Running AutoCAD as non-admin
I have a handful of users who need to use AutoCAD. I discovered that as of the August Windows updates, changes to UAC were made that cause problems with AutoCAD launching. Normal users get error 1730: You must be an administrator to remove the application. Admins can launch the app with no issues.
I contacted Autodesk support, and they referred me to the Microsoft KB article that describes how to add the product code to the registry to bypass UAC prompts. Even though Autodesk support didn't give me it and had no clue what I was talking about, despite being referenced in the KB they sent me, I also found the Autodesk KB that references the issue and helpfully gives the product code format for all of their apps to make finding and adding the strings to the registry. Easy and done, right? Nope...
Even after adding the keys to the registry and restarting, users are still getting the same error message. We use AppLocker, so looking at the AppLocker logs, I can see the app was permitted to start, and the MST located in the windows\\installer directory that it tries to launch were permitted, but the app still doesn't launch. There are no AppLocker events that indicate anything, even things not related to Autodesk apps are being blocked. I also double-checked the product code I see being run in the AppLocker logs, and it matches the code I entered. Soo...I'm stuck.
Has anyone else encountered and worked around this issue? Initially, I thought I could rollback from the 2026 version to 2024, which previously worked, but no, it too has the same issue.
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I have a handful of users who need to use AutoCAD. I discovered that as of the August Windows updates, changes to UAC were made that cause problems with AutoCAD launching. Normal users get error 1730: You must be an administrator to remove the application. Admins can launch the app with no issues.
I contacted Autodesk support, and they referred me to the Microsoft KB article that describes how to add the product code to the registry to bypass UAC prompts. Even though Autodesk support didn't give me it and had no clue what I was talking about, despite being referenced in the KB they sent me, I also found the Autodesk KB that references the issue and helpfully gives the product code format for all of their apps to make finding and adding the strings to the registry. Easy and done, right? Nope...
Even after adding the keys to the registry and restarting, users are still getting the same error message. We use AppLocker, so looking at the AppLocker logs, I can see the app was permitted to start, and the MST located in the windows\\installer directory that it tries to launch were permitted, but the app still doesn't launch. There are no AppLocker events that indicate anything, even things not related to Autodesk apps are being blocked. I also double-checked the product code I see being run in the AppLocker logs, and it matches the code I entered. Soo...I'm stuck.
Has anyone else encountered and worked around this issue? Initially, I thought I could rollback from the 2026 version to 2024, which previously worked, but no, it too has the same issue.
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User was compromised and sent out 2000 emails with a bad link, 24 hours later the User still can't receive or send users after mitigation steps
As the noscript says, I have a user who has sent out 2000 emails with a malicious link. I was able to mitigate the issue by removing said OneNote page and we reset the password and information for the user in question. It's been 24 hours, and the (real) user still can't receive or send emails. I have sent emails to the user to test this and see on the trace that these emails are delivered, but they are not getting to the end user. I know Microsoft will stop emails sent from an individual user at some point, but what is the protocol to allowing the user to get and receive emails again?
*Note: This is a volunteer gig and I'm definitely not SYS Admin but have novice knowledge around Azure admin center.
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As the noscript says, I have a user who has sent out 2000 emails with a malicious link. I was able to mitigate the issue by removing said OneNote page and we reset the password and information for the user in question. It's been 24 hours, and the (real) user still can't receive or send emails. I have sent emails to the user to test this and see on the trace that these emails are delivered, but they are not getting to the end user. I know Microsoft will stop emails sent from an individual user at some point, but what is the protocol to allowing the user to get and receive emails again?
*Note: This is a volunteer gig and I'm definitely not SYS Admin but have novice knowledge around Azure admin center.
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How do you balance ‘get it done’ vs. ‘there must be a better way’ as a sysadmin?
Something I keep struggling with is actually getting things done vs constantly thinking there must be a better tool, noscript, or process out there. With the amount of really useful tools, noscripts, online resources, etc. out there I'm always worried that the task I'm about to set out on could be done faster, bestter, be more automated, all that good stuff.
Whenever I'm about to start a task I’ll often catch myself thinking:
“Is this even the best way to do this? There’s probably some open source tool, online resource, or hidden feature that would save me time.”
The problem is that thought pattern sometimes leads to over researching instead of executing. I end up stuck between "just do it with the process or tools I know" and "wait a sec, let me try do this in the best practice, most efficient modern way. Maybe I should spend hours hunting for a more elegant solution".
Do other sysadmins struggle with this? How do you personally strike the balance between “just get it done even if it's not the most perfect, efficient solution” and “investing time to find a smarter way”?
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Something I keep struggling with is actually getting things done vs constantly thinking there must be a better tool, noscript, or process out there. With the amount of really useful tools, noscripts, online resources, etc. out there I'm always worried that the task I'm about to set out on could be done faster, bestter, be more automated, all that good stuff.
Whenever I'm about to start a task I’ll often catch myself thinking:
“Is this even the best way to do this? There’s probably some open source tool, online resource, or hidden feature that would save me time.”
The problem is that thought pattern sometimes leads to over researching instead of executing. I end up stuck between "just do it with the process or tools I know" and "wait a sec, let me try do this in the best practice, most efficient modern way. Maybe I should spend hours hunting for a more elegant solution".
Do other sysadmins struggle with this? How do you personally strike the balance between “just get it done even if it's not the most perfect, efficient solution” and “investing time to find a smarter way”?
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Public NTP servers
The noscript summarizes it all. We have much of the infrastructure on public cloud & time gets synced from Hypervisor.
Part of the infrastructure is on Edge network, mostly network devices like firewalls, F5 load balancers & observability devices.
Does this make sense to run a private NTP server to provide time sync services just for edge n/w? What are the caveats of using public NTP services like
I somehow feel it's an overkill to offer NTP services for a small handful of clients.
Have your say!!
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The noscript summarizes it all. We have much of the infrastructure on public cloud & time gets synced from Hypervisor.
Part of the infrastructure is on Edge network, mostly network devices like firewalls, F5 load balancers & observability devices.
Does this make sense to run a private NTP server to provide time sync services just for edge n/w? What are the caveats of using public NTP services like
time.windows.com or NTP pool?I somehow feel it's an overkill to offer NTP services for a small handful of clients.
Have your say!!
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How do you get past the question from management of "why couldn't others on the team figure this out?"
In any team, there will be people of various specialties, and not everyone is perfectly interchangeable with everyone else. But management (especially non-technical management members) often times don't comprehend this. They think that with enough training anyone should be able to do anyone else's job. Which may be the case when it comes to procedures for any defined job aspect, but there is no training that can give someone the deep insight in a given area.
Examples include a good DBA that can look at performance, glance at queries, and come up with some non-obvious set of indexes that magically make everything better (or sometimes removing indexes so a better one in a given situation gets actually used). Or you have someone who happens to be good at understanding systems-level programming, and diagnoses why a vendor license manager is segfaulting by running strace against it and seeing that a file it opened / read just prior to the segault happens to be a zero-byte XML file, and fixing that resolves the issue instantly.
You can write up incident reports that shows what the solution was for any given issue, but I really don't know how to train people on the thought process that quickly gets to a solution, when that though process was honed over 35 years of intense self-torture in front of a computer screen.
The closest I've seen in print form is after reading The Phoenix Project, which was at the beginning of the devops culture. In there they had a character named Brent that new where all the bodies were buried, and just took care of things. Not that he was a genius, but just had that deep domain and company knowledge.
Has anyone else had real-life experience with these situations, and how did you end up improving it? Did you do like was done in that book, and have your Brent explain the steps for the solution but have someone else drive the keyboard? Or, instead of solutioning it, point another team member to the appropriate documentation and have them go through it with you? What else can we implement?
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In any team, there will be people of various specialties, and not everyone is perfectly interchangeable with everyone else. But management (especially non-technical management members) often times don't comprehend this. They think that with enough training anyone should be able to do anyone else's job. Which may be the case when it comes to procedures for any defined job aspect, but there is no training that can give someone the deep insight in a given area.
Examples include a good DBA that can look at performance, glance at queries, and come up with some non-obvious set of indexes that magically make everything better (or sometimes removing indexes so a better one in a given situation gets actually used). Or you have someone who happens to be good at understanding systems-level programming, and diagnoses why a vendor license manager is segfaulting by running strace against it and seeing that a file it opened / read just prior to the segault happens to be a zero-byte XML file, and fixing that resolves the issue instantly.
You can write up incident reports that shows what the solution was for any given issue, but I really don't know how to train people on the thought process that quickly gets to a solution, when that though process was honed over 35 years of intense self-torture in front of a computer screen.
The closest I've seen in print form is after reading The Phoenix Project, which was at the beginning of the devops culture. In there they had a character named Brent that new where all the bodies were buried, and just took care of things. Not that he was a genius, but just had that deep domain and company knowledge.
Has anyone else had real-life experience with these situations, and how did you end up improving it? Did you do like was done in that book, and have your Brent explain the steps for the solution but have someone else drive the keyboard? Or, instead of solutioning it, point another team member to the appropriate documentation and have them go through it with you? What else can we implement?
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Weekly 'I made a useful thing' Thread - September 19, 2025
There is a great deal of user-generated content out there, from noscripts and software to tutorials and videos, but we've generally tried to keep that off of the front page due to the volume and as a result of community feedback. There's also a great deal of content out there that violates our advertising/promotion rule, from noscripts and software to tutorials and videos.
We have received a number of requests for exemptions to the rule, and rather than allowing the front page to get consumed, we thought we'd try a weekly thread that allows for that kind of content. We don't have a catchy name for it yet, so please let us know if you have any ideas!
In this thread, feel free to show us your pet project, YouTube videos, blog posts, or whatever else you may have and share it with the community. Commercial advertisements, affiliate links, or links that appear to be monetization-grabs will still be removed.
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There is a great deal of user-generated content out there, from noscripts and software to tutorials and videos, but we've generally tried to keep that off of the front page due to the volume and as a result of community feedback. There's also a great deal of content out there that violates our advertising/promotion rule, from noscripts and software to tutorials and videos.
We have received a number of requests for exemptions to the rule, and rather than allowing the front page to get consumed, we thought we'd try a weekly thread that allows for that kind of content. We don't have a catchy name for it yet, so please let us know if you have any ideas!
In this thread, feel free to show us your pet project, YouTube videos, blog posts, or whatever else you may have and share it with the community. Commercial advertisements, affiliate links, or links that appear to be monetization-grabs will still be removed.
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Likely failed the interview for my dream job
Mostly because my experience in the sysadmin world has been siloed, so I did not touch firewalls or routers muchless Cisco switches, routers but just old ass Dell poweredge servers.
Nevermind in a jov environment did I touch Linux. At least not towards the end of my time with centOS a tad. Like baby proof my access level.
I felt i did ok on the windows stuff aside from idrac (never had access before at previous job).
Anyway felt like my mental health reset just by getting this interview. 2nd interview in 2 months for any IT job that can pay my bills.
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Mostly because my experience in the sysadmin world has been siloed, so I did not touch firewalls or routers muchless Cisco switches, routers but just old ass Dell poweredge servers.
Nevermind in a jov environment did I touch Linux. At least not towards the end of my time with centOS a tad. Like baby proof my access level.
I felt i did ok on the windows stuff aside from idrac (never had access before at previous job).
Anyway felt like my mental health reset just by getting this interview. 2nd interview in 2 months for any IT job that can pay my bills.
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How is InTune these days, for an SME?
When last I looked at InTune for MDM it was awful. Everything was noscripts in Azure and PowerShell controls. To be fair it was very new. Not even fully launched.
Right now we (business of about 70 endpoints) use Miradore for MDM but it would be nice to integrate better with 365 etc. How is InTune now?
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When last I looked at InTune for MDM it was awful. Everything was noscripts in Azure and PowerShell controls. To be fair it was very new. Not even fully launched.
Right now we (business of about 70 endpoints) use Miradore for MDM but it would be nice to integrate better with 365 etc. How is InTune now?
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Built a free SOC2 scanner because consultants wanted $50k to run basic AWS checks
Wasn't sure which flair to post this under, let me know if it needs to go somewhere else....
With that said, a friend of mine was having issues with finding reliable help/support during a SOC2 audit. I built a simple scanner that checks the technical parts of SOC2 (the \~30% that's actually infrastructure). It's not a complete compliance solution - won't write your policies or track vendor assessments. But it will tell you which S3 buckets are public, which IAM users lack MFA, and which access keys haven't been rotated in 90+ days.
github.com/guardian-nexus/auditkit
Takes 2 minutes to run, gives you actual AWS CLI commands to fix issues.
Fair warning tho: This only covers technical controls. You still need the policies, procedures, and evidence collection for a real audit. But at least you won't pay someone $500/hour to tell you to enable MFA on root.
AWS only for now. PR's welcome if you want to add Azure/GCP.
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Wasn't sure which flair to post this under, let me know if it needs to go somewhere else....
With that said, a friend of mine was having issues with finding reliable help/support during a SOC2 audit. I built a simple scanner that checks the technical parts of SOC2 (the \~30% that's actually infrastructure). It's not a complete compliance solution - won't write your policies or track vendor assessments. But it will tell you which S3 buckets are public, which IAM users lack MFA, and which access keys haven't been rotated in 90+ days.
github.com/guardian-nexus/auditkit
Takes 2 minutes to run, gives you actual AWS CLI commands to fix issues.
Fair warning tho: This only covers technical controls. You still need the policies, procedures, and evidence collection for a real audit. But at least you won't pay someone $500/hour to tell you to enable MFA on root.
AWS only for now. PR's welcome if you want to add Azure/GCP.
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GitHub - guardian-nexus/auditkit: AuditKit - Multi-Cloud Compliance Scanner & Evidence Collection
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Onsite equipment availability?
I am in a position where we have 3-4 sites (depending on how much cross over you consider) where IT is not centrally located. This means that things like replacement mice, or keypads may take half a day to get to the recipient. We're in the manufacturing sector, so sometimes its a sudden emergency, and we need to drop everything just to bring them a $10 keyboard.
My thoughts are to have a metal cabinet, hooked up to the same system as our door access. This way we can control the users that should have access to it, and record the times that its been accessed.
For those in similiar situations, what are your solutions?
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I am in a position where we have 3-4 sites (depending on how much cross over you consider) where IT is not centrally located. This means that things like replacement mice, or keypads may take half a day to get to the recipient. We're in the manufacturing sector, so sometimes its a sudden emergency, and we need to drop everything just to bring them a $10 keyboard.
My thoughts are to have a metal cabinet, hooked up to the same system as our door access. This way we can control the users that should have access to it, and record the times that its been accessed.
For those in similiar situations, what are your solutions?
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Does Server 2025 Still Have Issues?
We are getting ready to set up another AD domain. Very basic: AD, DHCP, DNS, and a fileserver. I've read 2025 has had some issues though that was several months ago since I researched it last.
I know we can get 2025 volume licensing and have downgrade rights to 2022. But, I'd rather just go to 2025 from the start if possible.
Is 2025 still a problem child?
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We are getting ready to set up another AD domain. Very basic: AD, DHCP, DNS, and a fileserver. I've read 2025 has had some issues though that was several months ago since I researched it last.
I know we can get 2025 volume licensing and have downgrade rights to 2022. But, I'd rather just go to 2025 from the start if possible.
Is 2025 still a problem child?
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Am I Getting Fucked Friday, September 19th 2025
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This weekly thread is here for you to discuss vendor and carrier expectations, software questions, pricing, and quotes for network services, licensing, support, deployment, and hardware.
Required Info for accurate answers:
* Part Number
* Manufacturer/vendor
* Service Type and Service Location
* Quantity (as applicable)
All questions are welcome regarding:
* Cloud Services - Security, configurations, deployment, management, consulting services, and migrations
* Server configs and quote answers
* Storage Vendor options, alternatives, details, and selection
* Software Licensing - This includes Microsoft CSPs
* Network infrastructure - overlay software, segmentation, routers, switches, load balancing, APs…
* Security - Access Management, firewalls, MFA, cloud DNS, layer 7 services, antivirus, email, DLP….
* User gear - Usually, you should buy the quote you have unless the quantity is +50 units
* POTS line replacements
* Single site and multi-location connectivity – Dedicated internet access, Broadband, 5G LTE, Satellite, dark fiber, Ethernet services
* Voice services- SIP, UCaaS,
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PMs are welcome to answer your questions any time, not just on Fridays.
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Required Info for accurate answers:
* Part Number
* Manufacturer/vendor
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* Quantity (as applicable)
All questions are welcome regarding:
* Cloud Services - Security, configurations, deployment, management, consulting services, and migrations
* Server configs and quote answers
* Storage Vendor options, alternatives, details, and selection
* Software Licensing - This includes Microsoft CSPs
* Network infrastructure - overlay software, segmentation, routers, switches, load balancing, APs…
* Security - Access Management, firewalls, MFA, cloud DNS, layer 7 services, antivirus, email, DLP….
* User gear - Usually, you should buy the quote you have unless the quantity is +50 units
* POTS line replacements
* Single site and multi-location connectivity – Dedicated internet access, Broadband, 5G LTE, Satellite, dark fiber, Ethernet services
* Voice services- SIP, UCaaS,
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KB5065426 issues Win11 24H2
Anyone else lost Microsoft Print to PDF after installing KB5065426?
I've uninstalled the update, repaired DISM. Tried re-installing through windows features, PS and DISM but always get the same error code - Error: 0x800f0922
It's driving me nuts....
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Anyone else lost Microsoft Print to PDF after installing KB5065426?
I've uninstalled the update, repaired DISM. Tried re-installing through windows features, PS and DISM but always get the same error code - Error: 0x800f0922
It's driving me nuts....
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Google Chrome * Gemini Integration: Heads up to responsible admins in healthcare
For any of you that admin hospitals or clinics, be aware that Google has been rolling out Gemini App and Generative AI integrations into Chrome for a short while now. Be sure to update your chrome ADMX files and review the Chrome 'Generative AI' options in group policy. If you arent under a BAA with google workspace or other confidentiality agreements with Google, you might want to disable some of the generative AI features. The new Gemini App explicitly states to the user that page URLs and *Contents* will be sent to google/gemini for processing.
This could be a big compliance issue for healthcare orgs that dont have eyes on this.
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For any of you that admin hospitals or clinics, be aware that Google has been rolling out Gemini App and Generative AI integrations into Chrome for a short while now. Be sure to update your chrome ADMX files and review the Chrome 'Generative AI' options in group policy. If you arent under a BAA with google workspace or other confidentiality agreements with Google, you might want to disable some of the generative AI features. The new Gemini App explicitly states to the user that page URLs and *Contents* will be sent to google/gemini for processing.
This could be a big compliance issue for healthcare orgs that dont have eyes on this.
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This Microsoft Entra ID Vulnerability Could Have Been Catastrophic
Security researcher Dirk-jan Mollema discovered two vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Entra ID identity platform that could have granted attackers administrative access to virtually all Azure customer accounts worldwide. The flaws involved legacy authentication systems -- Actor Tokens issued by Azure's Access Control Service and a validation failure in the retiring Azure Active Directory Graph API.
Mollema reported the vulnerabilities to Microsoft on July 14. Microsoft released a global fix three days later and found no evidence of exploitation. The vulnerabilities would have allowed attackers to impersonate any user across any Azure tenant and access all Microsoft services using Entra ID authentication. Microsoft confirmed the fixes were fully implemented by July 23 and added additional security measures in August as part of its Secure Future Initiative. The company issued a CVE on September 4.
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Security researcher Dirk-jan Mollema discovered two vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Entra ID identity platform that could have granted attackers administrative access to virtually all Azure customer accounts worldwide. The flaws involved legacy authentication systems -- Actor Tokens issued by Azure's Access Control Service and a validation failure in the retiring Azure Active Directory Graph API.
Mollema reported the vulnerabilities to Microsoft on July 14. Microsoft released a global fix three days later and found no evidence of exploitation. The vulnerabilities would have allowed attackers to impersonate any user across any Azure tenant and access all Microsoft services using Entra ID authentication. Microsoft confirmed the fixes were fully implemented by July 23 and added additional security measures in August as part of its Secure Future Initiative. The company issued a CVE on September 4.
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This Microsoft Entra ID Vulnerability Could Have Been Catastrophic
A pair of flaws in Microsoft's Entra ID identity and access management system could have allowed an attacker to gain access to virtually all Azure customer accounts.
Went from 3 people to 2 in IT, asked for a lighter workload cause the burnout is creeping in. Got told I should be asking for overtime if stuff's not getting done. Clearly this is a sign to abandon ship, right?
Like the noscript describes, the position I find myself in has turned out to be more permanent than I was led to believe initially. When I started here, I was the 3rd guy. Shortly after I was hired, my manager transitioned away from IT, and I knew immediately this place wasn't on top of their game in terms of IT.
Fast forward to today, about 1.5 years later, and I'm still in a 2-man team with only more responsibility. I can tell that the workload isn't getting any lighter and the demands aren't decreasing, so I voiced my opinion to management.
What I didn't expect was direct gaslighting about the issue. For them to suggest I should just work more to make the problems go away is really rubbing me the wrong way, both professionally and personally.
Am I a crazy person for not clinging to my job in this current market despite this type of treatment??
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Like the noscript describes, the position I find myself in has turned out to be more permanent than I was led to believe initially. When I started here, I was the 3rd guy. Shortly after I was hired, my manager transitioned away from IT, and I knew immediately this place wasn't on top of their game in terms of IT.
Fast forward to today, about 1.5 years later, and I'm still in a 2-man team with only more responsibility. I can tell that the workload isn't getting any lighter and the demands aren't decreasing, so I voiced my opinion to management.
What I didn't expect was direct gaslighting about the issue. For them to suggest I should just work more to make the problems go away is really rubbing me the wrong way, both professionally and personally.
Am I a crazy person for not clinging to my job in this current market despite this type of treatment??
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Not encouraging the 4am OMG this is an emergency now call
Got called at 4:30am after my team's on-call person had been aroused and told them to send it to me.
"We might not make a Sunday release because the Pre-Production testing environment is down!"
Strike 1: 4:30am
Strike 2: For non-production system
Strike 3: That according to the logs had been down for over six weeks
Been down a day or two? Sure I'll give the benefit of the doubt when working a tight deadline project you had checked that the needed resources were available and have handed it off to the right team to be woken up. Six weeks? Nah.
Took all of about twenty minutes to figure things out and email them to let them know it wasn't my issue but I had scheduled an email to the appropriate team for 8am asking them to fix it.
Along with the appropriate heads up email to their project manager and my boss.
At least I learned how set "delay delivery" in Outlook.
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Got called at 4:30am after my team's on-call person had been aroused and told them to send it to me.
"We might not make a Sunday release because the Pre-Production testing environment is down!"
Strike 1: 4:30am
Strike 2: For non-production system
Strike 3: That according to the logs had been down for over six weeks
Been down a day or two? Sure I'll give the benefit of the doubt when working a tight deadline project you had checked that the needed resources were available and have handed it off to the right team to be woken up. Six weeks? Nah.
Took all of about twenty minutes to figure things out and email them to let them know it wasn't my issue but I had scheduled an email to the appropriate team for 8am asking them to fix it.
Along with the appropriate heads up email to their project manager and my boss.
At least I learned how set "delay delivery" in Outlook.
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VP (Technology) wants password complexity removed for domain
I would like to start by saying I do NOT communicate directly with the VP. I am a couple of levels removed from him. I execute the directives I am given (in writing).
Today, on a Friday afternoon, I'm being asked to remove password complexity for our password requirements. We have a 13 character minimum for passwords. Has anyone dealt with this? I think it's a terrible idea as it leaves us open to passwords like aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. MFA is still required for everything offsite, but not for everything onsite.
The VP has been provided with reasoning as to why it's a bad idea to remove the complexity requirements. They want to do it anyway because a few top users complained.
This is a bad idea, right? Or am I overreacting?
Edit: Thank you to those of you that pointed out compliance issues. I believe that caused a pause on things. At the very least, this will open up a discussion next week to do this properly if it's still desired. Better than a knee-jerk reaction on a Friday afternoon.
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I would like to start by saying I do NOT communicate directly with the VP. I am a couple of levels removed from him. I execute the directives I am given (in writing).
Today, on a Friday afternoon, I'm being asked to remove password complexity for our password requirements. We have a 13 character minimum for passwords. Has anyone dealt with this? I think it's a terrible idea as it leaves us open to passwords like aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. MFA is still required for everything offsite, but not for everything onsite.
The VP has been provided with reasoning as to why it's a bad idea to remove the complexity requirements. They want to do it anyway because a few top users complained.
This is a bad idea, right? Or am I overreacting?
Edit: Thank you to those of you that pointed out compliance issues. I believe that caused a pause on things. At the very least, this will open up a discussion next week to do this properly if it's still desired. Better than a knee-jerk reaction on a Friday afternoon.
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Today's one panel cartoon in the Wall Street Journal addresses IT outsourcing
For a quick chuckle: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/pepperand-salt-541ab8d8?mod=pepperandsalt\_article\_pos1
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For a quick chuckle: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/pepperand-salt-541ab8d8?mod=pepperandsalt\_article\_pos1
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Opinion | Pepper…and Salt
“We haven’t had our server long”
Says the president of the firm my company acquired a year ago.
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My company, an environmental engineering holding firm has been acquiring small firms to go the business. I am tasked with helping move the small firms’ data to a cloud service provider. Part of the process is using a tool on the server in the small firm’s environment.
The latest one had checked off enough memory and storage with a newish Windows Server 2022, but no one looked at this particular server closely to notice its about 8 or 9 years old and slow as h—. And their Internet is only 50Mb upload
This will be a disaster…
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Says the president of the firm my company acquired a year ago.
—
My company, an environmental engineering holding firm has been acquiring small firms to go the business. I am tasked with helping move the small firms’ data to a cloud service provider. Part of the process is using a tool on the server in the small firm’s environment.
The latest one had checked off enough memory and storage with a newish Windows Server 2022, but no one looked at this particular server closely to notice its about 8 or 9 years old and slow as h—. And their Internet is only 50Mb upload
This will be a disaster…
https://redd.it/1nlkajw
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Calling All Sysadmins! What’s Your Best Advice or Fun Welcome Message for a Fresh Sysadmin?
Hey everyone,
We’ve got a fresh sysadmin diving into this crazy, ever-changing world of systems administration. Whether you’re a seasoned pro, someone who’s still figuring things out, or just have quirky advice to share—this is your moment!
What’s the best advice, tip, or funny “welcome to the team” phrase you’d give to someone just starting their sysadmin journey? Could be a golden rule, a survival tip, or a cheeky phrase like “Welcome to rest in peace!”
No advice is too big or too small. No joke is too silly. Just throw it all in—let’s create a treasure trove of wisdom and humor for the newbies.
So, what’s your story? What should every fresh sysadmin know or laugh about before they jump in?
Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
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Hey everyone,
We’ve got a fresh sysadmin diving into this crazy, ever-changing world of systems administration. Whether you’re a seasoned pro, someone who’s still figuring things out, or just have quirky advice to share—this is your moment!
What’s the best advice, tip, or funny “welcome to the team” phrase you’d give to someone just starting their sysadmin journey? Could be a golden rule, a survival tip, or a cheeky phrase like “Welcome to rest in peace!”
No advice is too big or too small. No joke is too silly. Just throw it all in—let’s create a treasure trove of wisdom and humor for the newbies.
So, what’s your story? What should every fresh sysadmin know or laugh about before they jump in?
Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
https://redd.it/1nlrgzg
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