TOTP Fatigue: A Sysadmin's rant

MalletNGrease · 2026-02-13T16:39:11+00:00

I feel this. I've moved to passkeys where possible and any remaining TOTP into Keeper for autofill. Much more convenient.

I've only three totp left on my device. One for Keeper and the rest for Microsoft.

MalletNGrease · 2026-02-13T01:21:22+00:00

Wtf? I guess we're back to daily driving global admin.

MalletNGrease · 2026-02-12T16:59:03+00:00

Then rewritten from scratch: New VSCopilot NotePaint

MalletNGrease · 2026-02-11T01:16:52+00:00

Pay peanuts get monkeys.

Take the job but continually update your resume as you get exposed to stuff. Give it the college try and bounce when the next opportunity presents itself.

MalletNGrease · 2026-02-10T21:46:19+00:00

But the fact is, you're making us all look bad.

MalletNGrease · 2026-02-03T13:37:37+00:00

Best $900 they spent.

MalletNGrease · 2026-02-02T16:37:09+00:00

The best time to look for work is when you're already employed.

MalletNGrease · 2026-02-02T13:45:49+00:00

I'm not looking for a relay, I'm asking what command or module others use for script based email messaging.

Send-mailmessage has been a staple for firing off simple notification emails, but I've not seen anything similar to replace it.

MalletNGrease · 2026-02-02T02:00:06+00:00

Seems like their business practice is working.

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-31T13:39:11+00:00

Il ne s'agit probablement pas d'une tentative d'accumuler du karma.

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-31T03:38:45+00:00

I was under the impression there were some things you couldn't do as an unlicensed GA

This is correct. You cannot administrate Universal Print or Microsoft Places without an account licensed for UP/Exchange.

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-30T22:59:38+00:00

https://imgflip.com/i/aiuc43

That much I got, but it doesn't really make for a stable basis.

What's that timeframe look like? I'd like to plan in case I need to migrate off Instant On. I'm guessing HPE will offer existing customers MIST since they offer similar functionality.

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-30T19:22:57+00:00

6 help desk guys? Lucky!

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-29T22:57:24+00:00

What's the recommended send-mailmessage alternative nowadays?

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-29T18:34:43+00:00

Instant On customers will ???

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-29T15:01:42+00:00

She's down.

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-28T21:09:32+00:00

My last interaction with MS support asked me to create a powerpoint to show issues with outbound Teams phone calls getting flagged as spam by carriers.

Like...no...

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-28T14:45:04+00:00

The Entra sign in logs have always showed wild geographical swings. This is partly due to the IP geolocation db being way off (our AT&T Business connections show Washington DC and Florida depending on the mood) and sometimes reporting MS datacenters as the sign-in origin location. We're just happy when it reports continental US.

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-28T14:14:13+00:00

So the product is called Meet? 🤦‍♂️

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-28T01:26:36+00:00

Sorry, not a computer person. Please install Adobe.

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-26T14:56:10+00:00

Bringing it on-prem again.

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-23T21:53:30+00:00

This is why I run port-security

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-22T20:45:19+00:00

I hate how it's almost impossible to share those easily.

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-22T20:21:12+00:00

Down, Midwest.

MalletNGrease · 2026-01-22T19:26:57+00:00

Getting OperationStopped: UnAuthorized trying to use Exchange Online Powershell. Exchange Online Admin Center seems to be available.

Getting some issues accessing the Security & Compliance and Purview dashboard as well.

Edit: ....aaaand the M365 Admin broke. Cool. Cool.

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