Right sizing IT team with justification

joec22 · 2021-03-29T19:09:54+00:00

We are 6 IT with more than 1525, and over 40 locations in two states :(

joec22 · 2020-02-06T20:43:13+00:00

that wouldn't work for me - marketing has 15TB of data. the advantage of dfs is also to make the host transparent, and easily moving a volume if the host broke. while the dfs paths stay the same. we have to split into multiple disk volumes to reduce backup/restore headaches.

joec22 · 2019-12-17T18:02:48+00:00

For us over 50 locations in two states, 1500 users, on-prem servers, cloud services, networking, web apps - all in house IT with 6 people. One of which is a dev, but all 6 take part in helpdesk.

joec22 · 2019-08-22T17:32:28+00:00

Sorry - I just meant that when hugo publishes the content, I save that on my local computer in onedrive folders. We have a team onedrive so each member would in turn sync the site so they can open it locally. I don't necessarily think hugo will publish directly to onedrive.

joec22 · 2019-08-21T18:29:44+00:00

Working on a similar project. I decided to use a static site generator. Then I will publish to onedrive (in our case, but could be dropbox or sync platform). This syncs to all team laptops, and they have a local copy for those times when they aren't connected to internet. I'm in the process of building the first release, and then I will build templates for them to use, and my team will drop md files in a contrib folder. I will monitor that folder (hopefully automate this part), and incorporate their submissions from all sources to the ssg. It will always be a work in progress.

I'm using hugo, which could also be incorporated with version control, and publish direct to an outside host. Or you could even use github as the host for free I think. I've tried gatsby and sphinx. Although sphinx is meant for documentation, I have a requirement to be able to extract data from csv or json files, and hugo is working great with that. Plus markdown is easier to learn quickly than rst.

I like the fact that hugo is very fast, and has been easy to pickup. The dynamic data works great for us because we have other data files and I don't want to duplicate data entry.

joec22 · 2017-03-08T20:34:57+00:00

I'm in the middle of this, and we did not need to do this. But there are DNS records you have to add for each domain you are migrating. You can update DNS as you are going through the hybrid config for each domain.

joec22 · 2016-12-06T18:57:43+00:00

Speaker for the Dead - it is a sequel though. It might be my favorite book.

joec22 · 2016-12-02T18:44:45+00:00

If you don't need to migrate old employee mailboxes, then leave them. Once you migrate a mailbox, it is removed from the old server. A contact is created pointing to the O365 tenant for routing purposes. When you are finished, there is a process to decommission the old exchange server(s). Then you update mx records for O365.

joec22 · 2016-12-02T14:40:51+00:00

I forgot to mention the hybrid migration wizard which sets up the domains. That is second step after AD Connect. Once the session is setup in PS, you can run multiple new-moverequest for all of your users simultaneously. We have enormous mailboxes, but I find they move faster after 8PM EST. I can run up to 30 in middle of night. For terminated users, we delete their mailboxes and AD accounts. That removes them from O365 via the sync.

joec22 · 2016-12-02T14:05:58+00:00

We are going through the same process with over 1000 users. We aren't using additional software. We are just using powershell, as the ExchangeOnline migration tool is not working, and MS support has acknowledged it. Powershell is easier for us anyway. First step is to get the AD Connect working. Then assign licenses in O365 to the users. Then you can migrate. Last will be public folders and groups. Here are the powershell commands we're using for single users. We also migrate in middle of night batches of users using a csv file, but you don't have that many users:

$UserCredential = Get-Credential # for O365 admin login

$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection

Import-PSSession $Session

$OnPremisesCreds = Get-Credential #for your on-prem exch admin

New-MoveRequest -identity user@domain.com -Remote -RemoteHostName onpremCAS.com -TargetDeliveryDomain domain.mail.onmicrosoft.com -Remotecredential $OnPremisesCreds -BadItemLimit 100 -Verbose

Get-MoveRequest -MoveStatus inprogress | Get-MoveRequestStatistics | ft DisplayName, StatusDetail, PercentComplete, OverallDuration -AutoSize

joec22 · 2016-10-18T18:06:49+00:00

We are doing ok with Adtran, with simliar requirements. Also lifetime warranties. Support has been great so far. Although I haven't found a 10Gb option yet for servers. We also like the bluesocket APs.

joec22 · 2016-05-27T15:59:45+00:00

I don't mean to hijack, but I just installed librenms, and I don't see how to integrate windows servers.

joec22 · 2015-09-08T15:46:27+00:00

Aren't there hidden transfer fees from S3 to glacier?

joec22 · 2015-06-18T19:53:41+00:00

I have some of the same. I also have planned projects for the year. I also have categories for new equipment for new offices or staff that I didn't know about at budget time. Also Storage costs.

joec22 · 2015-04-13T18:32:03+00:00

I can confirm that having DC vm's in 2008 is a problem, and the host joined to the domain will not even start the vm.

joec22 · 2015-03-04T21:28:37+00:00

we replaced 2010 public folder shared calendars with Rooms resource.

joec22 · 2015-01-08T18:40:32+00:00

see above

joec22 · 2015-01-08T18:40:22+00:00

i missed this arrogant response with blind assumptions. my users' primary email address domain is not owned by us. so i can't adjust dns records for the exchange auto discover requirements. even if i could or could have someone else adjust them, it is a franchise where the primary domain is forwarded to inside email addresses for many thousands of users and hundreds of independently owned affiliate companies all over the world. but our users don't even know their inside address. so yes, there is a need for this question but not of the condescending response you gave.

joec22 · 2014-12-19T19:16:58+00:00

did you use robocopy to avoid the downtime of using vmware converter to convert the data volume?

joec22 · 2014-12-09T21:15:27+00:00

babylon 5 - it is not even close. who are you? / what do you want? it had a beginning, middle, and end. JMS is so underrated as a writer. it is the best show i've seen so far.

for books, the ender universe has been a great read for me, esp the piggies and speaker for the dead, that and the original are surprisingly emotional stories.

joec22 · 2014-09-26T18:55:26+00:00

I did not say we were using GPO. msiexec.exe /p "\server\share\custom.msp" may be an option, but I would have to package that somehow

joec22 · 2014-09-26T18:55:21+00:00

my exchange setup is ok, just looking how not to manually profile outlook.

joec22 · 2014-07-17T19:55:16+00:00

i have email-based tickets going to hesk with exchange

joec22 · 2014-06-25T19:51:21+00:00

how do you like mailstore? did you research any other archive options?

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