I recently started going to both Udemy and Pluralsight for training videos and things. Udemy is pay per course and Pluralsight is monthly/annual subscription with unlimited videos.
So far I've taken courses on Exchange 2016 and MDT and now I'm trying to learn powershell as much as possible.
@bnrstnr said in question about increasing MS volume licensing:
@dave247 As long as you're putting the same edition (probably Pro) that came on the computers you don't need a volume license for every one, because they're already licensed for that edition from Dell. You only need new licenses for computers you want to upgrade from 7, 8.1, etc.
You need a single volume license to get imaging rights.
Yes, I kind of forgot about this, but this is what I did. I purchased workstations with Windows 10 Pro on them and then a single VL for imaging rights. Then, I created a custom Windows 10 image and used this single MAK for activating the images (automatically in MDT task sequence). the Workstations haven't had any issues activating or anything.. but maybe I didn't need to do that part.
I guess this makes my original question pointless now since I realize I am talking about a whole different situation.
@scottalanmiller said in question about increasing MS volume licensing:
@JaredBusch said in question about increasing MS volume licensing:
@scottalanmiller said in question about increasing MS volume licensing:
You only need one VL license of Windows 10 to image everything in your environment. So I think you are fine. It is super rare that you buy more than one copy of Windows 10 through VL.
He's not talking about imaging. I mean he is in the end, but the first part is jsut about buying licenses.
I know, but I was worried that he was buying licenses for imaging (or install), neither of which they can be used for.
What? .. can you expand on this?
To clarify, I have purchased 30 Dell OptiPlex computers as well as 30 Windows 10 Pro licenses (one MAK) from my VAR. They've actually come with Windows 10 already installed but I'm using MDT to create and deploy a custom Windows 10 image - using the Windows 10 ISO from the MSVLC and the license I purchased added into the MDT task settings.
Now, I would like to install Windows 10 on a few slightly older Dell computers which had Windows 7 on them, hence the additional volume licenses needed.
@bnrstnr said in question about increasing MS volume licensing:
@dave247 said in question about increasing MS volume licensing:
Maybe I am just being anal, but if I have 25 computers that I'm imaging with the same single key, yet in reality I am using a key meant for 20 systems across 25, and not actually using the 5 new additional keys.... ah you all get what I'm saying...
It's my understanding that you can use whatever keys you want, so long as you own enough licenses to cover what you have installed. This was the case for us when we were audited a couple years ago anyway.
When you get a key from MS VLSC it doesn't ask which agreement you want the key applied to, it just gives you your key and tells you how many times you've activated with that key. For example, we only have 2 SA licenses, but our windows 10 key shows like 7/50 activations...
That is kind of how I though it worked. I guess it's probably the best way to keep one's sanity in IT..
Say I purchase 20 Windows 10 Pro Open Business Licenses from a VAR. I then get an MS license agreement added in my MSVLC and I am able to view the MAK licenses and download the software, etc.
Now, say I want to purchase 5 more Windows 10 Pro Open Business Licenses and I go through the same VAR again. Is it typical to receive a new MS license agreement along with new MAK license keys? Or should they just be increasing the number of existing Windows 10 MAKs?
I ask this because I am in that situation where I would like to simply bump up the number of Windows 10 licenses for the sake of having only the one Windows 10 MAK.
Maybe I am just being anal, but if I have 25 computers that I'm imaging with the same single key, yet in reality I am using a key meant for 20 systems across 25, and not actually using the 5 new additional keys.... ah you all get what I'm saying...
What is the "right way" to handle this?
@murpheous said in Question about server licensing affected by adding multiple networks in a domain?:
No. You wouldn't need anything more than you would when it is flat.
Ok good. I though I had heard something a while back about licensing being affected by multiple networks in a domain... Maybe I'm remembering something incorrectly though.
Say I have one Windows domain with some DC's serving up AD and DNS, and all of my servers, computers and other devices are all on one flat network. If I wanted to move things to different networks like servers on a management network, computers and phones on another, etc, does this impact the Microsoft licensing I choose? Would I need to purchase additional licenses for the multiple networks under one domain -or something to that effect? I know server licensing is core based but is there something with server CALs or anything?
I plan to do some more research on my own but I'm currently on the road. I just wanted to ask here to see if I could get some quick input/food for thought on this, if it's even a potential concern.
@scottalanmiller said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:
@dave247 said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:
@Dashrender said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:
@dave247 said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:
I'm actually dealing with this right now. I was asked by my boss to come up with a better job title for myself since I am basically a system administrator, network administrator, server administrator, IT manager, among other things.
I think job titles are a good thing simply as a starting point descriptor of what a person's job role is. It shouldn't determine pay as much as all the line items that are listed in your actual job description.
That said, I've landed on IT Administrator since it seems to encompass everything and sounds better than "IT Generalist".
Are you actually a manager? as in you have direct reports that you manage?
What kind of reports are you referring to? I manage various things in IT, like some reports, vendors, some credit card statements & things..
Direct report = employee that reports directly to you that you can hire and fire.
oh no, I can not fire anyone. However, I have indirectly caused people to get fired, but that's another story..
@scottalanmiller said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:
@dave247 said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:
That said, I've landed on IT Administrator since it seems to encompass everything and sounds better than "IT Generalist".
That's pretty good. It's generic but gets the point across. Generalist is linguistically better because, for example, you likely do some engineering somewhere, not exclusively administration (engineers build, administrators operate.) But it's so general that people get it.
Or maybe I should go with "Lord of IT" instead.
@Dashrender said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:
@dave247 said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:
I'm actually dealing with this right now. I was asked by my boss to come up with a better job title for myself since I am basically a system administrator, network administrator, server administrator, IT manager, among other things.
I think job titles are a good thing simply as a starting point descriptor of what a person's job role is. It shouldn't determine pay as much as all the line items that are listed in your actual job description.
That said, I've landed on IT Administrator since it seems to encompass everything and sounds better than "IT Generalist".
Are you actually a manager? as in you have direct reports that you manage?
What kind of reports are you referring to? I manage various things in IT, like some reports, vendors, some credit card statements & things..
I'm actually dealing with this right now. I was asked by my boss to come up with a better job title for myself since I am basically a system administrator, network administrator, server administrator, IT manager, among other things.
I think job titles are a good thing simply as a starting point descriptor of what a person's job role is. It shouldn't determine pay as much as all the line items that are listed in your actual job description. Of course, there are issues with a job title if you are someone with a ton of roles -- things that would be multiple roles at a bigger company, for example.
That said, I've landed on IT Administrator since it seems to encompass everything and sounds better than "IT Generalist".
@CCWTech said in External drive letters changing:
I have a server with only 2 USB ports. OS is Windows Server 2016 STD.
Since I need more than that to plug in external usb drives I purchased a USB powered hub.
It's been working fine for a long time, however just recently after a reboot the drive letters are changing from what they are manually assigned in Disk Management and even the name of the volume is changing.
I have read about clearing the drive attributes in diskpart and also the possibility of the server now detecting the USB hub as a new device each time.
Has anyone worked on this issue before and what did you do to resolve it?
Are you properly ejecting the USB drives before taking them out? I think sometimes they don't fully clear and then you have a letter conflict. I'm not 100% sure on this though..
And I wasn't a massive douche-bag about it.
@JaredBusch said in Exchange 2016 Let's Encrypt Setup:
@dave247 said in Exchange 2016 Let's Encrypt Setup:
@JaredBusch said in Exchange 2016 Let's Encrypt Setup:
@dave247 said in Exchange 2016 Let's Encrypt Setup:
@Dashrender said in Exchange 2016 Let's Encrypt Setup:
@dave247 said in Exchange 2016 Let's Encrypt Setup:
Why would I want to use this when I already have an SSL cert on Exchange?
Because when it's time to renew, you can renew for free.
How is it free? Is there a public CA? I don't get what the catch is. I currently use a DigiCert certificate..
What part of Let's Encrypt have you never heard of?
I've literally never heard of it before now, hehe...
I'm reading up on it now..
