Spent time in Army Reserve, not nearly the same as active duty.

I didn't start out in IT, started out doing administrative back office work (Executive Assistant, Ofc Mgr, etc.). We're talking what 20+ years ago. Was really good at the exec asst work, but also loved computers on the side and messed around with them. Along the way I had various folks who looked out for me giving me access to computers on my downtime (as an ofc mgr for a dept within a hospital one of the drs i worked for let me borrow one of his personal machines because he was never at home). As a exec asst to a head of consumer lending at a bank I did alot of local pc troubleshooting for coworkers in the dept. The Director noticed this and commented that I should work in IT. To make a long story short he put in a good word for me an I eventually transitioned into a Branch Support role (Level 2 support employees at various bank branches) and never looked back...

This is probably small thing that bothers no one but me but I noticed this. When I go into my notifications an sound sections I can't quickly tell if a notification is set to Notification Only or Notification & Email because the width of the minimized dropdown is only wide enough to show the word Notification. I have to actually drop it to see if its set to Only or & Email. making it slightly wider would elevate that.

ManageEngine Desktop Central for patching, remote support, software install(including Win 10 upgrades or feature pack deployments), inventory. Pulseway and a site call r-u-on for server based monitoring, alerting. RUON strictly alerting, Pulseway is more interactive which includes monitoring allows some server manipulation (services, restarts, files, processes, basic AD account changes). Zendesk for ticketing as we have multiple departments who needed a ticketing service (pricey imo but no one higher up has complained over the years so). Just the tip of the toolbox iceberg here...

Poking around seeing what this place is all about... oh and wondering why I'm still congested this morning.

You're right I switched to Cyborg which is similar enough to Darkly and it gives me a slightly wider view.

I'm thinking about suggesting that we deploy the password manager product that some of the IT teams use to the entire company.

My reasoning is that we beat on employees to create complex passwords and then give them multiple services they need to access onprem, web, etc. and not all of those services support SSO so you have separate accounts.

So we give them this security requirement but then we don't give them anything to support them.

Has anyone here deployed a Password Manager company-wide? Curious to know how that went.

I have some issues with the cloud is cheaper statement that I hear continue to popup from time to time...

Hey folks, Darien, in MD just above DC, and... yeah computers...

Sorry I didn't mean to leave the conversation hanging like that. Its definitely been a few years but I had heard less than positive things about the organization in terms of communication (how quickly support issues were addressed). Since its been a few years there is absolutely a high chance this was a personnel type situation that has long since been resolved.

@dustinb3403 said in Save yourself the money & the hassle - build an all-cloud IT infrastructure!:

It's cheaper to implement, not cheaper to host forever

That I agree with, but that part is often not highlighted in these cheaper discussions...

I'm eating a really tasty panera bread cinnamon roll and trying to not think about the calories involved...

@Dashrender said in Password manager for ordinary users?:

@DarienA said in Password manager for ordinary users?:

@Kelly said in Password manager for ordinary users?:

Why not just use Firefox? They have a dedicated password manager now, and it is higher quality than the password storage features in Chrome and the like.

For me the answer is centralized policy control. There are a variety of tweaks I can make to LastPass users usage. Forcing master password changes, forcing 2FA, having a master account to force resets for users who fail password recovery, limiting access, etc.

So this is for business users??

The Enterprise version is a multi-user business version yes. They offer LastPass in a variety of different flavors for personal and business use.

@scottalanmiller Yeah I haven't been paying attention to the forums there as much but I had noted in the back of my mind that I hadn't seen you in a bit, and was at a get together the other night where someone mentioned the move and I was like (light bulb). oooooh. lol.

I actually live in Montgomery County in MD... LOVE the traffic here.

@scottalanmiller The Wendy's account IS incredibly savage at times... well worth a follow...