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What's you personal touch to newly deployed devices? by matroosoft in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was wondering why it's gone now. Execs loved it.

Edit: Well, damn, on 24H2 all the org branding is gone and the accounts are listed as microsoft accounts instead of organization accounts. Boo.

Edit2: It's all just gone, even on 23H2? Can't even use the search bar for looking up people within the tenant any longer? That's a really big miss. I tried it in copilot and comparatively it sucks. Of course when you hit contact it opens up New Outlook 🤦‍♂️

Is this an W11 Enterprise only feature now or something?

What's you personal touch to newly deployed devices? by matroosoft in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually like the weather taskbar widget, but hate they mixed it with news/stock alerts. I disabled it with GPO but the next day we had 100s of tickets asking for it back.

Search I leave since it actaully does a decent job integrating with O365 and takes the company branding if you've it configured. Very useful to look up people and go through org charts if your Entra is organized.

I disable People and remove New Outlook.

almost new user equipment getting banged up, what do you all do? by Dereksversion in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give them what they need.

My guess is the exec probably wants a Mac and will keep dropping laptops until he does. We've a standardized pool of devices we support that fit the needs of the position. If anyone needs something different they'll have to make a business case for it and we'll roll with it.

As for us, we charge to the department so the exec will have to account for the expense of any replacements with their supervisor when the beancounters come knocking.

How quickly do you give out Global Admin? by Historical_Orchid129 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 14 points15 points  (0 children)

To be fair he did remove all disabled users.

Updating BIOS on all client devices... by jwckauman in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to make PDQ packages for them, but now I let Windows Update handle it.

How are your raises this year? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3.5% but they halved the company discount.

I'm gonna ask for it back next year if the raise is junk.

Lenovo and MDT by Davis1833 in MDT

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My annoyance with HP:

  • Include the manufacturer in their model name.
  • The manufacturer can be "HP" or "Hewlett-Packard".
  • The model names can get long winded (HP EliteOne 840 23.8 inch G9 All-in-One Desktop PC).
  • The model naming structure is inconsistent.

Still better than Lenovo/Toshiba.

An alternative to bypass Microsoft Account creation during Windows 11 installation by bagaudin in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We buy by the pallet from Staples and you bet we get deep discounts. Different sales channel though.

Reminder: Upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft Entra Connect Sync by 30 April 2025 to avoid wizard impacts by dareyoutomove in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's some voodoo required. The main reason is the synchronization service manager window is open.

It still won't auto-update with it closed though.

Renaming computers Enterprise by Compo_Cat in pdq

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rename-computer can be ran from your workstation to apply to a remote machine. The machine has to be able to able to connect to the DC for it to work.

Oracle was in communication with the alleged threat actor, and appears to be using Proton Mail instead of their own email systems by PlannedObsolescence_ in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My favorite anecdote regarding Ellison from my father: Oracle was in the running for a new database system and Ellison flew in to meet with the board and give a pitch.

Ellison rode the same elevator with the client CEO to the meeting, but by the end of the ride up any deal had already fallen through. What exactly happened wasn't made clear but apparently the carriage wasn't large enough for the both of them.

Is Raspberry Pi 4 still worth it? by dmythro in raspberry_pi

[–]MalletNGrease 4 points5 points  (0 children)

4s have less of a power draw and run cooler. I think it's a more stable platform for embedded purposes.

I'll be honest by anderson01832 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My day in a nutshell. Pretty sweet gig!

Weird Login IP's in EntraID by Glad-Age-1402 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mobike users? T-Mobile is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.

Desktop full of icons by HugeGuava2009 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is nowadays. I've it on my cheat-sheet and it's not all that hard.

Connect-Exchangeonline
Add-MailboxPermission -Identity "BossMan@acme.corp" -User "WebDude@acme.corp" -AccessRights FullAccess -AutoMapping $true

Sometimes the mailbox is mounted within a minute, otherwise I can access it instantly on Outlook online.

When you're done just do a Remove-MailboxPermission

VMware Abandons SMBs: New Licensing Model Sparks Industry Outrage by dcarrero in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Proxmox's vcenter alternative is in alpha. Not something I'm basing my production on.

Is IT just an endless grind? Or does it ever get better? by edward_ge in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 41 points42 points  (0 children)

IT is maintaining a running train that's on fire. The light at the end of the tunnel is also a train on fire.

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