Microsoft Ignite 2025 updates
Sharing a quick summary of the today's Ignite updates that are actually useful for admins:
* **Security Copilot for All M365 E5** \-Now included at no extra cost. Integrated directly into Defender, Entra, Intune, and Purview with ready-to-use agents.
* **Organization-Wide Security Baseline** \- Easy way to apply baseline security settings across the tenant. It reduces the need to navigate multiple portals and allows to apply in a fewer clicks.
* **AI Security Dashboard** \- A consolidated dashboard showing real-time signals from Defender, Entra, and Purview. Helps monitor AI-related risks in one place.
* **Microsoft Agent 365** \- It's a plane to manage AI agents across the organization, whether built on Microsoft tools or external frameworks. Centralized deployment and governance.
* **Purview Enhancements for M365 Copilot** \- New additions include:
* Detailed data oversharing reports inside the M365 admin center
* Automated bulk cleanup of overshared links
* DLP controls for M365 Copilot and chat prompt interactions
* **Predictive Shielding in Microsoft Defender** \- Uses threat intelligence and graph data to predict likely attacker movement and automatically harden vulnerable paths before they’re exploited.
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Sharing a quick summary of the today's Ignite updates that are actually useful for admins:
* **Security Copilot for All M365 E5** \-Now included at no extra cost. Integrated directly into Defender, Entra, Intune, and Purview with ready-to-use agents.
* **Organization-Wide Security Baseline** \- Easy way to apply baseline security settings across the tenant. It reduces the need to navigate multiple portals and allows to apply in a fewer clicks.
* **AI Security Dashboard** \- A consolidated dashboard showing real-time signals from Defender, Entra, and Purview. Helps monitor AI-related risks in one place.
* **Microsoft Agent 365** \- It's a plane to manage AI agents across the organization, whether built on Microsoft tools or external frameworks. Centralized deployment and governance.
* **Purview Enhancements for M365 Copilot** \- New additions include:
* Detailed data oversharing reports inside the M365 admin center
* Automated bulk cleanup of overshared links
* DLP controls for M365 Copilot and chat prompt interactions
* **Predictive Shielding in Microsoft Defender** \- Uses threat intelligence and graph data to predict likely attacker movement and automatically harden vulnerable paths before they’re exploited.
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Does this annoy anyone else?
Someone asked why certain emails were being caught up in a spam filter, I explained why as non-techical as I could and all I hear is a sigh and "cool story bro" or usually its that look of "I really didnt want to know"
If you dont want to know, dont ask in the first place FFS.
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Someone asked why certain emails were being caught up in a spam filter, I explained why as non-techical as I could and all I hear is a sigh and "cool story bro" or usually its that look of "I really didnt want to know"
If you dont want to know, dont ask in the first place FFS.
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What's the most ridiculous request you've received?
We got a request today in our servicedesk saying they ordered and received a new kettle and wanted IT to check it out and make sure it was OK. Umm...don't think kettles are our problem. IT does get some silly requests sometimes (this was the silliest I've seen for some time) so was wondering what kind of strange or silly requests have you received?
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We got a request today in our servicedesk saying they ordered and received a new kettle and wanted IT to check it out and make sure it was OK. Umm...don't think kettles are our problem. IT does get some silly requests sometimes (this was the silliest I've seen for some time) so was wondering what kind of strange or silly requests have you received?
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The spreadsheet from hell
We’ve got 220 employees, and our entire device management system is one Excel file called IT Inventory Final v19 USE THIS ONE.xlsx.
Half the data’s wrong. Laptops marked as in use by people who quit months ago. Others say unknown. No one knows what unknown even means anymore.
I automate everything, deployments, patches, backups, monitoring but tracking physical equipment? Still 100% manual chaos.
Every quarter I tell myself I’ll fix it. Then I open the same damn spreadsheet, scroll through 400 rows, and die a little inside.
There has to be a better way.
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We’ve got 220 employees, and our entire device management system is one Excel file called IT Inventory Final v19 USE THIS ONE.xlsx.
Half the data’s wrong. Laptops marked as in use by people who quit months ago. Others say unknown. No one knows what unknown even means anymore.
I automate everything, deployments, patches, backups, monitoring but tracking physical equipment? Still 100% manual chaos.
Every quarter I tell myself I’ll fix it. Then I open the same damn spreadsheet, scroll through 400 rows, and die a little inside.
There has to be a better way.
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OK which one of you was bored today?
Looks like someone created a 4X downdetector...
https://downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com/
It's turtles all the way down.
Edit:
https://downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com/ is currently reporting everything down even though https://downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com/ is still online. This is crazy, I feel another mass internet calamity incoming.
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Looks like someone created a 4X downdetector...
https://downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com/
It's turtles all the way down.
Edit:
https://downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com/ is currently reporting everything down even though https://downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com/ is still online. This is crazy, I feel another mass internet calamity incoming.
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Can we recover access to this server?
We have a fully patched Windows 2022 server that has lost its trust in the domain. Attempting to login with a domain account gives a bad username/password error. No one knows a good, local username/password pair for the server. If it matters, the server is a VMware VM.
We had something similar happen to another server recently and we tried replacing utilman.exe with cmd.exe. We could get cmd.exe to initially execute but Windows Defender kept shutting it down.
Any suggestions for how we can regain access?
EDIT: Huge thank you to those who suggested disconnecting the NIC and trying to use cached creds! Worked like a charm.
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We have a fully patched Windows 2022 server that has lost its trust in the domain. Attempting to login with a domain account gives a bad username/password error. No one knows a good, local username/password pair for the server. If it matters, the server is a VMware VM.
We had something similar happen to another server recently and we tried replacing utilman.exe with cmd.exe. We could get cmd.exe to initially execute but Windows Defender kept shutting it down.
Any suggestions for how we can regain access?
EDIT: Huge thank you to those who suggested disconnecting the NIC and trying to use cached creds! Worked like a charm.
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Disgruntled IT employee causes Houston company $862K cyber chaos
Per the Houston Chronicle:
Waste Management found itself in a tech nightmare after a former contractor, upset about being fired, broke back into the Houston company's network and reset roughly 2,500 passwords-knocking employees offline across the country.
Maxwell Schultz, 35, of Ohio, admitted he hacked into his old employer's network after being fired in May 2021.
While it's unclear why he was let go, prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas said Schultz posed as another contractor to snag login credentials, giving him access to the company's network.
Once he logged in, Schultz ran what court documents described as a "PowerShell noscript," which is a command to automate tasks and manage systems. In doing so, prosecutors said he reset "approximately 2,500 passwords, locking thousands of employees and contractors out of their computers nationwide."
The cyberattack caused more than $862,000 in company losses, including customer service disruptions and labor needed to restore the network. Investigators said Schultz also looked into ways to delete logs and cleared several system logs.
During a plea agreement, Shultz admitted to causing the cyberattack because he was "upset about being fired," the U.S. Attorney's Office noted. He is now facing 10 years in federal prison and a possible fine of up to $250,000.
Cybersecurity experts say this type of retaliation hack, also known as "insider threats," is growing, especially among disgruntled former employees or contractors with insider access. Especially in Houston's energy and tech sectors, where contractors often have elevated system privileges, according to the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
Source: (non paywall version) https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/cybersecurity/disgruntled-it-employee-causes-houston-company-862k-cyber-chaos/ar-AA1QLcW3
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Per the Houston Chronicle:
Waste Management found itself in a tech nightmare after a former contractor, upset about being fired, broke back into the Houston company's network and reset roughly 2,500 passwords-knocking employees offline across the country.
Maxwell Schultz, 35, of Ohio, admitted he hacked into his old employer's network after being fired in May 2021.
While it's unclear why he was let go, prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas said Schultz posed as another contractor to snag login credentials, giving him access to the company's network.
Once he logged in, Schultz ran what court documents described as a "PowerShell noscript," which is a command to automate tasks and manage systems. In doing so, prosecutors said he reset "approximately 2,500 passwords, locking thousands of employees and contractors out of their computers nationwide."
The cyberattack caused more than $862,000 in company losses, including customer service disruptions and labor needed to restore the network. Investigators said Schultz also looked into ways to delete logs and cleared several system logs.
During a plea agreement, Shultz admitted to causing the cyberattack because he was "upset about being fired," the U.S. Attorney's Office noted. He is now facing 10 years in federal prison and a possible fine of up to $250,000.
Cybersecurity experts say this type of retaliation hack, also known as "insider threats," is growing, especially among disgruntled former employees or contractors with insider access. Especially in Houston's energy and tech sectors, where contractors often have elevated system privileges, according to the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
Source: (non paywall version) https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/cybersecurity/disgruntled-it-employee-causes-houston-company-862k-cyber-chaos/ar-AA1QLcW3
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Scammers are using QR codes to trick Houstonians—how to spot the signs
QR code scams, or “quishing,” are on the rise in Houston as scammers take advantage of the holiday rush.
Pro tip for interviews
Be honest with your answers. Short and sweet. If your cert lapsed pr you don't have specific experience, be up front. It's not that big of a deal. Many places will help you get back into compliance/train you.
Interviewed someone today and they had very long answers without just saying "I do not have experience with that" or "no my cert has lapsed but I am willing to put the work in and re test".
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Be honest with your answers. Short and sweet. If your cert lapsed pr you don't have specific experience, be up front. It's not that big of a deal. Many places will help you get back into compliance/train you.
Interviewed someone today and they had very long answers without just saying "I do not have experience with that" or "no my cert has lapsed but I am willing to put the work in and re test".
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In MY day… (sysadmin edition)
In my day we didn’t have no…“cloudflare” outages. When the websites were down we put on our jackets and got on the elevator down to the basement, walked through the snow to get to the server room, and rebooted the web server! We didn’t just tell the helpdesk to send an email letting the clients know we had a vendor outage and were waiting for them to fix it, we took care of it ourselves! *shakes fist 🤛
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In my day we didn’t have no…“cloudflare” outages. When the websites were down we put on our jackets and got on the elevator down to the basement, walked through the snow to get to the server room, and rebooted the web server! We didn’t just tell the helpdesk to send an email letting the clients know we had a vendor outage and were waiting for them to fix it, we took care of it ourselves! *shakes fist 🤛
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Why do healthcare orgs buy automation tools then keep doing everything manually??
Worked with three different healthcare places this past year and I swear it's always the same story. They drop $50k on some enterprise platform, do the whole implementation thing, train everyone... then 6 months later they're still using excel and emailing pdfs to each other.
The excuses change but the result doesn't. "Doesn't handle our edge cases" (okay but 90% of your work isn't edge cases). "Staff doesn't trust it" (you hired me because they were drowning). "Waiting for the next version" (the current one would save you 15 hours a week TODAY).
The automation actually works when you test it. Intake forms populate the ehr, reminders go out, insurance stuff happens automatically… It does what it's supposed to but then someone's assistant likes the old way or one doctor refuses to use it and the whole thing falls apart.
Don't know if this is healthcare specific or everywhere, the compliance stuff is real (hipaa, audit trails, whatever) but those are solvable. What's not solvable is "this is how we've always done it" even when that way is burning out your entire staff.
Has anyone actually gotten a healthcare org to fully adopt automation? What was different? Starting to think this isn't a tech problem at all, it's purely people refusing change. Which sucks because I got into this to build systems not be a therapist for resistant employees.
Maybe I need to focus on smaller stuff people don't notice instead of trying to overhaul everything? Idk. Would love other perspectives especially from regulated industries.
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Worked with three different healthcare places this past year and I swear it's always the same story. They drop $50k on some enterprise platform, do the whole implementation thing, train everyone... then 6 months later they're still using excel and emailing pdfs to each other.
The excuses change but the result doesn't. "Doesn't handle our edge cases" (okay but 90% of your work isn't edge cases). "Staff doesn't trust it" (you hired me because they were drowning). "Waiting for the next version" (the current one would save you 15 hours a week TODAY).
The automation actually works when you test it. Intake forms populate the ehr, reminders go out, insurance stuff happens automatically… It does what it's supposed to but then someone's assistant likes the old way or one doctor refuses to use it and the whole thing falls apart.
Don't know if this is healthcare specific or everywhere, the compliance stuff is real (hipaa, audit trails, whatever) but those are solvable. What's not solvable is "this is how we've always done it" even when that way is burning out your entire staff.
Has anyone actually gotten a healthcare org to fully adopt automation? What was different? Starting to think this isn't a tech problem at all, it's purely people refusing change. Which sucks because I got into this to build systems not be a therapist for resistant employees.
Maybe I need to focus on smaller stuff people don't notice instead of trying to overhaul everything? Idk. Would love other perspectives especially from regulated industries.
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My boss doesn't think anyone wants to be a Jr Messaging Engineer/Sysadmin
Is this like a corporate thing now that Junior Engineers are a worthless expense?
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Is this like a corporate thing now that Junior Engineers are a worthless expense?
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Thickheaded Thursday - November 20, 2025
Howdy, /r/sysadmin!
It's that time of the week, Thickheaded Thursday! This is a safe (mostly) judgement-free environment for all of your questions and stories, no matter how silly you think they are. Anybody can answer questions! My name is AutoModerator and I've taken over responsibility for posting these weekly threads so you don't have to worry about anything except your comments!
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It's that time of the week, Thickheaded Thursday! This is a safe (mostly) judgement-free environment for all of your questions and stories, no matter how silly you think they are. Anybody can answer questions! My name is AutoModerator and I've taken over responsibility for posting these weekly threads so you don't have to worry about anything except your comments!
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What’s a customer story that made you rethink your product?
I work for a storage and backup company, which usually means quiet days and very boring graphs.
Then one day I encounter a customer story that rewires how you see your own product.
Monitoring lit up on a single account:
* Roughly 5 TB stored – fine
* Close to 30 TB egress in under two weeks – not fine for backups
We flagged it and took a closer look.
The account was based in South Asia. They had just claimed a promo and opened a support ticket asking for help with access management. On paper, it looked totally normal, so support treated it like any other request.
But the traffic pattern didn’t feel like backups at all.
* Lots of reads, not a lot of writes.
* Pretty steady throughout the day.
We explain the situation in an email, point to our ToS, and ask them to clarify what they’re building. They never responded.
No replies or follow-ups. Just total silence.
At that point we suspended the account, kept an eye on things for a while, and eventually closed it.
We never got a straight answer on what they were doing, but we couldn’t help forming a few hypotheses based on the patterns:
* constant high-bandwidth reads, not many writes
* lots of small objects accessed frequently
* traffic peaking at “evening entertainment” hours in multiple regions
Could have been a scrappy video streaming platform or even piracy, but my personal favourite hypothesis is that it was a adult video streaming platform.
What actually stuck with me wasn’t the mystery though.
It was the reminder that people will get incredibly creative with your product the moment you give them the slightest opening. They don’t care about the neat ToS and ToU you build with your legal advisor. They care that it solves their problem and they will try anything.
Those edge cases are uncomfortable, but they’re also free product research. They force you to get clearer about what you’re for, what you’re not for, and where your guardrails need to evolve.
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I work for a storage and backup company, which usually means quiet days and very boring graphs.
Then one day I encounter a customer story that rewires how you see your own product.
Monitoring lit up on a single account:
* Roughly 5 TB stored – fine
* Close to 30 TB egress in under two weeks – not fine for backups
We flagged it and took a closer look.
The account was based in South Asia. They had just claimed a promo and opened a support ticket asking for help with access management. On paper, it looked totally normal, so support treated it like any other request.
But the traffic pattern didn’t feel like backups at all.
* Lots of reads, not a lot of writes.
* Pretty steady throughout the day.
We explain the situation in an email, point to our ToS, and ask them to clarify what they’re building. They never responded.
No replies or follow-ups. Just total silence.
At that point we suspended the account, kept an eye on things for a while, and eventually closed it.
We never got a straight answer on what they were doing, but we couldn’t help forming a few hypotheses based on the patterns:
* constant high-bandwidth reads, not many writes
* lots of small objects accessed frequently
* traffic peaking at “evening entertainment” hours in multiple regions
Could have been a scrappy video streaming platform or even piracy, but my personal favourite hypothesis is that it was a adult video streaming platform.
What actually stuck with me wasn’t the mystery though.
It was the reminder that people will get incredibly creative with your product the moment you give them the slightest opening. They don’t care about the neat ToS and ToU you build with your legal advisor. They care that it solves their problem and they will try anything.
Those edge cases are uncomfortable, but they’re also free product research. They force you to get clearer about what you’re for, what you’re not for, and where your guardrails need to evolve.
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How to secure a device you don't own, but the CEO insists on using?
So interesting problem. I've discovered that our CEO like to use their own device that they recently purchased and had a family member "secure". They are using it, while travelling abroad. This scares the bejesus out of me for obvious reasons.
I do not currently have a strict MDM policy, but after this, I'm considering it. How would you go about wrapping their O365 (E5) account to greater security, just to make sure its extra... secure? :D
Obviously I can't block them with conditional access, or they'll know, since its been working until now (and I really dont want to block them, but I do want to secure the situation a little better).
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So interesting problem. I've discovered that our CEO like to use their own device that they recently purchased and had a family member "secure". They are using it, while travelling abroad. This scares the bejesus out of me for obvious reasons.
I do not currently have a strict MDM policy, but after this, I'm considering it. How would you go about wrapping their O365 (E5) account to greater security, just to make sure its extra... secure? :D
Obviously I can't block them with conditional access, or they'll know, since its been working until now (and I really dont want to block them, but I do want to secure the situation a little better).
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How to deal with dream job rejection? :(
Feeling down in the dumps because after 2 months of really intensive recruitment process I got rejected from my dream job. In September I was contacted on LinkedIn by a recruiter saying that an American tech company is interested in my profile. At first I thought it was a scam because they were offering almost $180k a year, fully remote and I could work from anywhere in the world as the job is more project focused. The role was supposed to be a Senior IT Engineer. But I did my due diligence and they are a legit company and I found out that wages in the US are indeed that much higher than here in the UK.
I didn't think much of it but agreed to an interview. It went exceptionally well and I was asked to do a first test project for that company. I did it, they loved it and they paid me via paypal as promised (they pay every candidate). Then they set up a much more extensive second test project which I had to complete in 10 days. I did it and I was extremely proud of it. They paid me for it as well. I spent soooo much time on it. I submitted it within the required timeframes and I was patiently awaiting their response. I now really wanted this job and from the online reviewers that company is fantastic to work for so I had high hopes. They kept emailing me every couple of days apologizing for the delay and saying that they should be finished with the project review shortly.
Finally yesterday I got a heart-breaking response saying that unfortunately they will not be proceeding to the 4th (and I assume last) stage which was supposed to be a 2 hour interview with the team... :(
What's even worse is that they didn't provide any feedback (be it positive or negative, apparently that's their recruitment policy) so I don't even know what I did wrong and what I should improve. Such a strange thing to do.
I'm absolutely gutted. This was my future and a way to finally make it big in IT. I don't feel like speaking to anyone since yesterday and just feel like my dreams have been crushed. I don't think I'll ever be approached with such a brilliant job offer again in the future so I'm absolutely devastated.
I am currently employed by a different company but the money isn't great and they lied to me regarding the hybrid working model (after 2 months they said I now need to be in 4 or 5 days a week instead of 2 as they initially agreed to, keep in mind I live 2 hours away from the office so it's taking a huge toll on me) so I'm debating leaving the job and thought this could be my golden ticket. Well, it wasn't...
That being said, I guess I'm just curious how you guys deal with rejection?
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Feeling down in the dumps because after 2 months of really intensive recruitment process I got rejected from my dream job. In September I was contacted on LinkedIn by a recruiter saying that an American tech company is interested in my profile. At first I thought it was a scam because they were offering almost $180k a year, fully remote and I could work from anywhere in the world as the job is more project focused. The role was supposed to be a Senior IT Engineer. But I did my due diligence and they are a legit company and I found out that wages in the US are indeed that much higher than here in the UK.
I didn't think much of it but agreed to an interview. It went exceptionally well and I was asked to do a first test project for that company. I did it, they loved it and they paid me via paypal as promised (they pay every candidate). Then they set up a much more extensive second test project which I had to complete in 10 days. I did it and I was extremely proud of it. They paid me for it as well. I spent soooo much time on it. I submitted it within the required timeframes and I was patiently awaiting their response. I now really wanted this job and from the online reviewers that company is fantastic to work for so I had high hopes. They kept emailing me every couple of days apologizing for the delay and saying that they should be finished with the project review shortly.
Finally yesterday I got a heart-breaking response saying that unfortunately they will not be proceeding to the 4th (and I assume last) stage which was supposed to be a 2 hour interview with the team... :(
What's even worse is that they didn't provide any feedback (be it positive or negative, apparently that's their recruitment policy) so I don't even know what I did wrong and what I should improve. Such a strange thing to do.
I'm absolutely gutted. This was my future and a way to finally make it big in IT. I don't feel like speaking to anyone since yesterday and just feel like my dreams have been crushed. I don't think I'll ever be approached with such a brilliant job offer again in the future so I'm absolutely devastated.
I am currently employed by a different company but the money isn't great and they lied to me regarding the hybrid working model (after 2 months they said I now need to be in 4 or 5 days a week instead of 2 as they initially agreed to, keep in mind I live 2 hours away from the office so it's taking a huge toll on me) so I'm debating leaving the job and thought this could be my golden ticket. Well, it wasn't...
That being said, I guess I'm just curious how you guys deal with rejection?
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Update on the job market?
People that are looking for IT jobs since some time now, have things gotten better or worse? I've looked for jobs since November 2024, accepted an on site job in June 2025 but i'm considering leaving due to the toxic environment. Is it a good time to look in the market again or is it painful as it was the whole year?
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People that are looking for IT jobs since some time now, have things gotten better or worse? I've looked for jobs since November 2024, accepted an on site job in June 2025 but i'm considering leaving due to the toxic environment. Is it a good time to look in the market again or is it painful as it was the whole year?
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Is it unreasonable of me to expect a user to have their email password?
I just do not understand this. For reference, I am GenX (53). With the exception of some random account like Starbucks app or something, I remember my essential passwords for email, my domain account, etc... Am I being unreasonable expecting users to take responsibility to remember their own email password? Its always boomers and early GenX that I am constantly resetting email, domain, essential SaaS apps that we use daily and other passwords. WTF? I just went scorched earth on this asshole for not being responsible for his own email password. I even found the password in the text chain a few swipes up. Hopefully I will still be employed...
EDIT: Well, this turned into a shitshow. A bit more context. This particular client is a very small manufacturing company. The owners do not want to spend money at all, on anything, ever. The PC's are old, the servers are old, hell, I think they even still use Acrobat 9. I have tried and tried to get them to upgrade the hardware, they refuse. Anything modern is just not going to work there. Attacking me is pretty childish and petty even without the facts but its Reddit and its expected I guess. It is what it is and I still think it is unreasonable for this user to not remember the PW I have sent him multiple times.
EDIT 2: Another user suggested "should have access to" rather than "remember" and yes, this. Poor choice of words on my part. Frustration has the best of me.
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I just do not understand this. For reference, I am GenX (53). With the exception of some random account like Starbucks app or something, I remember my essential passwords for email, my domain account, etc... Am I being unreasonable expecting users to take responsibility to remember their own email password? Its always boomers and early GenX that I am constantly resetting email, domain, essential SaaS apps that we use daily and other passwords. WTF? I just went scorched earth on this asshole for not being responsible for his own email password. I even found the password in the text chain a few swipes up. Hopefully I will still be employed...
EDIT: Well, this turned into a shitshow. A bit more context. This particular client is a very small manufacturing company. The owners do not want to spend money at all, on anything, ever. The PC's are old, the servers are old, hell, I think they even still use Acrobat 9. I have tried and tried to get them to upgrade the hardware, they refuse. Anything modern is just not going to work there. Attacking me is pretty childish and petty even without the facts but its Reddit and its expected I guess. It is what it is and I still think it is unreasonable for this user to not remember the PW I have sent him multiple times.
EDIT 2: Another user suggested "should have access to" rather than "remember" and yes, this. Poor choice of words on my part. Frustration has the best of me.
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Sysmon to be Native to Windows 11/Server 2025 Soon
Haven't seen anyone mention this yet here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/native-sysmon-functionality-coming-to-windows/4468112
Just when you think Microsoft will only continue to reach new lows, out of nowhere they (slightly) redeem themselves. Don't know why it took them this long.
I hope they better integrate it with Windows, so that config is easier to deploy. (GPO or Intune CSP?) However, I'm mostly thrilled to not have the pain of deploying and updating Sysmon anymore. (Again, why it was never packaged it differently, such as an MSI, is beyond me.)
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Haven't seen anyone mention this yet here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/native-sysmon-functionality-coming-to-windows/4468112
Just when you think Microsoft will only continue to reach new lows, out of nowhere they (slightly) redeem themselves. Don't know why it took them this long.
I hope they better integrate it with Windows, so that config is easier to deploy. (GPO or Intune CSP?) However, I'm mostly thrilled to not have the pain of deploying and updating Sysmon anymore. (Again, why it was never packaged it differently, such as an MSI, is beyond me.)
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Prioritizing Easy Over What Makes Sense?
I don't know if I am the crazy one here or if other sysadmins would agree with my employer. We are an MSP and we just recently had a request come up to set up an SFTP server. Use case is that the clients vendor sends a file to SFTP and clients needs to be able to retrieve it from SFTP. I suggested we just use a Linux VM and spin up an SFTP server with a user for the vendor and a user for the client.
What we actually went with was an entire Windows VM that runs a paid for SFTP software that costs $99 because it is "easier to support". Am I the crazy one? Or does that seem wildly unnecessary and inefficient. And this is not the first time we have spun up a Windows machine to do a single simple task.
So, what would you have chose and why?
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I don't know if I am the crazy one here or if other sysadmins would agree with my employer. We are an MSP and we just recently had a request come up to set up an SFTP server. Use case is that the clients vendor sends a file to SFTP and clients needs to be able to retrieve it from SFTP. I suggested we just use a Linux VM and spin up an SFTP server with a user for the vendor and a user for the client.
What we actually went with was an entire Windows VM that runs a paid for SFTP software that costs $99 because it is "easier to support". Am I the crazy one? Or does that seem wildly unnecessary and inefficient. And this is not the first time we have spun up a Windows machine to do a single simple task.
So, what would you have chose and why?
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Anyone want to drink in misery with a fellow sysadmin?
I had an admin user have the mainframe doods generate a new RSA key for the mainframe. They then emailed BOTH the public and private key from their gmail to a client because "our email system stripped the attachment" So now I have a live private key out there.
Boss said I can leave and 4 and drink early.
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I had an admin user have the mainframe doods generate a new RSA key for the mainframe. They then emailed BOTH the public and private key from their gmail to a client because "our email system stripped the attachment" So now I have a live private key out there.
Boss said I can leave and 4 and drink early.
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