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That's the voice of someone that's seen at least one help desk ticket. I don't get rattled much, but it does irk me when you get those "everyone" tickets. I had a doctor that put in a High priority ticket because getting to a website was an "org wide" issue. We use a firewall that allows/disallows based upon AD groups.

Nice, now if we can get the bosses on board so we can sit outside for this event. Maybe set up a grill.

I love dashboards as summary, quick overview, tools. A good dashboard allows you to easily drill down as well.

The balance between what a user can remember and something difficult to crack has always been the tricky part of passwords. The key seems to keep users aware of the changes and keep them thinking of security not just convenience. As mentioned in the article letter replacement used to be a good idea, but not any more. I…

I love DPA and it's great that it's coming to "the cloud" as that usage is constantly growing. (for now, everything cycles in this business)

Automation - I got my start with Kixtart - one of the guys I worked with always said "If it can't be done from my desk, it doesn't need to be done."

With the graphics on this mission it's pretty appropriate that my son just gave me this.

This was a fun and useful month. The interaction in the Thwack community make it one of the best - if not the best - online tech community.

Well said DanielleH​. We appreciate your hard work and that of the team.

Oh I would agree with that. I've known people that have greatly increased their pay by moving from place to place - It seems that each time you get hired you get a little bump in pay. So, I've actually known people that aren't very good at their job, but they get hired stay long enough for the employer to realize that they…

Congrats @mmcdougal@teleflora.com

Nice article. Backups are like insurance - they are expensive, difficult to understand and you hope you never need them. And just like insurance many people don't have them until after a loss.

congrats pierrenndsb​, @ahanes, and @rick@triangle-sa.com Great month.

NetPath has saved my bacon many times!

Every auditor that I have spoken with uses the phrase "if it's not documented, you are not doing it." That can also summarize compliance but execution is what it takes for security. Very nice article.

Nice information. In this "digital age" data really is king. It's interesting what the "big boys" are doing.

Thank you, I was just going to wait for the link to be corrected.

Nice, I've been tempted to get PI, but haven't' really found a "need" This could be useful.

I had the same thing happen.

Agreed. It seems in any job I've had in life people forget who really provides their paycheck. I worked in a diner at 14 and heard staff say "Customers, you can't please them" - without customers there is no diner, with no diner there is no job. In IT I hear people complain about the "Users" - without users there is no…

All great points, the one that so often gets neglected is the usability of the product. Not the usability of the person that is "picking out" the product, but the overall usability. For example I worked for a company that had a manager that I affectionately refer to as a "propeller head." You know the type, their whole…

Value is key in determining many things. All too often we see value as something that it is not. i.e. value = cost - nope, value = support, nope, value = enjoyment, nope. Value is a sum of many different areas responsiveness and efficiency are important keys to the complex formula of true value.

Maybe a percentage of your license. i.e. if you have a 100 license you could have 10 test, 500 license 50 tests. I only say this as larger environments are more likely to have a bigger variety of device types and a test lab isn't nearly as valuable if you can't have all the types represented.

Nice post and I can see it being useful in a Citrix environment. We have a couple of them and I've looked at you script. Looks useful.

Congrats tonedepear​

I"ve been trying to make this work for a long time. I hear from both Dell and Solarwinds that it is coming in a future release - not sure who really is to "blame." I just want resolution.

Congrats jschneck1​

Generally speaking a wireless network is more expensive than wired, but not always. * Get a good set of floorplans for every location, floor, building etc. * Make sure you have an accurate site survey (using a specific Survey SSID - AP on a stick sort of thing) with the product you are planning to purchase * Set a baseline…

I just opened case # 993199. I have most of my servers moved over to Agent polling (I was using agentless) but I've got a handful of new ones that I haven't added yet, so I will be able to duplicate the error when needed.

I always enjoy reading what Leon has to say. Sometimes it's informative on the SolarWinds front, sometimes it's educational on the IT front and often it's enlightening on the personal front. It's nice to get more than just a sales pitch and technical information. Articles like this makes it feel like I'm getting to know…