Posts made by wrx7m

@dbeato Good thing to have. I just recently migrated to RDS with UPD. Have you checked out Sidder?
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Sidder-Quickly-see-which-fa6360b3

I run DMARC (SPF and DKIM). I would recommend setting it up. DMARC, itself, is easy to setup. Just make sure that any services that you use to send out email are factored in when planning. For instance, some CRM SaaS products support SPF, but don't support DKIM. Obviously, DMARC allows you to handle SPF and DKIM separately, but I would recommend auditing the capabilities of all the systems/services that send email prior to deciding if/how you configure DMARC.

@JaredBusch said in Softphones - complaints:

@wrx7m said in Softphones - complaints:

Could be that their home internet is shite and saturated. Both, on their WLAN and the ISP side.

This is also a real concern now. I have a great home network and WiFi setup.

But randomly, my calls are simply shit anymore.

Why? Because everyone is home. It is filling up the ISP pipe to the various nodes.

I have people complaining to me about network-related issues. I can't really do anything about it. I show them that there are other people that have been connected to the VPN for days. A couple users with the same ISP were having issues connecting to our remote desktop server. I had them try connecting to their phones via hotspot and it connected to the RD server. Obviously, this isn't a solution, just proving the point that the issue is with the home connection, not the company services/equipment.

Could be that their home internet is shite and saturated. Both, on their WLAN and the ISP side.

Date/Time issue?

@Grey lol

@Doyler3000 said in Video Conference equipment to integrate with MS Teams ...:

We've recently started to use a Meeting Owl

I have never seen this before. Interesting.

@Obsolesce said in Large File Sharing:

@Kyle said in Large File Sharing:

@hobbit666 Large files, 200-900 Gb design files.

Then file sharing is the wrong term here.

OK. I will bite. What is the correct term?

@Nic said in Sysadmin opening at Automox - Boulder, CO:

It's local only, since there's a lot of in-office duties

We shall see if it remains local only.

@JaredBusch said in Large File Sharing:

Correct moving to online editing is the only solution. Get away from legacy sharing concepts is what is required.

Piggy-backing. What if these files are larger media files like, psd, ai, jpg, raw and even video? Do you know of something that works well (for at least the still image media)?

@marcinozga said in Running Plex in Multiple Vehicles:

@Dashrender said in Running Plex in Multiple Vehicles:

@wirestyle22 said in Running Plex in Multiple Vehicles:

@Dashrender said in Running Plex in Multiple Vehicles:

@wirestyle22 said in Running Plex in Multiple Vehicles:

We have cellular in the bus. He wants syncing to occur when they are connected to Wifi which I have to figure out

Is cellular for the guests use via wifi?

Yes. Quoted comment was in relation to the bus being parked when not in use. Once it connects to the HQ wireless network it can sync. This would actually be a great ansible project I'd think

Wow - the cellular bill must be huge..

In such case you just buy unlimited data plan, making sure there's no bullshit fine print saying unlimited for first 2 or 3GB then fallback to 2G or similar crap.

Who offers these plans?

@flaxking said in PowerShell - Using Variables to Delete SMTP Proxy Addresses in AD:

if they do not have previous experience with objects

Describes me. lol

@flaxking said in PowerShell - Using Variables to Delete SMTP Proxy Addresses in AD:

Did you test your string creation on its own?

I have not and am not exactly sure how to.

@flaxking said in PowerShell - Using Variables to Delete SMTP Proxy Addresses in AD:

Probably either

"smtp:$($GivenName).$($Surname)@$($Domain)"

Or

('smtp:' + $GivenName + '.' + $Surname '@' + $Domain)

The first option yields the same results. The second, errors out.

I am trying to create a script that will allow me to delete an SMTP proxy address on an AD user object, after prompting for some info. I have this, but it doesn't want to create the smtp address using the variables-

Import-Module ActiveDirectory
$SamAccountName = Read-Host -Prompt "SamAccountName"
$Domain = Read-Host -Prompt "Type the domain of the address you wish to DELETE"
$GivenName = Get-ADUser -Identity "$SamAccountName" -Properties GivenName | Select-Object GivenName
$Surname = Get-ADUser -Identity "$SamAccountName" -Properties Surname | Select-Object Surname

Set-ADUser -Identity $SamAccountName `
           -Remove @{proxyAddresses="smtp:$GivenName.$Surname@$Domain"} `
           -Replace @{telephonenumber="8"}

If I Write-Host on Set-ADUser, I get -

Set-ADUser -Identity jacks -Remove System.Collections.DictionaryEntry -Replace System.Collections.DictionaryEntry

Obviously, it isn't getting the correct attributes to build out the address.

If I run the Get-ADUser commands by themselves, it outputs the correct info.

Get-ADUser -Identity "$SamAccountName" -Properties GivenName | Select-Object GivenName

GivenName
---------
Jack  

Where am I screwing up?

Have all zebras here. The newer ones work fine. The older ones (LP2844) are a pain sometimes. We use all direct thermal here.

@JasGot said in Exchange 2010 (On-prem) Migration to Hosted Exchange/Office 365 Planning:

@wrx7m How did your migration go? Have you done any more? Just curious what tools (if any) you used......

I'm about to start a migration and need to decide if I am going to do it as a pst import, or a migration from on premise exchange to cloud, and if so, do I use the built-in migration tool at admin.exchange.microsoft.com or a third party tool.

I am interested in what you did and what the pros and cons were.

Thanks!

Ended up doing a migration using the standard MS tools. Been a few years now and am glad I did it.

@pmoncho said in Group Policy - HKCU Registry Update (via GPP) For All Users, Only on RDP Server:

@wrx7m said in Group Policy - HKCU Registry Update (via GPP) For All Users, Only on RDP Server:

Still in the same boat. It only applies the setting when linked to the OU of the user and have a user or group specified in the security filtering, but it applies it to all systems, not just the RDS server.

Question, if you want to target users why is your item-level target a computer name. Why not a Security Group with specific users?

As a side note, normally, if I use loopback processing for specific settings, I put those servers in their own OU so as not to effect all servers.

I want to apply it only to users logging into a specific computer. In this case, it is RD00.

@Obsolesce said in Group Policy - HKCU Registry Update (via GPP) For All Users, Only on RDP Server:

@wrx7m said in Group Policy - HKCU Registry Update (via GPP) For All Users, Only on RDP Server:

t only applies the setting when linked to the OU of the user

We'll according to that screenshot, it IS a user setting.

Yeah. I want all users or a group of users who login to the RD00 server (and only this server) to have this GPP modifying HKCU to apply. Is it even possible?

Any updates?