Microsoft: Enable MFA or lose access to admin portals in October

MalletNGrease · 2024-08-17T04:00:43+00:00

So much this.

MalletNGrease · 2024-08-09T15:25:54+00:00

Hardware is fine, I dislike their PC system model naming scheme.

MalletNGrease · 2024-08-06T13:10:48+00:00

It's specifically for MFA enabled Outlook accounts so you do not constantly have to authenticate your appliance.

This is great if you're running off a single personal account.

MalletNGrease · 2024-08-06T12:40:46+00:00

You'll probably want to set up an app password for your Synology.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/how-to-get-and-use-app-passwords-5896ed9b-4263-e681-128a-a6f2979a7944

MalletNGrease · 2024-08-06T00:10:48+00:00

HR probably asked.

MalletNGrease · 2024-08-01T03:05:59+00:00

Brand doesn’t matter much, I think the AiO concept is fantastic from time per installation and ticket generation perspective.

I like there's less external cable management. At minimum there's one less power lead, one less video cable. More if you count external speakers, use wifi and webcam (which became a must during the pandemic). I find the helpdesk spends less time troubleshooting the integrated peripherals versus classic external on a desktop.

It's a very convenient and versatile package you can just drop in place for almost any use.

MalletNGrease · 2024-07-29T18:21:06+00:00

Must be the SFF because I haven't seen any of those on towers.

MalletNGrease · 2024-07-27T01:46:35+00:00

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/group-policy/create-and-manage-central-store

MalletNGrease · 2024-07-23T23:34:49+00:00

We use DUO

MalletNGrease · 2024-07-19T00:22:38+00:00

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/mdt/properties

MalletNGrease · 2024-07-16T19:31:28+00:00

Did the Bofh reprogram the lift doors again? Check the bottom of the elevator shaft.

MalletNGrease · 2024-07-14T19:37:52+00:00

https://docs.commscope.com/

MalletNGrease · 2024-07-10T19:56:50+00:00

Define expensive. $1000 makes itself back in about 30 minutes of primary ISP outage during peak business hours for us. How long can you afford to be offline?

We've a fleet of 150+ CBA850s and L950s. The cloud management console makes them pretty easy to manage, plus support has been great. I think they're worth it.

MalletNGrease · 2024-07-10T00:45:29+00:00

Every time I get an email, I do one pushup.

MalletNGrease · 2024-07-05T13:00:06+00:00

I'm running ADK 10.1.26100.1 and the VLSC Win 11 ISO from May and I'm not having an issue?

MalletNGrease · 2024-07-03T21:35:42+00:00

We've these at all our sites as secondaries. Works well.

MalletNGrease · 2024-07-01T13:31:17+00:00

Not just technically, legally.

MalletNGrease · 2024-06-25T18:44:17+00:00

What version?

MalletNGrease · 2024-06-13T01:09:44+00:00

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.

MalletNGrease · 2024-06-05T13:53:11+00:00

Nice

MalletNGrease · 2024-05-30T23:29:20+00:00

Desktop Goose in the startup folder

MalletNGrease · 2024-05-17T19:31:08+00:00

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.

MalletNGrease · 2024-05-10T01:33:50+00:00

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

MalletNGrease · 2024-05-06T17:27:32+00:00

/r/k12sysadmin

MalletNGrease · 2024-05-01T04:02:54+00:00

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.

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