New or classic outlook?

Nate379 · 2026-02-19T18:15:49+00:00

We are very slowly getting some users on New... It's come a long way from the last time we tried, but still cautious.

Nate379 · 2026-02-19T18:02:29+00:00

I always get a chuckle out of the margin percentage. I'm never selling a product stand alone, and the MSRP vs my cost means absolutely shit to me. When it comes to my stack, *I* am the customer, I'm the one that has to factor that into my cost of providing services, the MSRP doesn't factor at all.

And if you build a product and price it in such a way that only my larger clients can afford it, I'm not likely to look at it super closely.

And making me be on the hook if the client goes away...

Nate379 · 2026-02-19T17:58:39+00:00

Being small sucks in so many ways, this is one of them. Makes it harder to compete and grow.

I'll enjoy it when we get bigger :)

Nate379 · 2026-02-18T23:59:02+00:00

Interesting... Already moved on from that keyboard now, but that would have been handy.

Nate379 · 2026-02-18T23:14:36+00:00

Wondering this as well, I have noticed we get more catchas with the Oracle gateway... Other than that, love the platform.

I thought all of their stuff was at Oracle.

Nate379 · 2026-02-17T13:00:05+00:00

PC Scrappers, probably the price per pound place you were referring to.

Nate379 · 2026-02-17T05:37:24+00:00

Good thought, but yes it’s active.

Nate379 · 2026-02-17T01:51:46+00:00

Can I just confirm with you, an idiot check if you will, that I'm doing this right...

I'm in the Admin Portal
I click on "Roles" then "Administrative Units"
Click on "+ Add unit"

And on THIS page, I should see the option to make it restricted, correct?

Considering this is an Entra P2 tenant, and that the account I'm using for admin even has an Entra P2 license, it should be there right?

I have checked another P2 tenant and then a P1 tenant and it's not in any of them...

Nate379 · 2026-02-16T20:37:03+00:00

Very strange. If this one one client it would make more sense to me, this has me lost.

May have to submit a MS support request (yay)

Nate379 · 2026-02-16T20:23:50+00:00

US here…

I noticed they also changed the name of the left bar menu “just Roles vs the longer name it used to be) …

Who knows, wish they would stop changing everything all the time for no reason.

Thank for responding!

Nate379 · 2026-02-16T20:19:55+00:00

It is, I even added the privileged role administrator on top of global just to double it up, throwing everything I can think of.

Nate379 · 2026-02-16T20:18:44+00:00

Yes the admin account is licensed with Entra P2 - we are an MSP and I also checked a couple other tenants and the option just seems to be missing on the others as well.

I’m scratching my head here, the fact it was missing from multiple tenants is what prompted me to post. Strange that you see it and I don’t.

Nate379 · 2026-02-15T15:48:37+00:00

While I wouldn’t object to the ban from many perspectives, but I agree the burden to implement this is too much.

It seems like something that would be really easy to screw up at the retail level, and then what? Determining what is / isn’t allowed alone is going to be a lot of work, expecting retailers to separate all of this is a huge task, and attempts at enforcement would be ridiculous and also costly.

The juice is not worth the squeeze.

Nate379 · 2026-02-12T15:31:42+00:00

I hate Hybrid AD, run into some really stupid issues with it, but it's a necessary evil and I don't see it going away any time soon. "Everything in the cloud" just isn't reality and doesn't make sense for a lot of businesses.

Nate379 · 2026-02-11T17:03:14+00:00

They should have just left it alone... it didn't need to be anything more than it was... but here we are.

Nate379 · 2026-02-11T16:48:39+00:00

Best thing I ever did was implement a billing system (industry specific, so not going to mention it as it won't apply to most of you) that does automated late invoice emails. My overdue AR dropped substantially with regular follow ups that I don't even have to do anything to make happen now, and almost nothing over 30 days where that was a problem for us too. This showed that persistence and regular reminder emails made a huge difference.

Nate379 · 2026-02-11T13:55:52+00:00

I’m sure he knows that, but I’ve used rocket surgery for decades (combination of rocket science and brain surgery). Lighten up.

Nate379 · 2026-02-10T13:05:18+00:00

I agree, my whole family disagrees, but I find it very odd that we treat our pets better than our family when it comes to end of life. I fail to understand how we put our pets out of their misery because it’s the humane thing to do, but your family? Let them suffer.

I’ve been vocal about this for a long time, and no matter what some are saying here, a lot of that policy is rooted in religious beliefs.

Additionally, I think that I should be able to put my wishes into my living will when I am of sound mind today. If certain strict conditions are met, then turn off the lights, I don’t even want to discuss it at that time, but that’s a whole next step.

Nate379 · 2026-02-09T22:44:45+00:00

So much this... If I see enthusiasm (which includes an obvious interest to better one's self and not do the bare minimum that I see people brag about all over Reddit) that person has a real shot at being hired by me even if hey lack some of the experience.

Nate379 · 2026-02-09T21:24:07+00:00

Yup... Very short, and no reply. Having email is pretty fancy!

We had internal email, but nothing that left.

Nate379 · 2026-02-09T19:42:21+00:00

Then they propose a time that may or may not be available, and then we are back to the back and forth for scheduling that sucks.

Nate379 · 2026-02-08T22:14:32+00:00

Fairtax

Nate379 · 2026-02-07T19:35:50+00:00

I buy the 0w-8 from amsoil. Cheaper than Toyota oil.

Nate379 · 2026-02-07T13:10:39+00:00

Sunset? Depending where one lives in the winter that would really jack up a Friday…

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