Posts made by magroover

Does anyone have an opinion on Atera vs Solarwinds MSP? Apparently gfimax was rolled into the latter.

I'm particularly interested whether the Atera remote control is on par with logmein rescue. Their pricing model makes for a very attractive deal by comparison.

I just discovered the Solarwinds MSP set and I'm not sure how pricing works. From reading about Ninja MSP it seems like there's a lot of issues I see in discussion forums that are going unresolved. It reminds me of what using Labtech was like.

Overall I would like full psa/rmm package like Atera to help me with my existing job and some side clients I am taking on.

I don't know that we ever answered the matter of automation. I'm assuming the OP was looking for a god RMM tool?

I have been looking myself at what would be a fit for a small company like my current employer.

What is your replication topology?

Can you post pics of your sites and links? DNS forwarders. Reserve Sites DNS.

And what Schema.

I can think of a lot of things but my experience stopped at 2008 with limited 2012 exposure. Still it didn't look like anything major changed.

25GB is your Sysvol size?

Have you looked at BigCouch? Just asking given your requirements.

I have not used Azure SQL but from why I read I would think this would suit.

What is the application? Internal business app or scale out service?

Havent used but it is under my control panel. Maybe a weekend project.

LOL

I was EVERY BIT as defiant as @guyinpv and did very well for 10 years. No way you could have convinced me of wasting money on lawyers. The attorney finding a way to put it on PMI saved me. I had a job as soon as it was over.

And its STILL all over Google if you search "et al %mybusinessname%". During the case it topped my own SEO when you looked up my company name. Very embarrassing.

You don't have to do anything wrong. Its expensive even to fight a frivolous lawsuit.

Does this work with Twilio API? I have a feeling I am not going to live down asking this.

I do know TWIML :lifter:

Also a lot of "Freelancers" you will find have at least formed an LLC.

If you do go through with this you need to convert it to a contract or a $40 to $50 per hour rate. I am sure you are thinking your boss would laugh at you over this. They already think you are only work $20/hour.

Which is back to my original point; if you are going to work even 5 hours a week somewhere why not keep it W-2?

I was sued for $75k about 10 years ago, and it was an experience that led me to leave self employment. I had about 20 customers over a period of 10 years.

Too boot, it was a company with 2 employees. When interrogatories began he claimed over $1mm in damages. The $75k was just enough in punitive damages to remove it to Federal court, which he intentionally did because all the filings cost more.

My $10k retainer I paid to "teach him a lesson" was gone in 3 weeks.

I had hosted this got a server with some CRM called ACT at a colo. After months of non-payment I turned it off. The truth was that he already went bankrupt. He claimed this caused his business to fail.

Eventually my attorney got my PMI (private mortgage insurance) to take over litigation as he would have taken my house and everything else I had.

Its a long story, but I had the same cavalier attitude for the decade leading up to that. Simply ran a business by filing a sole prop fictitious name registration with the state so I could open a business checking account.

Do you just have the one other site?

DNS Servers authorized?

Reverse DNS configured?

Would love to see your forwarders and resolvers in the DNS Server. Then again I just learned everyone stopped using split DNS so I have some reading to do myself. My last network was about 12 sites and all still 2008 Server AD so a lot has changed.

The last time I saw these I didn't resolve the replication issues and ended up seeing a DC "tombstoned"

@JaredBusch I am a big reader. Would love to check out your guide. Where can I find it?

@scottalanmiller said in Moving from full time to part time, what can I automate?:

Have you not been following this case?

https://www.channele2e.com/2017/02/06/can-you-get-arrested-for-turning-off-customer-it-services/

If you think your LLC doesn't matter, any client can claim ANYTHING they want and possibly send you to jail. Refuse to work for free when they stop paying... go directly to jail Mr. Unlimited Liability. Nothing to limit what they can claim that you are responsible for.

This is so true. It's easy to underestimate the risk of civil suits. The state doesn't have to bring a case against you, your customer can file a complaint and drown you in legal fees.

It sounds like you are wanting to be free of a boss, which is understandable if the situation is bad. All the reason more to protect yourself if you do go this route.

I've been considering loading this up in my home lab. I've had limited experience with VoIP using one of Mitel's products 15 years ago when this was all new. Other than that I have only used Hosted PBX services.

Is it better to start with FreePBX 14 or 13?

@guyinpv said in Moving from full time to part time, what can I automate?:

There are a lot of questions. I have a home office with a designated room. I don't know what business deductions would look like at this point, or how much I'd make and how much overhead there is, none of it.

You should make sure that you are looking at your standard deductions when considering itemizing costs. If you itemizations don't exceed those it wont matter.

Filing Status Standard Deduction
Single $6,300
Married Filing Jointly $12,600
Married Filing Separately $6,300
Head of Household $9,250

@scottalanmiller said in Moving from full time to part time, what can I automate?:

@guyinpv said in Moving from full time to part time, what can I automate?:

There are a lot of questions. I have a home office with a designated room. I don't know what business deductions would look like at this point, or how much I'd make and how much overhead there is, none of it.

After incorporating with your attorney, the next people you bring on are your CPA and your IT guy. You are the IT guy, so that is covered. Your CPA will answer the tax stuff once there is a business to file under.

He would need to incorporate AND create a solid master services agreement as well as some type of services contract between his new LLC and employer to protect himself.

As an employee you are protected legally and you have a much simpler tax scenario.

Again, maybe he has a big customer or freelance contract already onboarded.

@guyinpv said in Moving from full time to part time, what can I automate?:

https://mangolassi.it/topic/10510/home-business-ideas-for-transition-out-of-9-5/637

Im new here so I may have missed previous threads on why your company is a bad place to work. Do you have freelance work or access to opportunities right now? I would be very scared to leave full time employment on the hope of ascertaining web development work.

Why not just keep the full time job and work nights on the freelance dream until its sustainable?

Also it would make no sense from a legal or tax perspective to go from W2 to 1099 without at least a 100% bump in your hourly rate. Your employer currently pays half of your social security taxes, which I believe are 15%.

@JaredBusch @scottalanmiller are you two brothers?

You made me google "Central Intelligence Agency uses Office 365"

@scottalanmiller it is the OP of this thread..

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1964650-serious-windows-10-network-bug

Just comparing their dialogue. It seems like they are both the same person.

@J1MM3RT said in Better Than Aliens:

@scottalanmiller said:

You really have to dig through his threads but you will find some whoppers. There is a reason that he was the first person banned from the SP. He'll have months of no posting or okay posting and then a few months of complete insanity.

Also he said he was a teacher at one point, that is the scary part. Seems to me like the woodshop teacher missing a few fingers.

What is SP?