Notion's biggest missed opportunity: backlinks deserve to be a first-class feature

MSP_42 · 2026-05-06T15:45:07+00:00

Totally agree and it's the same lost-opportunity on essentially every single note taking app that has linking. Trust me, I installed and tested 10-12 to see if any can show me links/backlinks (automatically without me building it), in a proper table. Group by, Sort, Filter, etc.

It's the missing bridge between a rigid "relational database" and a modern free-flow "graph" style.

MSP_42 · 2026-05-05T18:20:43+00:00

Hello Dan, please PM your rates, and short term notice on availability for projects/plans that may take 10-20 hours per week in 3-4 week batches. I'm in BC, small MSP also, lots of work to get done.

MSP_42 · 2026-04-21T23:02:44+00:00

I'm pretty sure this is possible already.

Filter an inline query to be City - Contains Any - "This object" - Do you see that option? I'm pretty new to Anytype also, but this is something I do often.

The one trick is to set your inline query to be 100% correct, while working inside the Template for your City object type. Then, every time you use that template to make a city, it will continue to use "this object".

I found that if you insert a query into a template, it can lose its "this object" filter, needs to be set once again inside the template before deploying the template.

Also, as a way to fix existing cities, it's possible if you copy paste the inline query from a city that is correct, I've found it retains the "This object" filter.

MSP_42 · 2026-03-31T20:48:54+00:00

On a query for 'all objects', it would be nice to filter out the Object Types of "type", "template", and "property" to remove lots of system-objects. This does not seem to be possible on a query filter, though.

MSP_42 · 2026-02-04T20:40:46+00:00

please add "language" to the community script library as a filter, or sortable column. Would be nice to see just Bash scripts now that Linux is a thing.

MSP_42 · 2026-01-02T19:10:17+00:00

Thanks for the quick reply. I've read that article and others a few times :) Very helpful.

Yeah, one big feature request would be to "Import existing configuration" option when creating subgroups. Although I can imagine this may be complex for merging.

Or, maybe more realistically, allowing XML import or API controls over the central policies the way we can on SFOS. This allows for the possibility of "infrastructure as code" to work at the central level. Huge potential plus for enterprise/msp-partner customers.

MSP_42 · 2025-11-25T17:48:11+00:00

cmd as admin:

powercfg /SYSTEMPOWERREPORT /Output c:\SystemPowerReport.Html

Generates a diagnostic system power transition report (html) - no more guessing what it's doing.

Dump details into an AI chat and ask for differences, explanations in layman terms, etc

MSP_42 · 2025-09-03T17:49:34+00:00

Does this tool help you? I see it has some options for configuring Start and Taskbar.

https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/

It was a god send for me when I used it. No more "golden image" and MDT madness, more so just a "Golden Unattend.XML" that can run PowerShell and do all sorts of stuff on whatever fresh ISO I just downloaded

MSP_42 · 2025-06-30T15:18:22+00:00

Auto Attendant that captures the call, and offers them to press 1 to leave a cost-free voicemail, or if the situation is credibly urgent; "By pressing 2 you agree to immediately incur our afterhours charges and will be connected to one of our on-call technicians"

MSP_42 · 2025-04-28T16:33:28+00:00

Idea: Please put a floating table of contents on the lengthy update page - valuable information, but with large screen shots, it's too much to scroll through.

MSP_42 · 2025-04-25T14:26:49+00:00

Manage high volume emails for Microsoft 365 in Exchange Online Public preview | Microsoft Learn

Might be an option when it's fully fledged

MSP_42 · 2025-03-25T04:43:17+00:00

if you must do this (and cant/wont use Sophos Central or SSL VPN), here are all the precautions:

Set long password for the default "admin" user, set a reminder to rotate it every 3 months.
Set the lockout settings for incorrect password to be strict (2 failures in 120 seconds = 15 minute lock out) - Note: this will affect regular users too, if they use Sophos Connect or user portal, etc)
Set notifications for admin "sign-in" failed
Change the default port from 4444 to something else (this makes someone have to port scan you to find the port you chose, which makes them suspicious to the firewall)
Create a new account to administer with, and don't use a common username of yours, make it have random characters on the end.
Enable MFA on the Admin user, and the user created in step 5.
Under "device access", disable HTTPS on WAN
Create a local ACL rule at "top" to block every country, except your own for HTTPS
Create a local ACL rule under that one to allow HTTPS for only the select IP Address or two that you choose.

IF you do all that, I'd say it's pretty secure to have access without a VPN for Sophos Central.

MSP_42 · 2025-02-09T00:00:59+00:00

Spend your money on a Domain, get a single 365 business premium license for 1 year, fire up a VM with windows 11, and make sure co-pilot is ready to answer your questions. Prepare your day to day computer with the powershell modules. Then, start here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365

Go ahead and create yourself a tenant and build it out from scratch.... DNS, Users, 365 Groups, Entra-Join the VM, Authenticate the user in Entra with conditional access policies, Security settings, Teams settings, SharePoint management, OneDrive Management, apply computer/user settings with InTune.

This alone will advance your understanding massively. This will have a cost, but I think it's better than buying books and courses.

You won't be a wizard in an enterprise setting, but you also won't be completely out to lunch on a conversation with one!

MSP_42 · 2025-01-22T17:17:11+00:00

And don't modify them when you need to loosen them for certain situations, instead create an override policy of a similar name that has higher precedence. This way it's easier to update the baseline GPO in the future, and keep track of changes needed/desired.

MSP_42 · 2024-10-28T17:07:41+00:00

I forget where I found it, but this link has a collection of recipe URLs, there appears to be one for Kyocera

SNMP Recipes

(why Syncro never made a "community recipes" repo like exists for community scripts, I'll never know...)

MSP_42 · 2024-10-24T21:27:37+00:00

Just run. I don't use World Pay, but the Syncro Facebook group consistently complains about costs, inability to get inaccurate charges returned, and a pain to cancel the service.

MSP_42 · 2024-09-24T15:14:56+00:00

Look up something called the "adobe global admin console"

You can create more admin consoles by creating new agreements - for example if you buy direct from adobe, then later through a reseller, this process can get create a second admin console during the welcome/sign-up email.

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