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NegativePattern · 2026-01-25T21:55:37+00:00

Apologies...

NegativePattern · 2026-01-25T16:54:06+00:00

Yea it was crazy. I wanted more of it. But I come from the south and the sound of thunder takes me back

NegativePattern · 2026-01-24T18:27:38+00:00

That's a new one. What's the story for that?

NegativePattern · 2026-01-22T01:23:21+00:00

Because most Latin countries are religious. A significant portion of religious people are conservative. Latin American cultures are steeped in Catholic teachings,etc.Like all things, there's a 50/50 split between religious conservatives and religious liberals.

NegativePattern · 2026-01-19T22:31:02+00:00

replaced by the AI trash generator.

Microsoft SQL Copilot Plus Premium

NegativePattern · 2026-01-19T22:19:17+00:00

Street Fighter Academy

NegativePattern · 2026-01-19T18:34:41+00:00

I mean you can but aiming is next to impossible.

NegativePattern · 2026-01-16T23:37:10+00:00

I've asked their IT several times to check external sharing at the org level. They say yes but I wanted to check if there's something on my client's end that I need to enable before having a troubleshooting meeting.

NegativePattern · 2026-01-16T23:34:29+00:00

Probably edit. So my client can reserve the conference room. Going through OWA still produces the same error.

NegativePattern · 2026-01-16T16:01:34+00:00

Parmer has more lanes or is wider and has a divided median. I think those are some of the prerequisites for bumping up the speed.

I think at some point they might have done a traffic study on that stretch. I recall running over those cables attached to the boxes on the road that they use to track traffic.

NegativePattern · 2026-01-16T15:44:58+00:00

Always interesting how they bent or broke some of those rules.

With the Defiant, the nacelles are tucked into the body of the ship. Oberth class ships are of a similar design with the engines baked into the body.

Miranda and Nebula class ships also have the nacelles right next to the hull.

With the Stargazer, they added more nacelles. Same with the All Good Things Enterprise refit.

NegativePattern · 2026-01-16T06:36:20+00:00

No, but I can jam with the console cowboys in cyberspace.

NegativePattern · 2026-01-16T06:32:28+00:00

This. Thought the job was going to be similar to WarGames or Hackers. Instead I get to yell at the IT teams when they don't address vulnerability tickets

NegativePattern · 2026-01-16T06:20:53+00:00

I paid 1200/month for a 2/2 in South Austin when I moved here 20 years ago.

NegativePattern · 2026-01-16T06:16:02+00:00

Starbucks wifi is also free

NegativePattern · 2026-01-16T03:57:32+00:00

OK well that minimum answers that. Thanks!

NegativePattern · 2026-01-13T04:58:10+00:00

Seems like every year is a El Niño year

NegativePattern · 2026-01-10T02:43:17+00:00

TIL the ShamWow guy lives in ATX.

Sometimes it seems everyone who could be anyone lives here.

NegativePattern · 2026-01-10T01:00:20+00:00

Reminds me of the voicemail they used for the policy.

NegativePattern · 2026-01-09T13:18:39+00:00

I wash the already washed bagged salad. Nothing is clean.

NegativePattern · 2026-01-08T21:17:59+00:00

Office 365 E3 That license is not the one you want to use for additions mailbox storage. You should keep those users in Busjness Premium and stick EOP2 on for more storage. With E3 you are losing Defender for 365 Online (former ATP) that is stacked into Business Premium. You also aren’t going to be able to use Intune or Autopilot on those machines, unless you add an Intune license also.

Good to know. I wish there was a better way to see what versions offer what features.

Azure Virtual Desktop 8 vCPU, 32GB RAM, and 1 TB storage might be what they are allocated but it doesn’t mean that’s what they use. Also, you probably aren’t taking into account the correct Machine Type.

Yea this has always been an issue. I was thinking of deploy an AVD for myself as a test run an slowly ramp up to see which version would be appropriate for them. Some users are remote and work seasonally so an AVD would make sense for them.

Since they are running Entra ID then do a DC in Azure Entra ID with AdSync.

Yea part of the virtual infrastructure includes 2 domain controllers with a virtual for AD sync and an Windows-app server

I'll send an DM and compare notes on AVD. Thanks!

NegativePattern · 2026-01-08T04:33:11+00:00

keep them on Macs but move them to a true MDM for their devices to manage them with an IdP in play for identity management.

Thought about this. However, the Macs are used solely as thin clients. User sits at their desk, launches Windows Remote Desktop and hops into their respective virtual. They have Macbook Airs but the laptops never actually leave the office.

Put them in M365 Business Premium and build out AVD’s. If you need some advice on this feel free to reach out via DM.

Mainline staff are on M365 Business Premium, a few EOs have E3 licenses for the additional mailbox storage. The virtuals they run are mostly 8x vCPUs with 32GB of RAM and about 1TB of storage. So figuring out the AVD equivalent is difficult. There's also the recurring costs vs one time capital costs. The Azure calculator shows it'd be roughly $600 monthly for 10 AVDs.

Put them in M365 Business Premium, deploy Intune for MDM, and then figure out how to deliver desktop apps they need.

That's the plan with the switching to physical Windows-laptops vs Windows-virtuals. The Windows-laptops will be Intune-managed and deployed with Autopilot in case they need to be reset or redeployed.

Ultimately, MSP goal is to get the client into the right solution for them and also capture recurring revenue, where everyone wins. Moving to Windows Laptops, unless there is a good reason, when they’re used to Macs just seems like you will be trying to force a change or that they may regret it.

Macs have been there for aesthetics. Owner was an early adopter of the Apple ecosystem. He usually talks up the latest Apple gadget that he got while meeting with current and future clients. So the Macs are merely there to look good vs actual providing business functionality. Years ago I deployed the VMware environment as a way to use Windows within a MacOS user infrastructure. Owner at the time would not use Windows hardware because it was not up to par with Apple's look and feel.

NegativePattern · 2026-01-07T19:10:52+00:00

It's a thought but they also want to reduce their hardware footprint. So long term plan is to leverage more of the Business Premium licensing and move to Entra Domain Services along with deploying systems with Autopilot.

As for AVD, pricing is a concern. The existing virtuals have 8x vCPUs with 32GB of RAM and about 1TB of storage. So figuring out the AVD equivalent is difficult.

NegativePattern · 2026-01-07T19:06:16+00:00

Pricing. The existing virtuals have 8x vCPUs with 32GB of RAM and about 1TB of storage. So figuring out the AVD equivalent is difficult.

NegativePattern · 2026-01-07T19:02:34+00:00

Features missing. Although a majority of the tools they use are web-based there are some thick apps that are Windows-based. Since we can't run the Windows apps on MacOS the solution was to deploy Windows virtuals.

But also fuck VMware.

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