Posts made by Fredtx

@Dashrender said in Virtualization when there is only one VM?:

Are you introducing a new complexity? of course, does it have value? Yes it does. Does the value outweigh the complexity? That's a case by case situation.

If the customer is more apt to want to be involved in the repair situation, then having it virtualized will likely be very problematic, and you'll likely end up not going that route.

I have a customer that moved from a non-virtualized server to a virtualized one - and in my case the customer NEVER looks at the server. That's 100% my domain. So in their case, doing virtualization was easy with no drawbacks.

Yea, the company I work for started implementing virtualization for these type of Dental/Medical customers and I've seen some drawbacks. I guess me working with these escalated customers who are threatening to sue our company kind of traumatized me. lol.

Understood. These are the type of customers I see quite a bit. One's where the doctor has an on-premise physical server and had done that for years, even back in the 80's. I was looking at it from a different point of view if I was an IT consultant, would it be a good idea to implement virtualization for these type of customers with only 1 server in small practices. Or would it come around and bite me in the tail when they start having issues just logging in their server. They'll of course blame me and say, "This was never a problem before".

Yes, adding RDP would be the way to go. There will be additional overheard and point of failures on how to login their OS such as RDP not working, the server not being on the network, or the workstation they use to access to the server via RDP not being on the network (unless you put RDP on all workstations). On a physical server point of failures would be be if their monitor or peripheral are not working. Just looking at the pros and cons here.

Although I don't disagree with choosing virtualization over physical install, but what about small Dental or Medical practices who have a local DB where their practice management software resides? I'm guessing clients like that would just require additional training on how to login their hypervisor and into their vm? There's cases where they need to remote software support in their DB for software related issues?

@Dashrender said in Adding LDAP role to domain controller:

@Fredtx said in Adding LDAP role to domain controller:

@dbeato said in Adding LDAP role to domain controller:

@Fredtx said in Adding LDAP role to domain controller:

@dbeato So what affect will this new Windows update have in March 2020 if it's in installed on an AD server that is still using the default non secure LDAP? Basically, what will it break? I do know clients who authenticate through their mobile ssl vpn via LDAP (ad user account & pw) so I can see how that will affect them and I'm guessing they will be unable to authenticate and therefore not be able to connect to their vpn?

The LDAP connection between the SSL VPN and your AD Server is the one affected.

What about:

• LDAP connection between site to site VPN due to the office not having an on-premise AD server?
  *Exchange 2016 that is on-premise and in the same LAN as AD server?

What is supporting the site to site VPN? does it somehow tie into AD?

My site to site VPN has no idea about AD, The Exchange/AD traffic is just that - traffic that flows over the VPN. To AD, VPN is just another router, it doesn't care.

There is nothing supporting it. It's just a simple site to site using a PSK with AES 256 encryption, etc. Nothing with AD. I guess I was thinking about the LDAP traffic going through the tunnel that would be of concern, but based on your response I can see there is nothing to be concerned about.

Now, I do know customers who have Synology and Qnap NAS that rely on AD for file shares and such. I would think these would be affected?

@dbeato said in Adding LDAP role to domain controller:

@Fredtx said in Adding LDAP role to domain controller:

@dbeato So what affect will this new Windows update have in March 2020 if it's in installed on an AD server that is still using the default non secure LDAP? Basically, what will it break? I do know clients who authenticate through their mobile ssl vpn via LDAP (ad user account & pw) so I can see how that will affect them and I'm guessing they will be unable to authenticate and therefore not be able to connect to their vpn?

The LDAP connection between the SSL VPN and your AD Server is the one affected.

What about:

• LDAP connection between site to site VPN due to the office not having an on-premise AD server?
  *Exchange 2016 that is on-premise and in the same LAN as AD server?

@dbeato So what affect will this new Windows update have in March 2020 if it's in installed on an AD server that is still using the default non secure LDAP? Basically, what will it break? I do know clients who authenticate through their mobile ssl vpn via LDAP (ad user account & pw) so I can see how that will affect them and I'm guessing they will be unable to authenticate and therefore not be able to connect to their vpn?

@scottalanmiller Thanks! I'm doing some job searching right now on my computer, and now I have a completely different mentality on choosing which ones to apply for.

@scottalanmiller said in Follow-Up After Interview:

@Dashrender said in Follow-Up After Interview:

@scottalanmiller said in Follow-Up After Interview:

@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:

there is some cons. The pay will be about 15K more a year than what I currently make (below market value) at my company, It will be 5 min away from my home, there is some technology that I will learn that I don't have experience with.

Those are the cons?

this was my question.

So first thing... make sure you have the pros and cons straight. LOLOLOL

Yes. Prevents confusion. I was very confused at your first initial response. I was like, "Are those things not good enough"? Then, I realized I listed it as cons, instead of pros. LOL

@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:

@scottalanmiller said in Follow-Up After Interview:

@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:

there is some cons. The pay will be about 15K more a year than what I currently make (below market value) at my company, It will be 5 min away from my home, there is some technology that I will learn that I don't have experience with.

Those are the cons?

Pretty much.

I meant pros!!!! Lol

@scottalanmiller said in Follow-Up After Interview:

@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:

I’m one of the senior technicians here and it’s time to move on and grow. Should have left a long time ago, but it’s better late than never.

Also good for professional growth... MangoCon!

And it's local, no excuses.

Yes! I will keep my eye open for the next one.

I’ve seen some of the videos of previous sessions and really enjoyed them.

@scottalanmiller said in Follow-Up After Interview:

@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:

Also, I would get experience being in-house IT as I don't have that and don't know what it's like (might be good, might be bad,idk).

MSP now?

Basically. Not officially a full msp due to a lot of politics and the fact that we’re a fortune 300 company that does other things besides IT. IT was just a service the company decided to add in in addition to the other services and products they sell to their customers. Honestly, IT is not even their money maker.

I’m one of the senior technicians here and it’s time to move on and grow. Should have left a long time ago, but it’s better late than never.

@scottalanmiller said in Follow-Up After Interview:

@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:

there is some cons. The pay will be about 15K more a year than what I currently make (below market value) at my company, It will be 5 min away from my home, there is some technology that I will learn that I don't have experience with.

Those are the cons?

Pretty much.

@scottalanmiller I'm starting to see how European companies definitely don't focus on professionalism. When I spoke to HR, I asked for the benefits such as Health Insurance and such. She didn't even have that content with her and only told me what she knew from the top of her head. She was also remote (in Mexico) via video conference. I asked if she could email me the document with all the details and she said I would get it with the offer. I thought that was very odd as I even had a company's recruiter email me such details before I even did the phone interview with the hiring manager, which in a previous case I decided not to move forward with onsite interview due to the high cost of health insurance. Another thing, is they took me out for lunch before the interview, which I've never experienced before which I'm sure most of you have.

Besides the oddness, there is some cons. The pay will be about 15K more a year than what I currently make (below market value) at my company, It will be 5 min away from my home, there is some technology that I will learn that I don't have experience with. Also, I would get experience being in-house IT as I don't have that and don't know what it's like (might be good, might be bad,idk). It is very interesting on your details about what's good hiring and bad hiring.

@thwr This is indeed a European company with branches in U.S, Canada, and Mexico. I will still continue to seek other opportunities as they come along with keeping my patience.

@IRJ said in Follow-Up After Interview:

@Fredtx said in Follow-Up After Interview:

Yea, that makes sense. I wasn't sure if it would give an impression that I wasn't interested if I didn't follow up.

Also, after I interviewed with operations managers/etc I immediately interviewed with the HR manager. HR did tell me she's sure that I'm actively applying for other companies and to have patience as it's a long process for their hiring. I'm still going to actively apply at other places though. If I've already been eliminated I would really like to know if there was anything wrong I did so it can help me with future interviews.

Assume the job isnt in the bag until offer is in hand. I have been lead on before, and learned my lesson. Like you said, keep applying and keep playing your cards. Having more than one offer in hand is very good for you of course so just keep going.

Yes very true. I've been job searching mostly in Linkedin and some on Indeed.

@DustinB3403 said in Follow-Up After Interview:

@Fredtx You can certainly followup and ask if you're still being considered, but honestly if jobs aren't super difficult to find in your area, I'd just move on.

I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area and there seems to be a lot of companies hiring right now. It just gets a little frustrating when you invest so much time (phone interview, video conference, onsite interview). If I don't get the position it definitely did help me with getting better at this stuff.

Yea, that makes sense. I wasn't sure if it would give an impression that I wasn't interested if I didn't follow up.

Also, after I interviewed with operations managers/etc I immediately interviewed with the HR manager. HR did tell me she's sure that I'm actively applying for other companies and to have patience as it's a long process for their hiring. I'm still going to actively apply at other places though. If I've already been eliminated I would really like to know if there was anything wrong I did so it can help me with future interviews.

What is a decent amount of time for a candidate to follow up with a company they had an onsite interview with?

@IRJ said in AVG deleting data:

Setup FIM to see what is causing it 100%

FIM?