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@scottalanmiller said:

Argh, why do these keep getting combined?

a) i like creating havoc
b) i am so learning

Awesome!

Guess I have no excuses now!

I have Exchange Online (the $4/month) on a few domains.

Can you add Office 365 (Office apps and ODfB) to select users?

What is the best way to have, say, 10 e-mail accounts, but only give the full Office package to a few select users?

Also, I am thinking of migrating my on-premise 3rd party Exchange-like server (MDaemon) to Exchange Online. Should I start another thread for that discussion? Or since I might also be looking for Office365 should I include it here?

@DustinB3403 said in Win a ticket to MangoCon courtesy of Colocation America!:

Congrats guys!

First beer is on @Minion-Queen !!

Holy cow do I owe people some beers.

@scottalanmiller said:

I can't even on this one!!

You had an even, professional response, though.

I'd be OK with that.

I'd be more concerned with break time to fix anything back home that has ... uh ... broken.

Or for a quick cat nap to stave off a hangover.

@brianlittlejohn said:

It is not hard to do, follow the guide on ifixit.com for dissassembly and you should be good to go.

I guess my "concern" is now more for TRIM support, and if that concern is warranted.

As everything on the Internet, there are two sides to the story.

I always thought if you bought certain SSD drives (such as Samsung), you could run their program manually if your OS doesn't support TRIM to do the garbage collection, but a lot of the research I saw said this is not the same as TRIM. Some SSDs also seem to do this on their own, without software.

There is also the AngelBird option, though it is significantly more cost than the other 3rd party SSDs due to it's native Apple support.

As I posted earlier, there is an app that enables TRIM on 3rd party SSDs. I am just curious if any here had ever used it.

But that's what I have been relying on ML for since I have been here. Setting me straight down the path of which side is right of the TRIM debate.

@Minion-Queen said in Split Hotel Room for MangoCon '16?:

Apparently people are worried about it.... I don't really drink much (1 or 2 at most) so I don't get it.

Well, I asked where I could get a six pack. In case I want a beer while brushing my teeth.

I generally like to have beer and bottled water in my hotel room. Most of the time I can get it, sometimes (like in my Disney example) I can't.

Though for Disney we had groceries delivered to the hotel right before we arrives. Including beer!

@scottalanmiller said:

Although you have to gauge the business too... is there a reason to remain functional in those scenarios? If you manage an auto-garage, even a super busy one worth many millions, and a hurricane hits and the streets are underwater... is there any need to stay in operational status? Not really. It's very subjective.

I live about 20 minutes from my office. I always feel if there was a disaster that destroyed my house and office, I'd have beigger issues to think about than data.

Still doesn't mean I wouldn't want it protected. But that I would be doing other things.

@scottalanmiller said

LOL, I did 1400 miles in a standard a few months ago. Love it. Give me a standard any day, any amount of traffic, any distance.

I miss driving a standard. One day when the ship comes in, I plan to have a second car with a standard.

Speaking of batteries and returns...

Does Eaton have any sort of trade-in policy for UPSes of other manufacturers?

I want to see the director's cut of this video where the fire alarm is included.

@art_of_shred said:

Coffee break @ Eaton offices?

I'm more curious as to how they are as a group handling questions. Huddled in a conference room?

What will the camera be trained on for the opening event?

I vote the bar.

@Dashrender said:

We just had a 2.5 hour outage yesterday and I hadn't replaced my desktop UPS yet. I'm ordering this right now (Amazon has it for $200 for the 1500 model.. awesome price!)

CDW (who we buy from) is even cheaper, and according to this AMA they'll give you credit for trade-in!

If I decide from the next 2 hours of answers from Eaton that the 5S is going to be OK for my new server, I'll be placing an order as well today!

I wear my shirt from last year all the time.

As does my wife with the "special" shirt she got.

BTW:

One other suggestion might be in addition to MSRPs on other things, to get some more concrete info on the trade-in program.

A link to your website, that says to contact your reseller, that in turn says they have to contact you is a bit kludgy.

If there were more specific details on your site, it might sway people who are on the edge.

The backup for ODfB is a nice feature.

Admins typically can't even access that, at least not easily.

In a couple of my topics, I have inquired about local encryption of data, and the consensus here has been ... why do it?

I know in this thread we are going to touch on physical security and also the concept of never having important data on a local endpoint. But my theory/question is, that if it is possible, and not too much of a hassle to the end user, why NOT do it? It gives one more piece of protection.

For example:
I install a self-encrypting SSD on a user machine. I install Embassy Security Manager from Wave Systems to enable the self-encrypting aspect of the drive. I create an admin user that only I know. The user account synchronizes with Windows, so the user never has to worry about a password. If they know their logon password, they can access the drive.
Granted, I would not recommend this solution for everyone. But for instances where the user has an IT person (or is a step above the average user) I don't know see how doing this would harm anything, and provide immense protection in the case of theft.

It has also been mentioned that in a doctor office, the staff cannot be instructed to enter a password, either for a NAS or for something like Bitlocker. But if it provides encryption of some sort, and gives another layer of protection, wouldn't this be a valuable use of something to train them on?

I understand the concept of having no data on the endpoint, but is that realistic? Does no one sync their data from a cloud service (such as OneDrive or ODfB) to their PC? What about Outlook's local data store? What about temporary files?

I also understand the concept that things like servers, or any device with important data should be locked up, and almost impossible to gain physical access to. But just in case, why not add the extra protection?

I am under the impression that for HIPAA, if a laptop with PHI is lost, and the drive is encrypted, that is basically not a violation for them, as the data is deemed inaccessible. No encryption? It is a major issue.

Annnnnd begin!

Having another beer before I leave work to pick up the kids from soccer.

Trying to gather everything I learned and changed today about server, storage and ... stuff.

Nice forums everyone!!