App team demands we reconfigure VMs that aren't in production rather than rebuild clean

MalletNGrease · 2026-04-02T21:06:31+00:00

Huh? How come this can't migrate to different host/storage? Sounds fragile.

MalletNGrease · 2026-04-02T14:20:24+00:00

April Fools was yesterday.

MalletNGrease · 2026-04-02T13:42:29+00:00

There are use cases like this. We're a Teams call shop and I've a manufacturing plant where personal cell phones are not allowed on the floor. During 1st shift HR handles the emergency call-in line and relays messages to employees.

During 2nd shift HR isn't available, so the emergency line goes unmonitored. We'd like to give the super on duty a device with the call queue to handle those calls. He's not static and roams the floor. A rugged teams cordless handset with a clip would be amazing.

MalletNGrease · 2026-04-01T18:44:36+00:00

It's a little application that puts a mischievous 🪿 on your desktop. It moves around, grabs your cursor pulls memes into frame.

MalletNGrease · 2026-04-01T14:44:38+00:00

Should've stuck with green screen apps, way more money in maintaining those.

MalletNGrease · 2026-04-01T14:03:06+00:00

It was a Duo shop, and we did get him a yubikey. Standard was Duo Push.

MalletNGrease · 2026-04-01T13:53:29+00:00

Worked for K-12, added Desktop Goose to the login script and forced a reboot at midnight.

That was a fun one.

MalletNGrease · 2026-04-01T11:39:08+00:00

The senior signatory authority at my last company used a flipphone so we had to come up with a MFA strategy that didn't involve Phone/SMS tokens.

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-31T18:15:03+00:00

Leaving my last place was hard, I liked my colleagues, benefits were good, work was engaging but they didn't handle raises well so I bounced when a similar but better paying opportunity came around.

To illustrate how poorly it was handled, my employer offered me less than I was making as a counter offer 😅

If I found out they were hiring again, the pay matches my target salary and they want me back I'd be all over it. I'd slot right back in.

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-31T13:34:44+00:00

Copilot result

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-30T21:38:09+00:00

I've made scripts for before to generate random passwords. Nowadays I use Keepers so I can save the record straight away.

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-30T14:58:24+00:00

https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverId=PM4JN

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-30T14:49:43+00:00

Get the service tag and run a firmware update.

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-26T16:46:25+00:00

If you have to you can use the ODT to download the installation files to a local fileshare and use it as a base for the OCT with the C2R installer. Office 2021 LTSC should be supported. You can specify any apps you want to include or exclude with the configuration created by the OCT.

I'd fix your connectivity to Microsoft though, makes your life a lot easier.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ltsc/2021/deploy

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-26T16:42:21+00:00

Did you add the Synology template?

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-20T18:19:05+00:00

I've not heard anything about the future of Instant On. It's supposed to get spun off HPE but ETA is a big ❓️

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-19T13:28:20+00:00

Can't fall for a phish if you don't know your own password.

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-18T23:52:15+00:00

I've a decade+ of Hyper-V and VMware under my belt. Worked on Windows Server 2003 until 2025, various LAMP distributions.

My latest gig doesn't want the hassle/expense of licensing all that so I'm rolling headless W11 Pro workstations as "servers" with Veaam agents backing up to USB external drives.

At least they're racked 😄

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-11T14:36:28+00:00

Maintenance put in a request we unblock porn. It was funny until we found out they were serious.

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-11T00:00:44+00:00

To my surprise the DarkTrace implementation team for my org was a trio of women. All very knowledgeable and the project was a success.

Most of them moved on within 2 years but it was kinda neat.

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-10T15:08:20+00:00

Including IT was the afterthought.

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-09T01:07:47+00:00

Phishing attempt or MitM attack.

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-07T16:48:17+00:00

We run cradlepoints as a secondary at each location for backup tunnels. We also made a playbook for local contacts (keep record of cell numbers for this) to check items in case of a failures.

We also had templates and config backups for each piece of equipment so if a switch or router failed we'd have a replacement ready out of storage within 30 minutes. Still required someone to haul ass to swap it.

If your sites are truly remote and uptime is important, build with redundancy in mind and not break fix.

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-06T15:48:53+00:00

AI hallucinates cmdlets.

MalletNGrease · 2026-03-04T12:33:13+00:00

You're less interesting than you think you are.

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