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  @dave247 said in Looking for simplest/secure setup for connecting a domain joined computer to corporate network when remote:

  @pete-s said in Looking for simplest/secure setup for connecting a domain joined computer to corporate network when remote:

  @dave247

  On every Windows PC I've seen setup with VPN, you login in to the PC first, using the domain credentials (which I assume are cached). Then you "manually" connect with the VPN client using MFA.

  So maybe you're overcomplicating things.

  Yeah I think that's my issue. I was at home when I joined my test system to the domain so it couldn't finish the task and cache my credentials. I will have to play around with stuff a bit more not on the weekend. I think I can get this working the way I want...

  For starters have a look at "Interactive logon: Number of previous logons to cache (in case domain controller is not available)".

  I think Windows 10 will cache by default but not if there are GPO settings overriding it or the registry has been altered. I haven't played with it much so I'm not sure if there is anything else that needs to be looked at.

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  @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

  Since about 4:30am EST been awaiting the fateful call that changes my world and awards me a new achievement..

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  gotta have a pair of these before you can get into the club though, or so they tell me, i'm not in their stupid club ....

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  NRF 2022 brings together nearly 30,000 retailers, vendors, and industry experts to tackle the future of retail at their Expo. Naturally, StarWind, being one of the virtualization pioneers with years of experience, impeccable reputation, and retail customers all over the world, could not miss this event.

  Visit StarWind Software Booth #917, Level 1, at NRF 2022 in Jacob K. Javits Center, New York, to learn more about retail's biggest topics.

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  @obsolesce said in Is this a fake job?:

  What kind of role and responsibilities are you seeking? What kind of company / employer? Position?

  I'm seeking for an in-house system admin role (windows /vmware/hyper-v/azure environments). A position where I can gain knowledge from senior admins, and where I can gain experience in projects/implementations/planning/etc. I've been working for managed services, and kind of burnt out, and wanting to explore something new/different. Or something like a Projects Engineer position. Something where I can strategically plan/research, and implement.

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  @jaredbusch said in Indentation Style:

  @pmoncho tab indentation needs to die in nuclear fire.

  Thankfully, modern IDE systems like Visual Studio Code and others all auto swap a tab for 4 spaces by default.

  Personally, I prefer a 2 space indentation, but 4 seems to be the most common.

  I didn't think Tab's were that big of a deal as I never had an issue between Vi, Nano, Notepad or Notepad++. I guess it is mostly a habit from using text editors.

  Hmm... I always hated having press the space bar more than twice (only after "." mostly). Maybe I will try using two spaces in the next script to see how that pans out.

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  @jt1001001 said in Comcast Direct Inward Dialing:

  @scottalanmiller Business and I can't wait till I can port it out and get Skyetel https fax ATA instead!

  Order the hardware and file the port. Ta da! 😉

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  I applied for this 🙂

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  Loosing good account reps seems to be the norm in the SBM... a sales person often seems to start out on the SMB desk, if they excel, they are promoted to other desks. This has happened to me at least three times across different vendors.

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  Can you reassign disks between VMs yet?

  The hot add disks was a huge pain before. I couldn't believe I wasn't able to do that.

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  It is impossible to stay aware of the latest trends and guide your business to the future without collecting and analyzing data. However, it's not easy to cherry-pick important things from massive information blocks. Luckily, these days you can leave long and tedious reports in the past and move straight to the point with BI Dashboards.

  Read the article by Alex Williams, a seasoned full-stack developer and the owner of Hosting Data UK, on BI Dashboards best practices to gather business intelligence.

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  @DustinB3403 said in What is the Latest With SodiumSuite?:

  Any update on this, just thought about it and wanted to see where this project is at.

  Sadly, nothing for the foreseeable future.

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  @Pete-S said in To vSAN or not to vSAN?:

  The problem the way I see it with old stuff like the OP has is while there is nothing wrong with the technology itself, everything is relatively slow with today's standard and much more complex than needed.

  It's very true. And the risk today is that we are so accustomed to that complexity, that we often avoid the simple answers today.

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  I am waiting on Confirmation from @shannon, @Rob and @aboyd They haven't answered my emails this week at all 😞

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  @scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2020 and COVID-19:

  @adamf said in MangoCon 2020 and COVID-19:

  So.... about MangoCon 2022 ?

  About time to start discussing that. We fully own the hotel here now, so we are in a much better position to do planning.

  I have a few leftover days of vacation - depending on timing - I might come out there!

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  For anyone who missing the live event, you can find the recording here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJjVInQuIbg. It's 2 hours of really good information.

  Maybe we will see you next time, @scottalanmiller. I hope all is well!

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  @JaredBusch said in Lenovo Bypass BIOS Options:

  @Dashrender said in Lenovo Bypass BIOS Options:

  in the 2010's many laptops came with a boot to BIOS/setup button, a Tiny button typically on side of the laptop meant to help you bypass this rapid boot feature and ensure you get into the BIOS

  Never seen that, ever.

  My old Lenovo had it.

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  I have a couple. Never had any issues with anything just didn't use them enough. They worked as advertised though.

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  @scottalanmiller said in Beyond Computers and Cables: Achieving the Full Potential of IT at your Clinic:

  @obsolesce said in Beyond Computers and Cables: Achieving the Full Potential of IT at your Clinic:

  Nice video, but I ran into quite a pet peeve. I would like to point out I wholly disagree with Allen's definition of "cloud" about 15 mins in... that, as he says, "it's just somebody else's server... just means the server is hosted somewhere online over the internet".

  I know. He always does the "tee shirt definition" rather than the real one. It's because vet customers can't even begin to understand cloud and all the cloud vendors in the industry aren't using cloud but just using it as a proxy for hosted.

  That's a horrible thing to tell customers and in no way whatsoever does anything for the customer except misinformes them and solidifies their misunderstanding of cloud and why it's used. That basically tells the client cloud is if you want something off prem and over the internet. That couldn't be any further from what it is and why it could be beneficial or not to them. Yall are straight up reinforcing myths by saying that.

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  @Obsolesce said in YAML terminology and Ansible:

  @Pete-S said in YAML terminology and Ansible:

  @Obsolesce said in YAML terminology and Ansible:

  @Pete-S said in YAML terminology and Ansible:

  Other than that it doesn't matter to me what anyone calls it.

  You are 100% to call it whatever you want. But a key/value pair is commonly referred to as a dictionary... or a hash table which is a dictionary data type. This isn't exclusive to Python in the least.

  "Commonly referred" depends on the programming language in question. For example in many other languages it's commonly called an array or collection and never a dictionary.

  If you look at the part you quoted, YAML calls it mappings.

  The proper computer science terminology would be associative array.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_array

  The best thing to do is to call it exactly what the language or software you are referring to calls it. If Ansible wants you to create what it has named in their documentation as a dictionary in YAML, that's what you refer to it as. Otherwise, someone who is familiar with Ansible and it's documentation won't know what the hell you are talking about if you call it your own thing.

  I can agree with that point of view - YAML in the context of Ansible.
  https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/YAMLSyntax.html

  So you'd call it dictionaries then. And lists.