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    • coliverC
      coliver
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      I'm a big fan of wikis for this type of thing.

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      • brandon220B
        brandon220
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        I thought about a wiki but that is one I have yet to try.

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender
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          I use lastpass or Bitwarden to hold the credentials. Both have a notes section.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            I'm all about wikis for this, too.

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            • brandon220B
              brandon220
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              Dokuwiki or Mediawiki? I suppose this would be good on a VPS too.

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              • coliverC
                coliver @brandon220
                last edited by coliver

                @brandon220 said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                Dokuwiki or Mediawiki? I suppose this would be good on a VPS too.

                There is a new wiki out there now that looks really nice. https://wiki.js.org/

                Haven't used it though. I've used MediaWiki in the past.

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                • gjacobseG
                  gjacobse
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                  Things like Lastpass and Keypass work nicely - that being said a nice wiki would be also useful.

                  We have a good bit of documentation... in Sharepoint. but to export it if needed (if we were to leave o365) will be a small nightmare

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                  • black3dynamiteB
                    black3dynamite
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                    If you were to use wikis, stick with one that uses a database. Dokuwiki stores your information in a plain-text files.

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                    • dbeatoD
                      dbeato
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                      @brandon220 said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                      sult or have to keep track of info for customers such as logins, IP info, etc... I have tried many different things (spreadsheets, password managers, hand written notes) but none seem to cover all bases except general notes. Trying to get more organized. I don't need a full CRM. What tool have you found useful?

                      I use 1 Password since I am dealing with credentials I need to keep them encrypted. WHile documentation is on a wiki as others have noted.

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                      • brandon220B
                        brandon220
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                        I have 1Password on my phone and it gets used the most. Of course it is easier to type notes and documentation on a laptop....

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                        • CCWTechC
                          CCWTech
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                          Rather than place, how about format?

                          Does anyone have a nice template for keeping track of IP's, Passwords, Network info, etc.

                          I am using Google Docs right now (thinking about going WIKI) but format is the greatest issue I am having to deal with.

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                          • MattSpellerM
                            MattSpeller
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                            Big fans of https://keepass.info/

                            It improved how our department runs more than anything else we did in 2015.

                            Keep a master file on your file storage and everyone gets a copy on their desktop (so they can't mess up the master & always have an offline copy). Make a batch script that copies and overwrites it on their desktop and set it to run every Monday morning (or whatever is appropriate) to keep everyone updated.

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch @dbeato
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                              @dbeato said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                              @brandon220 said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                              sult or have to keep track of info for customers such as logins, IP info, etc... I have tried many different things (spreadsheets, password managers, hand written notes) but none seem to cover all bases except general notes. Trying to get more organized. I don't need a full CRM. What tool have you found useful?

                              I use 1 Password since I am dealing with credentials I need to keep them encrypted. WHile documentation is on a wiki as others have noted.

                              Encryption here is a strawman. You always have access to the unencrypted password. So there is not point to saying it must be encrypted.

                              There is no reason that a wiki that is secured properly is not valid for something like this.

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender @brandon220
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                                @brandon220 said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                                I have 1Password on my phone and it gets used the most. Of course it is easier to type notes and documentation on a laptop....

                                That's what makes LastPass and BitWarden awesome - full access while on a desktop to the same set of sync'ed data

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                                • DashrenderD
                                  Dashrender @JaredBusch
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                                  @jaredbusch said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                                  @dbeato said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                                  @brandon220 said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                                  sult or have to keep track of info for customers such as logins, IP info, etc... I have tried many different things (spreadsheets, password managers, hand written notes) but none seem to cover all bases except general notes. Trying to get more organized. I don't need a full CRM. What tool have you found useful?

                                  I use 1 Password since I am dealing with credentials I need to keep them encrypted. WHile documentation is on a wiki as others have noted.

                                  Encryption here is a strawman. You always have access to the unencrypted password. So there is not point to saying it must be encrypted.

                                  There is no reason that a wiki that is secured properly is not valid for something like this.

                                  key part!

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                                  • dbeatoD
                                    dbeato @JaredBusch
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                                    @jaredbusch said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                                    e is no reason that a wiki that is secured properly is not valid for something like this.

                                    How does that look like in a wiki?

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                                    • DashrenderD
                                      Dashrender @dbeato
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                                      @dbeato said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                                      @jaredbusch said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                                      e is no reason that a wiki that is secured properly is not valid for something like this.

                                      How does that look like in a wiki?

                                      How does that look in O365? It's just a system that's protected by authentication access.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @dbeato
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                                        @dbeato said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                                        @jaredbusch said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                                        e is no reason that a wiki that is secured properly is not valid for something like this.

                                        How does that look like in a wiki?

                                        User ACLs and securying the platform.

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                                        • dbeatoD
                                          dbeato @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                                          @dbeato said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                                          @jaredbusch said in Keeping track of customer's credentials, etc.:

                                          e is no reason that a wiki that is secured properly is not valid for something like this.

                                          How does that look like in a wiki?

                                          User ACLs and securying the platform.

                                          That's totally understandable, and I know where we are going on this.

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