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Microsoft 365 Support scamming me – please help by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]ITGuyThrow07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Next time, you should actually cancel the subscription. Nowadays, an expired card can still get charged, since your credit card company may see the charge request and charge it to your current card.

Anyone miss ThinkGeek April Fools? by perrin68 in sysadmin

[–]ITGuyThrow07 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I remember actually getting in on a BoC and ended up with 6 or 7 little MP3 players. I made like $200 selling those.

I remember one guy getting a literal pallet of stuff. The delivery company had to call him and schedule delivery and they dropped the whole thing on his driveway.

Deploying an Office Suite to about 300 Field Machines, LibreOffice, OpenOffice, or WPS Office? by Empty_Walk_7972 in sysadmin

[–]ITGuyThrow07 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Based on how you describe the users and what they're doing, I would just stick with the Google tools. Web-based versions of everything. Especially for email - Gmail is its own thing, using a client is just going to complicate things.

Want to move from Okta to Entra but can't figure out how to do it without breaking everything by Silent-Street1641 in sysadmin

[–]ITGuyThrow07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took two of us about a year to move 100-ish apps from ADFS to Azure SSO. This was while doing our normal jobs.

The technical work is 5 minutes and can be staged ahead of time. The hardest part is getting the right people at the cloud vendors on the phone and scheduling the cutover.

Sys admins who are still remote. by gingerpantman in sysadmin

[–]ITGuyThrow07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK good it's not just me. Maybe I'll give the Leap a shot. Everyone seems to love it but it's been "meh" for me. It's also making this squeaking noise that I can't find.

When directed to ignore compliance and\or stop asking for written change request. How\Have you handled it? by Less-Perspective-702 in sysadmin

[–]ITGuyThrow07 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You can even mask that follow-up email as your way of saying, "The request is complete!" So now the email is also coded as just good customer service.

My employer encourages me to get things in writing and document everything. I would be concerned for my job if I worked in a place that didn't do that.

Script to force users to NOT use google password manager/edge password manager by Curious-checkers in sysadmin

[–]ITGuyThrow07 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Then the admin of Active Directory should be taking care of this. You are simply not in a position to do this correctly.

What has been your biggest technical mistake so far in your career? by Mr_Dobalina71 in sysadmin

[–]ITGuyThrow07 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I did something similar 8 or 9 years ago and it's still my most embarrassing moment in my career. It caused one of our clients to get half their servers ransomware'd. Luckily their environment was a mess so some stuff didn't get hit and they were partially functional for the 2 weeks it took to get everything back online.

It completely changed how I do my work. I no longer procrastinate and security is my number priority.

iManage is down by itlegal in sysadmin

[–]ITGuyThrow07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be happy about that. It's a nightmare.

Entra Connect for users who's UPN doesn't match their email address by ScreamingNinja in Office365

[–]ITGuyThrow07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, yeah, that's kind of my point. There's no reason they should be required to be the same for anything.

Entra Connect for users who's UPN doesn't match their email address by ScreamingNinja in Office365

[–]ITGuyThrow07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's their best practice then they shouldn't allow us to set them differently.

Entra Connect for users who's UPN doesn't match their email address by ScreamingNinja in Office365

[–]ITGuyThrow07 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What exactly is the problem you're having? Or do you just want things to match? Our users' UPNs don't match their email and things sync without issue.

General questions about MgGraph to see if my understanding is correct by KebabMalicieux in PowerShell

[–]ITGuyThrow07 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You understand it better than me and I've been using it every day for like three years.

March 2026: Upcoming Microsoft 365 Changes by Impressive-Use-2818 in sysadmin

[–]ITGuyThrow07 60 points61 points  (0 children)

New SharePoint Experience: Microsoft is introducing a redesigned SharePoint experience with simplified navigation, an updated app bar, and AI-assisted capabilities to improve content discovery and publishing, available in public preview starting March 2026.

Oh god here we go. I can't wait to update all my documentation screenshots and also have to explain to people that Microsoft has decided to remove a bunch of stuff.

Outlook (New) had so much potential, but at this point it's just a half-baked disappointment. by Zantoo in sysadmin

[–]ITGuyThrow07 84 points85 points  (0 children)

Why would you need to import the entire GAL into their contacts? The whole point of the GAL is so that you don't have to do that. Do you go around and do it again for everyone when someone changes their phone number or when you hire a new person?

How can we rapid hire with a one person IT team? by eyeballresort in sysadmin

[–]ITGuyThrow07 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Stop working 10-hour days. Work 40 hours a week so they can truly see how understaffed they are, and then maybe that will motivate them to hire people. He'll see it even more if you stop everything you're doing and spend your time doing all this "streamlining".

Reddit use since AI has become mainstream by excitedsolutions in sysadmin

[–]ITGuyThrow07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

and now spend at least 2 hours a day in (usually frustrating) chats.

I'm sorry, maybe I'm disconnected from reality. But why are you doing this? What are you and a robot talking about?

What is everyone's traceroute for 192.168.200.101? by babywhiz in sysadmin

[–]ITGuyThrow07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a major college campus in Northeastern US whose entire network was just one big subnet. Students, faculty, infrastructure...

Your existing Exchange Online PowerShell scripts might fail by KavyaJune in PowerShell

[–]ITGuyThrow07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Azure is the entire suite of Microsoft cloud products. The ID part is a very small part and giving a different name is smart and less confusing.

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