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    • gjacobseG
      gjacobse
      last edited by

      If you don't have O365, you could use the existing website as a place to work from.

      This is where having it hosted is 'good' as you get some tools which you can use. Build a subdomain and install a Wiki or as @travisdh1 mentioned Drupal and run from there.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        MediaWiki, Sharepoint's Wiki, OneNote are all decent tools for this.

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        • RamblingBipedR
          RamblingBiped
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          If you're looking for something small, portable, and secure, TiddlyWiki is a decent option. I use it for most of my documentation as it is standalone and doesn't require a separate server/service to be running to use it. If you're needing to supply multiple users with access and/or have multiple people editing documents, it probably isn't the best choice.

          http://tiddlywiki.com/

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          • momurdaM
            momurda
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            We use MediaWiki

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              Jstear
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              For existing systems, check out SYDI

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              • thwrT
                thwr
                last edited by thwr

                I'm using a SharePoint wiki, lots of Visio drawings and some UML/SysML diagrams. But using (on-premise) SharePoint isn't smart at all. Heavily depends on a lot of things, and you want your documentation to be accessible when things go south.

                Another thing on my todo list: Migrate to some lightweight blog or wiki engine that doesn't need any database, webserver and serverside scripting language. Something you can run from your USB stick on any OS in any JS capable browser for example.

                https://hexo.io/ looks pretty nice.

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                • MattSpellerM
                  MattSpeller
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                  Interns work a treat

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403 @MattSpeller
                    last edited by

                    @MattSpeller said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                    Interns work a treat

                    I'm plumb out, and I often hate the resulting work provided...

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @Jstear
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                      @Jstear said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                      For existing systems, check out SYDI

                      I think I've used SYDI before, sounds very familiar....

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                      • thwrT
                        thwr @DustinB3403
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                        @DustinB3403 said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                        @MattSpeller said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                        Interns work a treat

                        I'm plumb out, and I often hate the resulting work provided...

                        Agree. They need to learn, sure, but not on what's driving your business 😉

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @thwr
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                          @thwr said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                          @DustinB3403 said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                          @MattSpeller said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                          Interns work a treat

                          I'm plumb out, and I often hate the resulting work provided...

                          Agree. They need to learn, sure, but not on what's driving your business 😉

                          They can't legally learn on what's driving the business in the US.

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                          • thwrT
                            thwr @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                            @thwr said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                            @DustinB3403 said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                            @MattSpeller said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                            Interns work a treat

                            I'm plumb out, and I often hate the resulting work provided...

                            Agree. They need to learn, sure, but not on what's driving your business 😉

                            They can't legally learn on what's driving the business in the US.

                            You are mean 😉

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                            • MattSpellerM
                              MattSpeller @DustinB3403
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                              @DustinB3403 said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                              @MattSpeller said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                              Interns work a treat

                              I'm plumb out, and I often hate the resulting work provided...

                              You need to work on your beatings, technique must be off

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                              • thwrT
                                thwr @MattSpeller
                                last edited by thwr

                                @MattSpeller said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                                @DustinB3403 said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                                @MattSpeller said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                                Interns work a treat

                                I'm plumb out, and I often hate the resulting work provided...

                                You need to work on your beatings, technique must be off

                                Mwaha... One of my colleagues just said this today: "You are an expert at punishing people" 😉

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403
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                                  So I have used SYDI before (after rerunning it it all came back as "OH YEAH!")

                                  And this is a rather great tool for basic system documentation, but not really so great for Disaster recovery kinds of documentation. But I could certainly use this to generate documentation on the systems in the business as a starting point, or reference system.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @Jstear
                                    last edited by

                                    @Jstear said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                                    For existing systems, check out SYDI

                                    Anyone got screenshots of SYDI? What does it actually look like?

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                                      @Jstear said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                                      For existing systems, check out SYDI

                                      Anyone got screenshots of SYDI? What does it actually look like?

                                      I'll abstract some info from a system I'm scanning, give me 15.

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                                      • thwrT
                                        thwr @DustinB3403
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                                        @DustinB3403 said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                                        @Jstear said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                                        For existing systems, check out SYDI

                                        Anyone got screenshots of SYDI? What does it actually look like?

                                        I'll abstract some info from a system I'm scanning, give me 15.

                                        Scotty, you'll get 5 or we're toast

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403
                                          last edited by DustinB3403

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                                          There's obviously a lot more, but yeah... 75 pages is a lot to go through.

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                                          • thwrT
                                            thwr @DustinB3403
                                            last edited by thwr

                                            @DustinB3403 said in IT Documentation Helpers:

                                            and the report is filled with useful information? Like correct product keys for example? All NICs and IP addresses listed per host, not just the first one?

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