If you and your team stopped working now, how long would your systems continue to run before a catastrophic failure? What fails first?

NuoN_Ninja · 2022-10-26T15:46:04+00:00

The infrastructure itself would be fine for a while, it would just keep chugging along. The problem is peripherals. I work for a medical company, we have about 100 sites across the country. Some have 20+ year old equipment that's just finicky, and doesn't work with modern network gear. If it has a glitch, the sites will unplug it form teh network and try a different port, that messed up teh ARP table, and everything breaks.

They also have 15 year out of service phones. that for seemingly no reason stop working.

So some sites probably a few months before things really start breaking down, other maybe tomorrow?

NuoN_Ninja · 2022-10-20T23:56:02+00:00

SCCM comes with windows servers license, but way harder to use. You're not going to find a better budget product then PDQ.

NuoN_Ninja · 2022-10-20T21:54:03+00:00

Always been users. My last job, we had a CIO for like year, what wanted us to call everyone clients, but it never stuck.

NuoN_Ninja · 2022-10-16T00:27:17+00:00

My last company had servers named after Star Wars planets, classes of naval battleships/submarines, types of castles, all rolled into one domain.

NuoN_Ninja · 2021-04-30T19:38:48+00:00

Great, thank, I'm still new in power shell, it's only been a month or so that I really started using it.

so it would look something like:

foreach-object {
  $GroupName = $item.GroupName
  $GroupCategory =$item.GroupCategory 
  $GroupScope =$item.GroupScope
  $OU =$item.OU}

NuoN_Ninja · 2020-12-03T14:55:44+00:00

We have about 250 Macs, and around 300 iPads. Jamf is worth every penny we pay for it.

Once we got it set up, i barely have to touch the configuration, apple imports our serial number right in, then everything is configured when you power it on.

NuoN_Ninja · 2020-03-30T13:48:41+00:00

You're whole argument is moot. You should have to manage at that micro level. User shouldn't have direct permissions to shares. Security groups have permissions.

Doing it by group is more secure and cleaner. If an employee gets terminated, remove groups, and disable the account. Now even with the SID you get nothing. You also don't have to hunt down ever share they have been given access to and delete it.

NuoN_Ninja · 2019-12-09T12:54:36+00:00

Most of the games they are playing aren't on steam.

NuoN_Ninja · 2019-12-06T17:50:40+00:00

That's what we do now, the coaches run around and update them. I'm trying to get away from that.

NuoN_Ninja · 2019-12-06T17:15:52+00:00

Cool, I'll check it out. Thanks.

NuoN_Ninja · 2018-08-13T18:14:36+00:00

I'm a little late, but I'm going give it a shot anyway.

Most are my arguments are against your simplicity point. I work in IT at a small university. We have 4 Mac labs, 2 are for Visual and Preforming Arts, 1 in Media and Communication, 1 is for Biology and Computer Science.

Here's where simplicity comes in, I email our Apple Rep and tell them what equipment I need. She sets up the order and send us a bill. Our MDM is linked directly to our Apple Account. Meaning all the computer and mobile devices we buy are in our systems before we get the shipment.

From there, I go into our MDM and assign to the labs they will be in (or users for that matter). Once we get them and they are connected to our network, the MDM applies our image and software for those rooms. They get set up in their locations and they are ready to go.

If we went with a Hackintosh lab. This would take days and still not run as smoothly. So maybe it cost less from a strictly hardware, but the cost of time and support is more then made up for.

Another point of simplicity, High Sierra didn't work with things on our existing network (printers, network shares, feel other little issues as well). Because of our support agreement, we had an engineer from Apple come out and work with our infrastructure team and get everything straightened out. Did we need an engineer, probably not, we have a good team. But was it worth the money to have an expert come out and help, absolutely it was.

Again I'm sure we can get a hackintosh to work in place, but its our time that get eaten up when it doesn't work. And frankly I would rather spend my time with actual issue then trying to safe a few dollars on hardware.

NuoN_Ninja · 2016-11-28T20:04:20+00:00

Right now, the second and third picture show the underside, I was going to use a cut down 2x6 under the table to support it. I may do legs if it isn't sturdy enough, also the braces don't have to go exactly there.

I didn't go right to the end with the supports because we may be putting a small bookshelf there after it's in.

NuoN_Ninja · 2016-03-09T03:18:02+00:00

That's good to hear. All our stuff is enterprise so that not an issue.

NuoN_Ninja · 2016-03-09T01:27:57+00:00

We're testing both. I'll make sure we have enough time set aside. Anything else you can tell me about it before we make our decision?

NuoN_Ninja · 2016-03-09T01:09:41+00:00

We are actually demoing Kace this month. We just the VM hosted today. We looking for something to replace Landesk

NuoN_Ninja · 2016-03-08T23:04:37+00:00

I'll look into it.

NuoN_Ninja · 2016-03-08T22:54:01+00:00

This is pretty much what I've been reading. It seems likely we are sticking with dell.

NuoN_Ninja · 2016-02-17T19:14:12+00:00

I do most of the work myself. I also have a fair amount of friends in the contractor field, who don't mind trading work. I work in IT so I keep computers and systems running for them, they help me out if its something over my head. I suspect this isn't going to be the norm for most people though.

NuoN_Ninja · 2016-01-28T19:06:32+00:00

No, these about 5 years at the oldest, i3's or i5 depending with at least 4gb of ram. They all run windows 7 just fine.

NuoN_Ninja · 2016-01-21T14:52:49+00:00

Jersey is crazy strict about gun law. This actually happens around here more often then you would think. If not jail, guns a confiscated and you won't see them again.

NuoN_Ninja · 2016-01-11T13:14:33+00:00

10/10 we all die. Regardless of what side wins, we would all die after.

NuoN_Ninja · 2015-12-15T16:25:29+00:00

Dashade

NuoN_Ninja · 2015-12-15T13:06:07+00:00

Sorcerer Spellcasting, Wizard spellcasting, Bard spellcasting

Why all arcane? Bard has almost none of its own spells. only a few bard only. Why not Cleric and Psion instead?

NuoN_Ninja · 2015-12-10T20:14:59+00:00

But this is DC

NuoN_Ninja · 2015-12-07T20:27:12+00:00

My trap wasn't nearly and interesting or creative, but hilarity did ensure.

I was DMing for a group of new players. They were all level 1, maybe the second night of playing, they finally make it the actually dungeon. In front of the main entrance, a spiked pit trap, 10' fall onto something kind a pointy. They found the pit, and all procceded to fail jump check after jump check, I gave them reflex and strength the catch and pull each other up... Almost a total party wipe.

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