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Reddit SystemAdmin. Thanks @reddit2telegram and @r_channels.
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[Help Needed] MFA Recommendation for Hybrid Environment (AD, RDP, O365, Citrix, VPN)
Hi all,
We're looking for a solid MFA solution that can cover multiple systems in a hybrid environment (on-prem and cloud). Would appreciate any recommendations based on your experience.
Requirements:
* Windows Active Directory logon protection (with offline login support)
* Remote Desktop (RDP) MFA
* Office 365 integration (SAML or Azure/Entra-based)
* Citrix (Virtual Apps & Desktops, RDS Gateway, etc.)
* VPN support (Fortinet and/or Sophos via RADIUS)
* Push-based MFA with mobile app support
* Offline fallback (TOTP, hardware key, or code)
* Cloud and/or self-hosted deployment options (EU hosting or data residency is a plus)
* Reasonable pricing (up to 5 €/user/month with full feature set included)
This will be deployed and maintained by a single person, so we’re looking for something with a high level of automation and operational maturity — no solutions that still ship simple bugs into production. Ease of deployment, daily administration, and user experience are all highly important.
If you've worked with any tools that meet most of these needs, I'd love to hear about your experience.
Thanks in advance!
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Why did you want to become a sysadmin?
Im curious as to the reason. That said let's break it down % wise.
What % was it for more money?
For me id say 40% was for more money so I can live finally without needing to work a side gig 7 days a week to make ends meet.
But alas laidoff and likely back to shit pay help desk with no benefits in my region.
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AWS Workspaces as office worker replacement?
Alright, I have a POC in a couple weeks for AWS Workspaces. Possibly BYOL, but doesn't matter if not. We currently have our servers in the AWS EC2 cloud and they're all behind a SonicWall on AWS. That works fine. All of our users across the country are WFH since Covid. We closed all of our brick and mortar. Likewise, all of our users are on laptops, which are reaching EOL. We're at a situation where we either have to buy new laptops because W10 is retiring (but W12 has no release date) or we look at DaaS. To start, it's probably 50ish Office/Sales/Marketing users... no technical high-end users. So is AWS Workspaces a feasible solution at this time? Either way we're shelling out some money for either that or replacement laptops. So I'm just putting out feelers.
Most of our services are in the cloud, like O365, our CRM, VoIP, IM, etc. At this point we don't really have anything in-house so really as long as folks have an internet connection, they can work.
Just wondering from those who have the experience, if it's something I should legit consider or just bite the bullet on new hardware?
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How many IT admins/Helpdesk staff is normal ?
Been at the same company for 24 years (yeah I know 🙄)
Long story short….. now looking after 11 sites based the length and breadth of the UK (x2 large manufacturing, x4 large distribution warehouses and 5 office) …. Originally only looked after 2 sites.
Total number of IT users is circa 400 (sales reps,office staff, factory/distribution staff)
On call 24/6 as our manufacturing and manufacturing sites run min-sat.
I look after 35 servers in total, 20x VMware virtual, rest physical at each other sites.
I deal with all infrastructure/security/project work etc etc…. Basically everything bar the software development side.
Was allowed to employ a single trainee 2 years ago, because I said I’d leave if I didn’t have someone to help me out as the stress was becoming too much.
Now my question is…… how many IT admins/ Helpdesk would a company of this size usually employ ?
I’m paid £55k a year btw……which I don’t think is enough!
I joke that if you actually work out the number of things I look after, I’m actually paid less than an India call centre 🫣
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Why does no one talk about how hard it is to actually operationalize security policies?
Writing the policy is the easy part.
Seriously. You can sit down and crank out a 5-page Access Control Policy in a couple of hours if you’ve got the framework in front of you.
The real problem starts the minute you try to make that thing real in an actual environment:
Who’s supposed to “review access rights monthly”?
What tool are you using to track that?
What happens if no one does it?
What if the MSP doesn’t even have that visibility?
Half the time, the person who owns the tool (Intune, Defender, whatever) doesn’t even know what’s in the policy. And the person writing the policy has no say in the tools being used.
So what happens?
You get the illusion of compliance
The policies age out quietly
Auditors find the gap later
Then people scramble to fix it during a mad rush
Why don’t more people build policies backward from what’s actually being done? Or better yet, start with who owns the process, and write with them instead of dumping it on them later?
Curious how others handle this. Do you all map policy owners to tools/processes? Or is this just a common silent failure we all deal with?
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Mac, InTune, ABM and the first login experience..
Looking to setup a bunch of MacBooks. Devices are already in ABM and users setup with federation via Entra.
InTune setup with basic configuration profiles to install Office, Company Portal, Edge, Defender, Onedrive and the SSO extension but I’d like to improve/streamline the first login experience as much as possible by having things like the Company Portal pinned rather than having to go to Spotlight.. and it’s also unclear to me whether it’s now possible to sign into a Mac as your Entra identity or not?
Don’t suppose anyone has been in a similar situation and come across any good guides for this sort of thing recently?
Im fine with Autopilot and Windows but out of my comfort zone on the Mac side.
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Junior admins : what course would you love to follow ?
I am thinking about publishing courses on Udemy but I am not exactly sure I'd meet my audience there. Specifically, I am very good with silent deployments and scaling things up and would love to pass on that knowledge, and leveraging PSADT, Intune and Powershell in general.
However, I am not exactly sure this is worth a complete course and I am not certain people would be interested. I had a few people that I mentored and I absolutely loved it but I can't do it anymore (no one to mentor in my current org and probably not going to change) hence the call for creating courses. It's a bit hard for me to understand if there's a need for my knowledge out there since I already know what I know.
Therefore I am asking : as a junior admin, would you like to know everything there is to know about leveraging PSADT for silent deployments in complex scenarios (like mixed system / user contexts, pushing software without silent switches, finding silent switches and so on ?)
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First time deploying a real-world project – feeling a bit lost
Hi everyone,
I'm a relatively new software engineer. I've worked on several development projects (both web and mobile), but none of them made it past testing—they never reached deployment or production.
Now, I’m finally working on a project that will go live, and I’m realizing how little I know about the deployment process. I've read a lot, but honestly, it's just made me more confused. I understand the theory behind deployment and production environments, but I don’t know what concrete steps I need to take or what tools/infrastructure are required.
Here’s some context about the project:
Web platform: Built with Laravel and MySQL, intended for admins and internal users.
Mobile apps: Built with Flutter, using Firebase Firestore and Riverpod for state management. These apps are for end users.
My current thinking is that once we're done with testing, I can deploy the Laravel app and MySQL database to either a physical server or a VM (I have access to both). Then I’d set up a domain and IP address for access. But this feels like a half-baked plan. I'm sure I’m missing important steps or considerations, and I’m figuring all of this out on my own.
As for the mobile apps, I know I’ll need to publish them on the Play Store, but are there other deployment considerations for Flutter + Firebase apps?
I’ve also used some open-source tools like OSM and OSRM What do I need to be aware of when using these in production? Are there rate limits or hosting considerations I should know about? Should I consider self-hosting map tiles? or simply switch to google maps for example?
If anyone has guidance, resources, or even just a deployment checklist they follow, I’d really appreciate it!
Thank you.
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No Bootable Device Found (Windows 11)
I tried to dual boot kali linux and windows 11 (windows was my primary) and installed the iso file of kali into my card reader (32GB) using rufus and I inserted the card reader and after restarting, it showed me the typical kali linux installation loader. However, I cancelled the installation halfway through the process and when I pressed F12/F2, there was no option for the windows bootloader. Both the UEFI firmware BIOS settings and the F12 showed only the kali option. I was wondering if somebody knows how to revert back to windows 11 with all of the files intact.
I tried installing windows iso file in my other usb hoping it would give me the recovery options but it showed me the "Install driver to show hardware" instead
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How did you spend your SysAdmin Day?
How did you spend your day? Fighting fires or finally getting a thank you?
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Chromebook Licenses suspended- even after purchasing licensing from Google they need to be physically reprovisioned
Anyone run into this issue, its wild to me that even after purchasing licensing, I am unable to un-suspend the devices. These devices are scattered throughout Texas and its not physically possible to go to all locations in one weekend.
Anyone deal with this?
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Happy Sysadmin day to me at a small Font studio with an expired code signing cert, forcing us to urgently revamp legacy code
Happy Friday everyone. This is a long one. Not so much of a rant as it is a vent of frustration at myself.
So, we don't sign EXE's and DLL's here, we sign... Fonts. Yes, those little TTFs everyone knows and doesn't think much of, but are actually full of extremely deep technical challenges if you dig far enough.
Inside fonts they have a little database of properties listing all kinds of things like supported scripts and such, with one property named DSIG, which is where signatures are stored. But what I didn't know was that we were leaning on an application my ex-ex-ex-boss wrote in C++ maybe 20 years ago to insert signatures into that field, that no one in the company knew how it worked - not even the person who made it. Our devs are all Python/Rust/Web based devs, so dissecting that yesterday was fun for them I'm sure.
Additionally, I found out yesterday that the way we checked to see if a font was signed was from a vaguely mentioned, closed source and no longer supported Microsoft .EXE from 1999 - chktrust.exe - which we had to download from webarchive (found through here!) Their newer officially supported signtool.exe that's installed through Windows SDK doesn't report that fonts have any signatures, so we can't use that. Boo.
We have our GitLab + GitLab Runners on Google Compute Engine where the fonts get compiled and traditionally signed, so we figured we'd use Google HSM for this. Based on how this new process works we figured out that with SSL.com the process would have to;
- download a custom Docker image which can do the signing
- give it the TTF file
- get back the signed TTF file
For this process to work on a font, it would require the Docker image from SSL.com to understand fonts, and since SSL's "black box of magic" had no documentation any seemingly no way to call its API's, we decided to go the Google HSM route.
After finally getting hold of someone from SSL.com yesterday evening at midnight, I also found out that I also needed to implement Publicly Trusted Timestamping Service and a Validation Lookup Service (no idea what this is yet). We use a pool of some free Timestamping Services, but I didn't realise that this was set up as a pool because we keep hammering them and getting time-banned. Some projects can take up over 100 signings at once. Think a single family, all the weights (Bold, Heavy, Italic, Thin, etc), them double all of them for Italic, then double all of those again since we offer both Full and Trial fonts. And that's just covering Latin scripts - Greek/Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic... we can end up with hundreds of files if the project is big enough. Any suggestions for a reliable paid one that can handle a hammering occasionally are very welcome.
So yeah, the software developers are now in a mad rush to rewrite our legacy application into Python/Rust, I'm still waiting for SSL.com to get back to me for some answers since their documentation really isn't clear about certain critical things, and am just ready for this to all be over.
Edit: cut out a long section explaining my huge communication woes with SSL.com, who were failing to grasp that I was not based in the US and being surprised at things like how many numbers our phone number has (I included the regional code).
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Happy sysadmin day! 🥳
Nothing says “we appreciate you” like a critical switch going into a bootloop in a production environment.
I’m working as an IT System Engineer at an MSP, and today a customer’s Cisco Catalyst 1000 switch (part of a hardware stack) decided it was a great day to endlessly reboot itself. The fun part? It boots perfectly fine—as long as the stacking cables are unplugged. Classic.
Quick research showed: no active service contract. Even better. Dug a little deeper—turns out the contract was just renewed yesterday. Perfect timing, right? So I opened a Cisco TAC case immediately.
For now, I’ve isolated the switch, running it standalone, and registered it in Cisco ISE as a RADIUS client to get the customer’s production site in India back online. Temporary band-aid, but hey, production is running.
A troubleshooting session with Cisco GTAC is scheduled for Monday. Until then, the stack is a very expensive shelf decoration.
SysAdmin Day? Just another Friday in IT. 🎂🔧
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Disdain for training new people, same money, “More experience”, But damn useless…
I’ve been in my Role as SA for 8 years.
When I walked in there wasn’t any documentation, the previous guy just walked out, and manager hired me was a Buffoon who was sacked 2 months in.
When I started there were tasks to be done, I had no idea I just used what I did know, and what I could piece together and just cracked on.
Prime example is finding out where the last guy installed printer monitoring tools for consumables.. ah the SQL server because of course.
Some suits of software I had no idea, and a manager that broke things went off to lunch.
I sat reading forums, manuals, Teaching myself and just getting on with it.
Jump forward to this year, they hired a second to “Offload” onto. The first individual didn’t have a clue and left after 3 months.
The new guy again, older and “more experienced”.
Like a rabbit in the headlights.
I give something to do “can you show me how, and walk me through it”
To me at the point it’s easier to just crack on and do it myself.
Then when I asked the company about doing through some courses to expand on my knowledge “there’s not enough time”…. Followed by a sit down chat asking me to spend more time training the new guy…
Who’s on the same package as me, yet clueless on the basics.
Am I an ass? for just being like “nah, it’s not worth my time spoon feeding someone”, here’s the forums I read, figure it out. Or to be fair. Should know the basics.
What would you guys do?
Edit
I would just like to say thank you, even the critical comments about me need to handle it better, it’s true and I understand, I’m taking it all in and will think of my step forward.
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W11 24H2 No taskbar/black desktop since latest update?
Hi all,
This summer we are imaging all new devices with Windows 11 24H2 OS Build 26100.4349 (Dell Pro devices) via SCCM with the driver packs from Dell Command.
They all work fine, but when running Windows Update (OS Build 26100.4652) and restarting it gets stuck on 'Preparing Windows' when you try to login, if you Ctrl + Alt + Del then it loads up but you can only see your mouse pointer and everything else is black.
There have been a few times it has 'fixed' but I'm not sure if it's just fluke or something else is happening, we use mandatory profiles, I've tried a local admin account also which sometimes work, but not always.
I've tried:
* running sfc /scannow
* dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
* Deleting all of the packages in local appdata
* Deleting profiles
* Turning off applocker
* disabling Sophos
* Disabling Smoothwall
We have noticed some desktops have fixed when manually installing the latest update:
2025-07 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5062660) (26100.4770)
I'd love to know if anyone else has experienced this and what they did to resolve it, we have thousands of devices so it's a bit of a nightmare.
Opening up task manager and trying to run explorer.exe OR pressing the windows does nothing, checking event viewer shows:
**Problem Details**
**Problem:** Windows Start Experience Host **Description:** Stopped working **Date:** 25/07/2025 10:03 **Status:** Report sent
**Faulting Application Path:** `C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe`
**Problem signature** Problem Event Name: MoBEX Package Full Name: Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost\_10.0.26100.4768\_neutral\_neutral\_cw5n1h2txyewy Application Name: praid:App Application Version: 10.0.26100.4768 Application Timestamp: 61de637a Fault Module Name: StartMenuHost.dll Fault Module Version: 10.0.26100.4768 Fault Module Timestamp: 919e7523 Exception Offset: 00000000000ffe6d Exception Code: c0000409 Exception Data: 0000000000000007 OS Version: 10.0.26100.2.0.0.256.121 Locale ID: 2057 Additional Information 1: 23f4 Additional Information 2: 23f433b5363112671f353cae94b59b8a Additional Information 3: 7937 Additional Information 4: 79378fb4fd0bb45ddfed06ea4f0ca029da
**Extra information about the problem** Bucket ID: 67e12a638bc7cf8f5a3b6c2a39f28019 (0)
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**Problem Details**
**Problem:** Windows Logon User Interface Host **Description:** Stopped working **Date:** 25/07/2025 08:30
**Faulting Application Path:** `C:\Windows\System32\LogonUI.exe`
**Problem signature** Problem Event Name: BEX64 Application Name: LogonUI.exe Application Version: 10.0.26100.4202 Application Timestamp: 8ed3eebb Fault Module Name: Windows.UI.XamlHost.dll Fault Module Version: 10.0.26100.4202 Fault Module Timestamp: e941334f Exception Offset: 0000000000007922 Exception Code: c0000409 Exception Data: 0000000000000007 OS Version: 10.0.26100.2.0.0.256.121 Locale ID: 2057 Additional Information 1: cba7 Additional Information 2: cba7c3f99593f456a2fd946d7ba108447 Additional Information 3: 1900 Additional Information 4: 190095246be723a043309671f53bdece
**Extra information about the problem** Bucket ID: 81087e5e778acd4ad346a3da6adffa3c (0)
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**Problem Details**
**Problem:** Windows Explorer **Description:** Stopped working **Date:** 25/07/2025 09:28 **Status:** Report sent
**Faulting Application Path:** `C:\Windows\explorer.exe`
**Problem signature** Problem Event Name: BEX64 Application Name: explorer.exe Application Version: 10.0.26100.4768 Application Timestamp: 6e2489c5 Fault Module Name: explorer.exe Fault Module Version: 10.0.26100.4768 Fault Module Timestamp: 6e2489c5 Exception Offset: 00000000000bd964 Exception Code: c0000409 Exception Data: 0000000000000007 OS Version: 10.0.26100.2.0.0.256.121 Locale ID: 2057 Additional Information 1: 3e45
How to Go Serverless Ten Remote Sites
Hi Admins,
We like to go serverless on-sites while still supporting Active Directory, DHCP, and File Services across 10 SD-WAN-connected site. Each site runs:
Single AD Forest
Exchange Online (Office 365/OneDrive) -All the users
SD-WAN between all sites
Each site got 50- 200 Users
Cisco network gears
Domain Joined Workstations
We are looking to reduce the burden of maintaining and managing legacy hardware. Our goal is to move away from traditional infrastructure and adopt a more cloud-centric model. Can we transition to a serverless architecture, or what would be the best approach to modernize over the next 2–3 years? Let me know if you need more info.
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What is the efficacy of tools that claim to be able to bypass MDM on IOS and Android devices.
I actually came across this in a parenting group talking about kids bypassing screen time restriction but the tools referenced claim to bypass even corporate MDM. I have no desire to drop $50+ to see if it works It's a random piece of software that seems to be an exact copy of dozens of other pieces of software with the same description but I'm curious if anyone has ran into these and if they actually "work" in that we should be worried about their ability to bypass restrictions on corporate devices.
I know kids and teens are uniquely motivated to find bypasses for this kind of stuff so it wouldn't surprise me if they were sharing something that worked on some level.
The software in question was "Tenorshare 4U" but it seems to be a copy of dozens of other similar pieces with seemingly randomly generated names and nearly identical websites.
https://redd.it/1maafmy
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Netplan YAML Generator & Validator
Hey everyone,
If you’re working with Linux, you know that Netplan YAML configs can suck, especially when it comes to indentation and syntax. I wanted to share a couple of free web tools I’ve found super helpful for managing Netplan configs:
Netplan Generator: [https://blueternalsolutions.com/netplan-builder](https://blueternalsolutions.com/netplan-builder) Quickly build Netplan YAML configs using a web form. Great for generating both simple and complex network setups without worrying about YAML formatting.
Netplan Validator: https://blueternalsolutions.com/netplan-validator Paste your Netplan YAML to check for syntax errors or formatting issues before deploying. Saves a ton of time troubleshooting broken configs.
I created these tools because it seems every time I setup netplan I need to look up the syntax. Especially on the terminal it's much easier to just paste in the config.
Also, don't forget about the /etc/cloud/cloud-init.disabled file so your config doesn't get wiped.
Would love to hear if anyone else has tips or tools to make Netplan easier.
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Apparently a mail my server sent was stalled for 22 years?!?
Have an email in maildir format: https://digitalkingdom.org/\~rlpowell/media/public/22\_year\_email.txt
It is, in fact, the case that in 2003 I was running an email server named chain.digitalkingdom.org ; stodi.digitalkingdom.org is the current incarnation of that same setup. I was, in fact, running ecartis, and I was, in fact, sending out the mailing list in question.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS QUESTIONS!
How was the email stuck for 22 years?
Why was EmailCoverageSystem@paanalyticstestlab.onmicrosoft.com subscribed to that mailing list?
Why, for the love of shub-internet, did mail.analzegran.com receive mail destined for paanalyticstestlab.onmicrosoft.com ? *HOW*?
EDIT: mail.analzegran.com appears to be running on AWS and has no obvious connection to microsoft.
I'll try emailing the obvious places, but I expect this will remain a mystery forever. :)
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Holy F up.
I had a summer intern working in DNS yesterday, local domain was redacted.com and was connected to azure.
Went in today to do some weekend updates to the systems, and my DC has been renamed and is now connected to redacted.local
It seems they have demoted the DC from the regular domain.
How the bloody heck do I reconnect the DC to the old domain? It was a solo DC
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Sysadmin into Leadership
I’ve been a sysadmin for 8 years, Jack of all trades, master of none, and I’d like to get into more of a leadership position which presently doesn’t exist in my current company.
In “real life” I’ve lead and directed projects, coordinated with executives, specced products/pricing, acted as translator to specific audiences, presented at company wide meetings… everything except control the purse strings.
There was a job opening for another company that fit my hard and soft skills to a T, but “on paper” I wasn’t the candidate. Totally fine.
How do I position myself for “nontechnical growth”? Do I need to jump to some small company for a few years where the “IT Director is the entire IT department” solely to get a title on my resume?
https://redd.it/1m9wyir
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Trying to decide between Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 for a small nonprofit — looking for honest feedback
Hey all —
I work at a small nonprofit and we’re trying to decide whether to pay for Microsoft 365 or switch fully over to Google Workspace. We’ve been using a mix of tools up to this point — our staff mostly uses personal Google accounts for work (not Workspace) because Docs, Sheets, and Forms have been easier to use and share than the Microsoft tools. But we’ve also had access to the basic 365 nonprofit plan for free, and Microsoft is about to stop offering that.
Now we’re being asked to choose between $5.50/month for Microsoft 365 (not sure if that’s per user or per device) or $6.50/month for Google Workspace.
Our new Executive Director came from a much bigger organization and is leaning toward Microsoft — probably because of some of the bells and whistles (365 seems much more powerful when used in full-force)— but I’m not totally convinced it’s the right move for a small team like ours. I haven’t been in the meetings with the Microsoft or Google reps, so I haven’t been able to ask the detailed questions myself.
Here’s what I’m trying to figure out:
1. Ease of public sharing
We frequently link to Docs and Sheets from our website or trainings. People don’t need to log in — they can just open them. If we update the doc, it updates everywhere. Can OneDrive or SharePoint do this? Or do people get stuck needing a login?
2. Do files stay synced across links?
In Google, if we link a doc in five places, we only have to update it once. Does Microsoft handle that the same way, or would we need to re-upload things or replace links to reflect changes?
3. Can Microsoft replicate Forms → Sheets → Maps?
We use Google Forms to collect data, which auto-populates a Sheet, and that Sheet is connected to a map we use to show engagement by location and populate relevant information connected to each pin. Is there a Microsoft equivalent? Would we need to use Power BI for the map part? And is Power BI included in the license or extra?
4. Can people without Microsoft accounts access stuff easily?
We work with students and families, so it’s important that people can open links without needing an account. Does Microsoft allow that? Or are login prompts going to be a problem?
5. What’s the deal with device limits?
We do a lot of field work and so we use multiple devices per person — desktops, laptops, tablets. If we go with Microsoft, does one license cover all of someone’s devices, or do we have to pay per device?
6. How steep is the learning curve?
We don’t have an IT department and don’t have a lot of time to train people on totally new systems. Is Microsoft 365 going to be a huge shift from Google tools? How long would it realistically take to get everyone up and running confidently?
Would really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s helped a small org or team make this decision. Especially curious if anyone has experience with public-facing content and real-time collaboration needs like ours. Thanks in advance.
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Odoo or ERPNext for ERP system?
Background:
- Medium company with 40 employees in logistic and manufactoring fields.
- Only me work as developer (I'm similar with Python but never develop ERP before)
Problem:
- Since our company old ERP is not working as we want (lacking of functions and customizable) and we want move to new ERP
I was consider between Odoo and ERPNext and after researching I more prefer ERPNext and its framework but I'm not sure so I wanna ask your guys opinions.
Which I should pick?? Thank so much.
https://redd.it/1m9q6ug
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Alternative to Graph API for sending emails through M365
I have a couple of reports that get sent weekly to roughly 30 people. The reports are generated in a Node.js application and then get manually emailed to the relevant people.
I want to automate the emailing of the reports. Ideally I would just do the via M365 and the Graph API however our IT team won't allow this, I believe because the don't understand Graph and think it's a security risk.
A workaround I have found is to have the Node application create the emails via Outlook on the command line which works to create the email and attach the report file however still requires pressing the send button on each email.
Is there any other way I can send these emails automatically via M365 without involving IT?
https://redd.it/1m9piel
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Trying to Break into Sysadmin from Healthcare. Would a Master’s Degree Help or Hurt?
Hey everyone, looking for advice from those of you who are already working in IT/sysadmin or infrastructure roles.
I recently graduated with a B.A. in Psychology and have spent the last few years working in clinical healthcare (oral surgery, dental assisting). While I’ve gained a lot of transferable skills, I’ve realized that I don’t want to stay in patient-facing or clinical roles long-term.
What I do enjoy is the technical side of things:
• I’ve done basic computer troubleshooting, software installs/updates, and even hardware replacements
• I’ve often been the unofficial IT support person for the office
• I like fixing problems, setting things up, and working with systems quietly in the background
Now I’m seriously considering transitioning into sysadmin or IT infrastructure work ideally in a stable, backend role with long-term growth and minimal sales or client-facing interaction.
1. Would you recommend going the certification route first (CompTIA A+, Net+, Server+, maybe Linux+) to break in?
2. Would it make sense to target healthcare orgs for IT support/sysadmin jobs, since I already know the clinical environment?
3. Has anyone here successfully broken in without a CS degree and how long did it take?
4. If I eventually wanted to level up further…
Is there any master’s degree that’s actually useful in this field (IT, MIS, Cybersecurity, etc.)?
Or is grad school mostly a waste of time/money unless I’m aiming for management or a completely different area?
My ultimate goal is to get into a stable, well-paid sysadmin/IT role that allows me to grow within a company. I’d be grateful for any advice on the best first step and whether grad school should be part of the plan at all.
Thank you in advance!
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How do you prevent phishing without annoying your team?
We’ve had a few close calls with phishing emails, but long training sessions don’t work.
Anyone using short, effective tools or services that actually change habits without annoying people?
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Give me the new computer and setup my old one for the new guy!
On this holy sysadmin day, I'd like to recant a fond memory from my first small client: Every time the boss hired someone, he'd get the new computer, then I'd have to setup his old one for the next person down the chain. All 8 employees got someone else's hand me downs with the new one coming in always going to the boss. Never mind how long this took, not like I was being paid extra. Thankfully, wasn't my client for very long.
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SysAdmin Appreciation Day Freebies
What are some freebies that we can grab for SysAdmin Appreciation Day?
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Happy SysAdmin Day to the unsung heroes of uptime! 🖥️💾
You keep the networks running, the servers humming, and the users (mostly) happy.
Here’s to caffeine, clean logs, and zero panicked 3 AM calls. 🎉
\#SysAdminDay #RespectTheAdmins
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