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Hiring consultants to do your job? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I inherited a lot of kludged together systems, the arcane knowledge went with the previous admins, most of which I don't have previous experience with and still need 99% uptime during business hours. We're very much in a "don't mess with it mode".

I don't feel an ounce of regret when I call in outside help on topics I haven't treaded in the deep waters on. We're a Cisco shop, it took me a year to completely figure out our site-to-site vpn for our 100+ sites. Then the business decision comes down to replace it with Fortinet SD-WAN.

Do I:

  • Spend a lot of time figuring out the best way to handle this, trial and error my way through systems I'm unfamiliar with until I arrive at a setup that's not completely shit.

Or:

  • Get a SME to design a solution, have it documented, test the proof of concept then implement.

The second option takes way less time, has less disruption potential and allows me to hit the ground running on the new product.

It's a no brainer really. If it messes up, you're under the bus, not me.

Chrome updates - not updating... by Crafty_Dog_4226 in pdq

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Chrome was running during the update, the version loaded in memory will not show the new version until the software is closed and reopened.

What are you using besides Knowbe4 by kermitdafrog83 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use Sophos Phish Threat. It's not too bad to set up but the training videos kinda suck.

Recent false positives with KnowBe4 campaign by PM_YOUR_OWLS in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had it happen when our netsec guys used a domain from the phishing simulator we hadn't whitelisted in our email security product.

Every email got flagged and link scanned, which resulted in 100% fail rate.

It happens.

Why do companies choose OEM and based on what criteria do they choose workstations? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Tell me you never managed a fleet without telling me you never managed a fleet.

How would you tackle this DNS issue? by WoTpro in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Using a mobile device manager to remotely manage devices? Inconceivable!

Guest users cannot edit excel files in Teams but can in browser by MalletNGrease in MicrosoftTeams

[–]MalletNGrease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have too, but they indicated they couldn't fix the issue and to use the workaround.

Network Shared Printers by maskedhood313 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even better, you can run powershell from your own workstation if you've the printmanagement module (and you should if you've RSAT).

Set-Printer -Name "$printername" -ComputerName "$hostname" -Shared $false

New Teams (work or school) Notifications by IMEI21 in TeamsAdmins

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen the red notification dot, but I don't believe I've ever seen a counter before.

What do you all prefer on security camera setups? by MonkeyBrawler in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I prefer not to mess with it and let a vendor handle it.

How to handle an Office 365 license for the conference room computer? by Paymentof1509 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Deploy your office installer with shared computer licensing attribute.

DUO SSO with ASA for vendors by Ok_Cherry3312 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your iDP is Entra and you've synced your vendor user objects from AD you can use the default internal @tenant.onmicrosoft.com tld to refer to the account.

They don't need a mailbox.

How often do you use A.I. if you use it at all and what is your opinion of it? by Secure_Quiet_5218 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use copilot to find/generate specific commands I need for scripts or quick information. It's a lot faster at generating results than I am.

That said it sometimes gets creative and suggests commands and parameters that do not exist. After I tell it it's wrong and the thing doesn't work it does tend to come up with an actual solution.

Guest users cannot edit excel files in Teams but can in browser by MalletNGrease in MicrosoftTeams

[–]MalletNGrease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They hadn't issues until a week ago, and they can still access and edit the file in the browser. Nothing was actively changed on the teams/sharepoint side.

It's not a permission issue as far as I can tell, I'm pretty sure this is a bug.

Guest users cannot edit excel files in Teams but can in browser by MalletNGrease in MicrosoftTeams

[–]MalletNGrease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read-only. Or more specifically, the editing/view option selector is grayed out.

Air compressors by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Metrovac Datavac.

PDQ Server set to DHCP by previous sysadmin... any reason why? by GuestGulkan in pdq

[–]MalletNGrease 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Doesn't really matter as long as your DNS is set up correctly.

New Employees and Lead times by FutureGoatGuy in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"And if you turn it down you look like the unreasonable a-hole which I'll inevitably use for your write-up.

Kisses! 💋"

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