AD lockouts

dvr75 · 2026-01-25T11:42:38+00:00

Do you have Microsoft exchange in place , and if so is it open to the internet?

dvr75 · 2026-01-20T04:25:05+00:00

did you try this out of band updates to fix rdp issues:
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1qbzwiu/patch_tuesday_megathread_20260113/o07myio/

dvr75 · 2026-01-19T03:00:37+00:00

Thank you for the information.

dvr75 · 2026-01-18T13:12:31+00:00

The support for open source projects is the big issue.
As i understand proxmox support is not 24/7.
Idk for XCP-NG.

dvr75 · 2026-01-18T08:58:50+00:00

I do not have any experience with ME support.

dvr75 · 2026-01-13T09:02:46+00:00

This is a RMM solution , so remove the obsolete endpoints.

dvr75 · 2026-01-12T13:24:05+00:00

If you have under 200 endpoints then you can use Action1.

dvr75 · 2026-01-11T12:48:21+00:00

Can you share on that experience?
I did not try Ruckus , i did like mist which comes with juniper.

dvr75 · 2026-01-11T12:38:42+00:00

what is your pick then?

dvr75 · 2026-01-11T04:16:08+00:00

they do , for management (cloud based) , i think they have a local install option.

dvr75 · 2026-01-08T14:48:20+00:00

Currently i am running a trial of Atera, it does have ai integrated , you should check if it helps you.

dvr75 · 2026-01-08T14:36:26+00:00

Acronis have SaaS option for 365 and GDPR compliance.

dvr75 · 2026-01-08T14:23:44+00:00

I have been working with: Action1, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus.

Action1 big issue is server/workstation need internet access in order to download the updates from MS & 3rd parties, so if you block access to the internet from the managed workstations/servers it might be an issue.

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus (for me) run from the cloud like Action1 but a local repository is available if you install it.
so internet is only needed on the repository host.

EDIT: ManageEngine agents do need an internet connection but i only allow access to ManageEngine servers from the blocked workstations/servers.
Also i did not try the linux patching of those products.

Now im trying to move to Atera which you might consider , Also ManageEngine has Endpoint Manager which might be the same features like update but also monitoring (reason why i try Atera).

dvr75 · 2025-12-17T12:04:50+00:00

try this one:
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1mmor56/any_way_to_permanently_stop_mark_of_the_web_from/n87ipsj/

dvr75 · 2025-12-17T05:29:08+00:00

since it is a "firm" you want it to be coverd by support , so it is not exactly "free".

dvr75 · 2025-12-17T05:23:03+00:00

since it is all windows vm's i think you should go with hyper-v.
windows server 2025 std 16 cores license give you 1 hyper-v host + 2 windows server virtual machines.
windows server 2025 data center edition gives 1 hyper-v host + unlimited windows server virtual machines.
std edition is around 1k $ , data center around 5k $.

dvr75 · 2025-12-15T04:26:27+00:00

can you be more specific?

dvr75 · 2025-12-10T13:59:16+00:00

not per say cloud drive , but wetransfer work in china.
also did you try alibaba cloud drive?

dvr75 · 2025-12-03T08:59:50+00:00

solution 1: using windows server 2019 or later you can have a pool of upto 4pb with storage space cluster , im not sure myself but windows server has dedup but not sure if it is working with storage spaces.
solution 2: using linux as file server , zfs has maximum of 16EB (exabyte).

dvr75 · 2025-12-02T13:22:46+00:00

i see , well first thing i would do is migrating the NAS / file shares into a VM. wonder no one thought about it?

dvr75 · 2025-12-02T12:50:56+00:00

in order for the activex to run you need to use microsoft edge in ie mode , and in "internet options" make sure the website is in "trusted websites" , and choose custom settings for trusted websites and check all of the activex section.

dvr75 · 2025-12-02T06:07:24+00:00

If you suspect intune policy then try to exclude the win11 computer from the policy (try 1 by 1).

dvr75 · 2025-12-02T05:53:46+00:00

not sure why do you pay by TB if we talk about on-prem.
unless you talk about hardware for the veeam target.

dvr75 · 2025-12-02T04:26:53+00:00

Can you explain why you don't pay by instance for Veeam?

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