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I chose "other". My biggest challenge is being motivated to do database stuff. I'm more of a network guy and hate database stuff.

I haven't tried it with NCM. You might need to look in a different table. I listed queries above for how I found nodes with accounts. Kinstray might have a better solution though.

On Demand training is good. I like it. You can rewatch what you don't understand. I prefer in person training though. If you don't understand something, I can ask a specific question. My answer overall. you should use both resources. You can't get in person training all the time. You can get videos when you can't get an…

I turned a live monkey into a live chicken for a Chinese New Year's celebration 6 or 7 years ago. I'm not a Chief Wizardly Officer like you, but I might eventually get there.

I agree.

Day 8 "Hint" is broke.

I primarily let amore1329 do all the work and somehow get half the credit. It's like we're the Wonder Twins from Super Friends but instead of sharing water-based powers, my power is to magically get half the credit of all the work that is done.

Join a D&D Forum on Reddit. You can probably find D&D people to ask there.

My first answer to the survey was "very poorly", but that wasn't an option. On paper, my organization falls under answer "C". In actuality, it seems more like a combo of A, B, & C. The only thing consistent at work is the consistency of inconsistency. 

I'm voting for G.I Joes, but think Legos is going to win it all. A 7,541-piece Lego Millenium Falcon vs. a (I lost my missiles) Sky Striker or Rattler. I think the Millenium Falcon can lose a few more pieces and still function better than the other jets. I will say, the Millenium Falcon could produce a much more…

I don't know what they will produce, but I know what I’d like to see them produce. I would like to see a somewhat comedic digital comic book revolving around the Head Geeks, daily life at SolarWinds, and the team attacking various problems. The Head Geeks are a superhero team protecting Solarwinds HQ and networks from…

See, she gets it!

If you want to search all credential types in your SolarWinds database you can do this from SQL Database Manager: SELECT TOP 1000 * FROM [dbo].[Credential] If you want to filter your results to credentials in a SolarWinds Module/Application (Like SAM, NPM, VIM, etc.), you can add an additional line. SELECT TOP 1000 * FROM…

I’m under mixed opinion on the survey question. Instead of focusing on new exams, maybe SolarWinds might want to tighten up studying programs for their current tests first. I believe they are in the process of that now, but there seems to be disconnects between training and testing material. I’m a horrible test taker, yet…

They changed it from 6 to 8 letters now.

Has anyone ever been to the Slinky Action Zone? The place is like a Slinky themed Dave and Busters. The kid's areas are pretty huge. It's like a mini treehouse village suspended in the air that covers 1/3 of the complex. The netting/suspended portion expends part way over the videogame section and extends over a portion of…

I don't know how many people have answered the survey yet, but results are sitting at 88% "NO." I'm a "NO" because I took the NPM in June and July and scored a 68% both times. I'm going to take the test again next week when I get the retake discount voucher. I have a question to all the people that said “No.” Why do you…

The biggest productivity killer for our section is attempting to upgrade our SolarWinds Platforms to newer versions of SolarWinds. 

I think the Seashells won out in the end. 

The question for Day 8 seemed really familiar. A co-worker of mine said look at Day 7's reading. He gave great advice.

Are you trying to get everyone else to quit so you have a better chance at winning this week's prize? If so, well played!

Have you ever done a SWUG Atlanta or a something around North Carolina? 

I’m still perplexed about the enthusiasm of businesses moving to the cloud. I can understand if you are a small business and it is cost effective to pull specific services from the cloud. On the other hand, if you are a multimillion dollar corporation or the government, why are you not running the other way? Multiple…

In China, AWS, GCP, & Azure are blocked by the government. Alibaba is top of the line over there and it works surprisingly great. Downside, Chinese government pretty much owns it and sees everything.

Has issues with Poll on Days 10 & 15 been fixed yet? They don't work for me, but I noticed some weird things are happening with my computer webpage wise.

Question as well. I thought Australia is a Constitutional Monarchy where the King of England is still the head of state. I heard that when the Queen went over there, her title wasn't referred to as The Queen of the UK, she was referred to as The Queen of Australia. In the US, we have 14 or 16 territories/freely associated…

Thanks

No competition. You had Transformers that could transform into Cassettes, Cassette Players, Boom Boxes, and Microscopes. All you need is one to transform into an Etch A Sketch and you're good.

Same here, I don't get invitations to missions. They just pop-up. My coworker is an MVP and he tends to get the mission on time. Sometimes my account may take another day or two to populate. What I have figured out, if you don't see the newest mission, change the month in the url. I didn't have the February mission posted…