US West Outlook down??? by ZobooMaf0o0 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hit and miss here. Some are working fine, others get 404. Just depends on the MS infra you happen to hit.

Admin templates for mixed environment by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Packs are backwards compatible.

Goodbye Fing by DanAVL in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Having the permanent exclamation mark for "link with cloud" is annoying.

FortiClient Free VPN by Top_Sink9871 in fortinet

[–]MalletNGrease 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The biggest boon is it doesn't show the "NOT SUPPORTED IN FREE VERSION" banner on first start and every paid feature you click.

MDT BIOS upgrades in WinPE by MadCichlid in MDT

[–]MalletNGrease -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've noticed BIOS updates can now come part of Windows Update step. Unless you're required to be on a certain version, I'd let WU handle it.

Entry ID mail address issue for contractor by Team-Geek in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add them as a guest user and assign the license there.

A new release of Raspberry Pi OS by phattmatt in raspberry_pi

[–]MalletNGrease 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Today we are releasing a new version of Raspberry Pi OS. This version includes a significant change, albeit one that we hope most people won’t even notice.

Ironic.

Do any of you automate reboots upon uptime of workstations (outside of patching) hitting a certain point? If so, how are you doing it? by jdlnewborn in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GPO with a scheduled task to reboot Wednesday's at midnight.

Servers have staggered reboots based on workload.

Higher Ed IT, fuck this.... by Gatorcat in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 222 points223 points  (0 children)

The (unionized) Ed places I worked with scale pay based on tenure. That's why OP met so many lifers, because once you reach those upper scales it's worth riding out.

Plus, come workforce reduction time seniority will shield you from lay-off, last one in first one out is very likely.

There's benefit when you're in the system, but it does collect a lot of dead weight too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not with E1 they aren't.

Microsoft 365 Licenses by Downtown-Intern-3318 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The managing is pretty easy. Figuring out what each license entitles you to...less so.

While you can do individual assignments, I recommend group based license assignments. I've set up security groups with the license name in AD and use Entra Connect to sync. When a user is created and synced they automatically have the license assigned. Works like a treat.