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That should give you what you need. Straight from Microsoft too.

I should mention you HAVE to open those in IE. Stupid Microsoft IIS site...

The feels...http://www.dorkly.com/post/75268/artists-across-the-web-pay-tribute-to-satoru-iwata

Basically, to reiterate what @scottalanmiller said, if you have a list of specific services you support, products you offer, and products you work on, you're an MSP, because you define what you CAN do for the customer. An IT Outsourcer is basically someone who will walk into your environment and adjust the work and fill the needs of their staff to match what your company has. So with an MSP, if you had some system they didn't know or support, you'd have to find another vendor to handle that piece. With a true IT Oursourcer, the IT Outsourcer would find someone to join the staff or partner with another company to provide the support for that product, because they do everything.

For @Minion-Queen

@Breffni-Potter said:

@scottalanmiller said:

You don't have partners for an internal IT department. That doesn't even make sense for an IT Outsourcer.

Surely it's a form of marketing/accreditation for companies to recognise, ok if they are a Microsoft Gold Partner in Exchange, Server 2012, they probably have a clue about the Microsoft tech.

Most organisations already have a product that they need supporting, if I am looking for someone to look after my Cisco network, I'm going to look for the company with the Cisco partnerships and connections.

Not necessarily. Many partners don't have any special skillsets with the companies they're partner with. Sometimes it just means they're a very high-volume reseller, which makes them a VAR.

@scottalanmiller said:

@Breffni-Potter said:

I'd love that backlash against vendor focused providers but...Not seeing it happening.

Businesses love and are addicted to what they see as free consulting. The MSP / VAR model is so easy to sell. If you don't understand IT, you would never understand why you would want something else.

This. This times 1000. I'd say a close second is companies who give kickbacks to those who have purchasing power, like the example @scottalanmiller gave me one time where a company sells someone a phone system and gives the people buying the system (or advising to buy it) a week of free training, in Bermuda. Case in point.

I posted this on my Facebook but thought it'd be an interesting discussion here too. The past year and a half or so has been a time of major self-discovery and reflection for me. Here are just some of my thoughts that I felt like sharing:

*Life is a journey, not a destination. I have spent much my time back in NY angry and confused. The total time is 172 days, or almost exactly six months. However, my journey of awakening and self-realization began on November 7, 2013, or 621 days ago. In that time, I have learned more about myself and the world I live in than the previous 21+ years combined.

I wanted to share a few of the lessons I have learned, because I want to. If you want to skip past this post, that's fine. But if not, please keep reading...

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Own every decision you make. Regardless of the end result or the thinking that led you to make the decision, own it. There was a reason you made that decision. Realize that a piece of you has impacted the world forever in this way.

Don't ever hate those who raised you. Parents are funny creatures, and I am not one yet. However, I think that deep down, all parents want their children to succeed, even if they don't know it. If you continue the same path as your family, that's fine. However, don't be afraid to venture out and try something new. To deny yourself this is to deny yourself the chance to know who you really are, and therefore deny yourself contentment.

Surround yourself with good friends, but be eclectic. Do not keep just one kind of friend, or a group of friends all of like mind, ESPECIALLY if they already think like you. Make sure you have a plethora of people around you who challenge you to think differently. However, never accept what is said simply because of the person saying it. Challenge them back and then decide for yourself what you want to believe.

Love freely, and be hurt plenty. Too many times I see people do this once and then retreat within. You cannot find true love without the chance of immense pain. Bob Marley said it best when he said “the truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” This could not be truer. So share yourself with others. Get hurt, and then take that pain and turn it into empathy, a quality sorely lacking in the world today.

Don't judge others. Whether it's a belief, a fetish, or just a thought, everyone has their reasons for what they believe, feel and desire. If it brings them happiness, and does not hurt anyone else, who are you to judge?

You can't control who you love. I have many friends that I've lost, friends whom I'd gladly take many bullets for but will probably never speak to me again. I still love them. If one human being loves another, why should anything else matter? Gender, age, race, background, income or anything else is irrelevant. Love is the most powerful force in the world.

Enjoy the silence. I used to not be able to stand silence for any length of time. In this way, I finally understand my father. Music is wonderful, conversation stimulating, but take time to meditate on your life, your goals, your past decisions, and your future ones.

Stop trying to plan to the enth degree. I used to not want to make a move until I had my next twenty steps all laid out with contingency plans at every step. Something my grandmother used to tell my father one day rang true with me: "you're a smart person, figure it out". Have confidence in yourself and trust others when you need help. Set a goal and just start working towards it. You will likely have to re-adjust your course untold numbers of times, but in the end, as long as your heading is clear in mind, even if it changes, you will reach your destination.

Last, family does not mean blood. I see people talk about putting family above all else. However, as I've seen first-hand these past six months, family is not who you share genetic material with. Family is the people who stick by you no matter what, accept you for who you are AND who you want to be, tell you you're being an idiot when you deserve it, and also when you're being smart, laugh at you when you fall down and then help you up, and never reject you because you act in a way different than they would. When you find these kinds of people, hold on to them tighter than anything else in the world. Because at the end of it all, that is your legacy. Not what you built, how much money you made, or what kind of name you built for yourself, but what kind of name you built with others and how you touched the lives of others.

Thank you for reading, and if you read this whole thing, please leave me a comment with any thoughts you have.

Thanks,
A.J.*

So one of the functions of one of my jobs is checking some retailers that use T1s as their primary lines. If we notice a store's connection is flapping/bouncing a lot, we'll run the following:

#show ser
Interface Serial0/0/0
Total Data (last 96 15 minute intervals):
	0 Line Code Violations, 1523 Path Code Violations
	0 Slip Secs, 129 Fr Loss Secs, 0 Line Err Secs, 25 Degraded Mins
	192 Errored Secs, 129 Bursty Err Secs, 40 Severely Err Secs, 89 Unavail Secs
Data in current interval (815 seconds elapsed):
	0 Line Code Violations, 5 Path Code Violations
	0 Slip Secs, 0 Fr Loss Secs, 0 Line Err Secs, 1 Degraded Mins
	2 Errored Secs, 2 Bursty Err Secs, 0 Severely Err Secs, 0 Unavail Secs

This is something of an abbreviated output, and I removed the router name for obvious reasons. One thing I've been told is that if we have high amounts of line code violations, it's usually an internal wiring issue, as it's between the router and the demarcation point. If it's path code violations, it's on the provider's end. My question is what are these actually, and how can the router tell the difference? Just trying to understand what I'm actually looking at.

Thanks!

@nadnerB said:

@KatieUnitrends said:

@nadnerB I like what you did there.

lol, not me
 
 
 
 
 
 
(It's a Chrome extension called New Mustachio.)

And now I have it installed...

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Plantronics is good and you pay for quality. It's not like Cisco where you pay for a name. For most analog phones, you need an HL-10, which is the handset lifter if you want to use it. Otherwise, you need to find a phone compatible with an EHS, or electronic hook-switch.

This looks adorable!!
Youtube Video

I like the Savi line personally. Best headset for this kind of thing I've ever seen.

http://www.collegehumor.com/post/7027657/18-times-siri-served-up-major-sass

I haven't read all the posts, so forgive me if this is a repeat...

For fifteen printers, assuming most printers you can get the drivers for pretty easily, you're looking at 10 minutes/printer to get the printer setup, shared and the drivers added. That's a bit generous too, but assumes you have decent bandwidth for downloads, etc.

To setup the actual print server, that's pretty quick and I don't even think the roles being added require a reboot. Half an hour? An hour tops. That's assuming the base server is already setup. Most people add this kind of role to a DC, etc.

Lastly, coordinating what users/groups get what printers means coordinating with you. They can get all the IPs and models from the old server pretty easily. I would say, being generous in case you have some printers whose drivers are tough to track down and if they run into any issues, 10 hours tops. The biggest pain is going to be removing the old printers from the computers so you can make sure people aren't printing to old shares.

Good morning Joy