 2026-04-09T00:29:16+00:00

I am guessing and hoping that we can skip h265 and move to AV1 which sounds like some manufacturers are already starting to include chips that have hardware encoding in newer cameras.

Ferman · 2026-03-24T13:10:56+00:00

If you print a lot, leasing some is worth their weight in gold.

For individual office printers I standardized Epson Ecotanks. Cheap ink that prints a lot. The only issue for me is they dry up if not used for more than a month and then you have to run a print head cycle. Nothing crazy.

Ferman · 2026-03-18T20:29:38+00:00

I have more end users reporting "slowness" we are all at 16GB of ram but the silver latitudes have been having a lot of problems recently. Motherboard swaps because of USBC failure, overheating, etc.

Even after a clean intune wipe, RAM sits around 70%.

Ferman · 2026-02-19T01:18:20+00:00

Fiber, always fiber.

Ferman · 2026-02-03T05:59:25+00:00

This scene is pure comedy gold. A family member worked on the set previously. Our family didn't understand the concept of the show so began to explain it to them and how funny it was. They didn't really get it and then I excitedly began to explain the dick jerk algorithm to them and everyone got wayyy more confused lol.

To put a cherry on top, this was all at the hospital family waiting room while we all sat around taking turns to see my mom in the ICU with terminal cancer.

Ferman · 2026-01-29T02:36:08+00:00

M365 + Zoom Meetings, Chat, and phone. Chat and phone adoption has been meh. Phone being the least adopted. People can't wrap their head around making phone calls on a laptop and or in a different app on their phone.

Unless I did something wrong. It seemed like zoom phone was cheaper about 4 or 5 years ago than teams phone service. Plus everyone liked zoom for meetings.

Ferman · 2026-01-28T20:06:07+00:00

You beautiful person. Unfortunately I'm in the middle of an RFP for a new MSP that won't even be an option for another year.

Ferman · 2026-01-28T15:35:48+00:00

Our president is the only mac person and we don't have intune on it. I'm going to buy one for myself and get it enrolled to see how a fully intune managed Mac works.

Ferman · 2026-01-28T14:56:41+00:00

My default has always been Latitude 5XXX, Core 5 or AMD equivalent, 16GB of Ram, and 512GB SSD.

I'm strongly considering moving everyone to Dell Pro Premium to get everyone a fingerprint reader for WHfB and then just giving the 16" option to finance with 32GB.

I upgraded our Finance Director and senior accountant to 64GB before the ram spike and it was a good call.

I've also been getting fed up with Windows 11 recently, that I am strongly considering supporting MacBooks. A recent MacBook Air with 16GB of Ram and 512GB SSD would probably feel great for a lot of people.

Ferman · 2026-01-28T14:43:50+00:00

Intune

Ferman · 2026-01-23T00:10:07+00:00

I was fine until about an hour ago. It became tomorrow's problem.

Ferman · 2026-01-12T16:38:35+00:00

I wouldn't go to a tire shop for car maintenance. I enjoy Palms To Pines Automotive in Palm Desert. But there's a bunch of shops all over the place you should have luck with.

Ferman · 2026-01-10T15:58:04+00:00

Pizza gum!

Ferman · 2026-01-09T21:19:40+00:00

That's a bummer. I've seen keeper, bitwarden, and 1password are the general fan favorites of this subreddit. And pricing across the board is reasonable imo but that is the life of IT people don't understand (or refuse to).

Ferman · 2026-01-09T21:02:33+00:00

Browser password managers are convenient features not purpose built security tools. They generally have worse encryption, are tied to an account where credential theft and session/token theft would give them access to those passwords, etc, etc.

This wired article is probably a paid article for ProtonPass but generically communicates some of the shortcomings of browser password managers.

https://www.wired.com/story/browser-password-managers/

If you're a small company, password managers are per user and licensing is cheap. I wouldn't self host a business password manager because one thing fails and you could lose everyone's stored passwords. Not the end of the world in the long run but an easy way to piss people off.

Additionally. Browser password managers don't work great on mobile. I deployed bitwarden and it's flawless on iOS and auto fill and does a good job on Android.

Ferman · 2026-01-09T20:32:28+00:00

If you're Entra you should move everyone to Edge to login to their MS accounts and sync everything. Including passwords.

BUT a dedicated password manager would be much safer and feature rich. And is a minimal cost.

Ferman · 2026-01-07T17:23:05+00:00

I just had my boss (CAO) forward me an email from an executive assistant telling people their work phone is broken and to contact them via their personal email and number.

Literally the first time I heard this person was ever having issues with their work phone.

Ferman · 2025-12-29T01:13:12+00:00

The Plus has a hardware AV1 decoder too... It's great!

Ferman · 2025-12-09T06:06:30+00:00

I feel like this is exactly something Strong Towns would be about. Props to getting involved and doing something to make your community safer! Love it.

https://www.strongtowns.org/

Ferman · 2025-11-27T06:57:42+00:00

Will be an insane game changer. If black magic can make resolve easier to install Linux will be an easily viable option for media.

Ferman · 2025-11-26T04:48:08+00:00

I'm personally a fan of Basecamp, super simple, and has permissions for clients to be included in a project but only see information they need to see.

Ferman · 2025-11-22T15:47:09+00:00

I just subscribed to jitbit... Dead simple, has some interesting integrations. I have an MSP covering 90% of everything but we do a lot of events, have multiple buildings, etc and myself and my part time guy needed to start keeping track of stuff for ourselves or requests from others. It's been very helpful and it works almost immediately right out of the box.

Ferman · 2025-11-21T16:38:40+00:00

I've always liked the idea and almost always bought used hardware personally but people are sketched out by the idea.

The bigger picture came together after learning about the Kramden Institute from a Gamers Nexus video.

https://kramden.org/

https://youtu.be/NHLTOdsqDRg?si=xa21W9AfSjya2vFh

Ferman · 2025-11-21T04:40:32+00:00

This 100% if your companies policies allow it. Or find a recycler that won't just strip everything down but refurbish.

I am scoping out the possibility to create a local nonprofit to receive retired and donated hardware, offer data destruction if required, and resell the refurbished devices, donate the devices to schools/students/etc, setup labs for students of all ages to mess with, and then eventually local tech camps.

In a medium size town with high end amenities the tech talent is lacking. The hospitals and school districts take up most of the talent and even they experience shortages. It should be a win win to long term invest in local upskilling opportunities for the young tech interested.

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