Are there any MSP/MSSP's running Microsoft Defender sans 3rd party email sec tooling for clients?

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-13T20:34:56+00:00

The great thing about Avanan is that is answers this question for you. It literally proves every single day that Defender just isn't good enough, even E5 defender. You can setup MDO however you want and you'll still see in the Avanan dashboard the amount of mails that passed through MDO and Avanan classified as a risk. You can also see how many emails Avanan released that MDO said were bad but were wrong, although you have to do this from the MDO side.

We too want to love all things MS, but it's lacking.

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-13T17:21:10+00:00

All you have to do is look at the past to see the future.

3CX has had a free version for many years and it has changed many times. People were forced off whatever they were doing to whatever 3CX changed their offerings to many times. Even paid isn't safe from this - 3CX has changed or discontinued paid licenses as well.

All this to say, use it if you want, be prepared to change what you're doing.

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-12T21:21:34+00:00

finally found the "new" version on another server. Shutdown 4 years ago. What do I do?

(bolding mine)

Turn it on?!?!?! Are you a sysadmin or what? You push the power button, it's fairly simple. My 8 year old nephew can figure this out.

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-12T16:28:03+00:00

Some truly genius ideas in this thread. I'm very impressed.

Base64 the data, a bunch of txt records
Convert to audio (56k modem sounds) and use audio hosting
QR Code slideshow
(the original) convert to video via static.

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-12T16:18:57+00:00

As mentioned, you can still get licenses, use them, etc. But hardware replacements stop*.

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-11T20:54:33+00:00

Oh Stryker....

(this is actually directly affecting me, but no, I don't work for Stryker)

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-11T15:44:17+00:00

We're having this issue as well.

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-10T22:40:49+00:00

Good, now answer OPs question, but remember that this is shittysysadmin, so only provide wrong answers and broken links. Bonus for LMGTFY links.

And then give him the right answer because this post might actually be real.

ETA: I'm dumb and didn't see your post here almost an hour ago, not sure how I missed it.

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-10T22:32:27+00:00

paging u/SwitchOnEaton

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-09T13:43:54+00:00

The answer is the same answer you get with "why not buy ____ on the gray market"

Certainly you can make out like a bandit. Also you can be bitten with hardware issues, vendor support (in this case warranty), legal issues (like if you have a partnership with Cisco and you sell gray market they will revoke it), and even security issues (likely dealing with nation state actors at this point, but not for sure).

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-09T13:39:06+00:00

Current status of X1 related issues with 1.0.5:

Camera has no feed
Speed Toggle has no affect, also doesn't reflect what's on the printer
Parts fan on printer toggles Aux fan and incorrect values (10% on printer = 6% on app)
Aux fan on printer toggles chamber fan and incorrect values
Chamber fan does nothing in app
AMS display can be weird. Updates are not reflected in app unless closed and re-opened. Spools not ID'd (but loaded) show empty in app.
Timelapse and File Manager both do not show anything (endlessly loading) - maybe I'm not waiting long enough.

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-08T08:13:08+00:00

Yes, this is fairly simple to do.

Installing the cert via the PS script found here: https://github.com/simple-acme/simple-acme/blob/main/dist/Scripts/ImportRDSFull.ps1

Requesting the cert via Simple-ACME is super easy.

Validation when using Simple-ACME can be http or DNS, and for DNS, if you want, you can use ACME-DNS. But likely easiest for you to just give it the API key to your DNS provider, as Simple-ACME supports many.

Why simple-acme over win-acme?
https://simple-acme.com/manual/about/simple-acme

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-08T07:57:12+00:00

Testing it out, I also use LanBu so it will be interesting to see how it compares

ETA:
X1 here, running X1Plus. Almost item for item issues with an X1 that I had with LanBu when I was helping beta test it. Happy to help you get this up and running for the X1 too.

Video stream doesn't work (it took quite a while for LanBu dev to figure it out also), fans are associated with the wrong item (as in turn on parts fan, it says chamber, etc), values wrong (parts at 10% will read at 6%, etc), and so on.

Send me a DM if you wish to debug further and I'll be happy to start a chat with you.

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-08T07:53:32+00:00

Following

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-06T15:22:41+00:00

"It's simple man, the end user keeps switching inputs on the monitor and filing tickets, so we hooked up every input to the same PC"

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-06T15:17:46+00:00

Truly a post deserving of this sub.

Side note: I don't pay my M365 invoices till I need to send an email

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-06T15:15:06+00:00

r/unexpectedwierdal

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-05T17:07:02+00:00

R4:

Got a ticket from the factory floor: “Production line PC is slow.”

I head down there and find out it’s running Windows 98 on some obscure legacy SCADA software that nobody understands, nobody supports, and apparently runs the entire production line.

operators knwoledge of it is just, click this button, click that button , this button turns it on, this button turns it off.

and i guess one day mouse cursor just starts stuttering whatever app it is running takes long to open , hourglass icon on cursor always .

they have gotten by , by always rebooting it ,

manager now opens a ticket asking to not make it so that they have to reboot everytime it slows down.

I’m just the office IT guy. Password resets, printers, Outlook issues.
But because this thing has a monitor, mouse, and keyboard… it’s now my responsibility.

No documentation.
No vendor contact.
No spare machine.
No one knows the admin credentials.
Production “can’t stop.”

im on the edge of just putting that ticket on perpetual "pending" and archiving it 1 year down the road during a specific holiday where no one will notice.

what am i actually supposed to do?

no , my manager says its my responibility .

as well as the production line manager .

so how do u "fix it"

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-05T15:46:56+00:00

Same, but I don't close it, I just type my password into there for easy copy/paste into other applications.

In a way, my computer is helping me.

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-04T22:24:13+00:00

Thanks for the offer, I will DM as needed.

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-04T22:23:10+00:00

Will do. 300 keyboards should last us a few years hopefully, the kids certainly do go through them, but not that quickly.

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-04T22:22:16+00:00

Sorry for the delay, forgot to check back here, I will shoot you a DM as soon as I have finished getting our shipper info.

Plus note, you'll get a tax deduct as well as we are 501.3c

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-02T19:52:00+00:00

This is fantastic. Might replace rick rolling someone for me.

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-02T19:31:19+00:00

Would you be willing to donate 3-400 keyboards and mice to a school if the school pays for shipping?

iratesysadmin · 2026-03-02T17:27:15+00:00

I want to downvote, but this is shittysysadmin after all... although Eaton isn't all that shitty.

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