One solution would be to just give them an Exchange Online P1 license: https://products.office.com/en-us/exchange/compare-microsoft-exchange-online-plans. This would limit them to just email. That is the technical side of things. I'm with everyone else here, the requestor needs to provide a business justification and upline approval for this.

As a father of daughters I really liked the message of Frozen. Instead of it being about "prince charming" it is about sisterly love. I felt like that was really well handled unlike the "women save the day" moment in Avengers: Endgame.

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Winding down the last few hours of the week before a 2 week vacation.

Very cool. Are you going somewhere fun?

@black3dynamite said in What Are You Watching Now:

Another Life on Netflix

All the professional reviews of it that I have read have been very critical. I always take those with a grain of salt, so I'm curious what you think.

@Markferron said in PoE powered lighting:

@Kelly Just out of curiosity, were those people in IT or electrical/maintenance? It would be interesting to see what department would pay for what when things go wrong.

It was electrical. They actually manage the day to day function of the lights. IT maintains the software and OS running it, but nothing beyond that.

@Markferron said in PoE powered lighting:

I've just been reading up on all the wonders of PoE powered lighting and I was just wondering if anyone here has had to deal with these installations before. What are your experiences? Are they worth the pricing with new buildings?

I haven't dealt with them directly, but I've talked to a few people at my current place of employment where they've been installed on a few buildings. The non scientific conclusion is that they don't actually save much money since they just move everything back to the switch rather than at each light. This was a general impression by those who install and manage them, not the people who pay for them.

@marcinozga said in Equifax claims process is now open:

I'm getting the cash. 10 years of credit monitoring is worthless, same with their insurance. It won't prevent identity or credit card theft. And their reaction time is piss poor, you'd get a notice 1-3 months later of someone opens new account in your name, and by that time crook will probably charge thousands. Credit freeze is the only option and they don't offer that. Discover bank offers credit monitoring for free to anyone: https://csp.discover.com/free-credit-score/index.html

This is the best. "We promise to monitor and protect your data with all the quality we had before." Mmmm, nope, I'll take cash tyvm.

@bnrstnr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

https://www.amazon.com/Charging-Certified-Magnetic-Wireless-Compatible/dp/B07TV1NY6M/

umm, is it just me or are the reviews and questions for this product all over the place? I've seen people post wrong reviews before, but this is way beyond anything I've seen before. Soap, phone case, dress, medicine, gauge, purse? All in the reviews. This charger must do it all.

This is hilarious. I've seen them merge products before, but this goes beyond the normal.

@Nic said in Equifax claims process is now open:

@Kelly said in Equifax claims process is now open:

Thanks for posting this @Nic. I had someone open a credit card in my name with information stolen from Equifax. Luckily they didn't use it for anything before it got flagged.

Glad it got caught before causing you any damage. You can still claim any time you spent dealing with this, such as time on the phone with credit agencies or your bank.

Yup, I already put in for that. Yay money

Thanks for posting this @Nic. I had someone open a credit card in my name with information stolen from Equifax. Luckily they didn't use it for anything before it got flagged.

I finally got around to watching Into the Spiderverse. What a fantastic movie from a visual perspective. It was absolutely insane to watch, but the ways the art style changed were so good.

This will be in the Event Logs on the authenticating DC.

@RojoLoco said in Weekend Plans:

Woohoooo!!!!! Birthday weekend for me!!!! And my homey with the same birthday is going to be in town too!!! Nothing really planned yet, but I know there will be good food and plenty of drinks.

Happy birthday! (early, but I'll forget so I'm doing it now)

@CCWTech said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@CCWTech that picture is the first hit for "real estate mongol" on Google.

Nice. I wish I could say I'm surprised. They are all over the place here.

I've heard rumors that those (and signs like them) are related to trafficking. I haven't done any research beyond those claims though.

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

just got my third "Hey come talk to us about a job" in the last 2 weeks.

Enjoy being wanted.

it kinda came out of no where too.
I just getting a LinkedIN wasn't a bad idea eh?

LinkedIn communications tend to be better than stuff from Monster, etc. The latter usually results in calls about developer positions, while my resume has zero development experience listed.

The random "I got your resume off the internet and was wondering if you wanted a job 6 hours away that pays a quarter of what you're looking for" connections are the best.

@black3dynamite said in What Are You Watching Now:

Mulan Trailer
Youtube Video

I really want to show this movie to my girls. After seeing the way that my 5 year old daughter reacted to Hidden Figures I want to encourage her to explore what it means to be a strong woman in her way, not what society (right or left) would say.

It is amazing what a difference the Night light settings make. I could feel my eyes relaxing when I turned them on (12 pm local time).

@magicmarker said in How do I replace one Domain Controller server with another and keep IP address?:

@JaredBusch said in How do I replace one Domain Controller server with another and keep IP address?:

Migrate FSMO to DC2, Demote DC1, Disjoin DC1 from domain, Shutdown DC1.

Cleanup DC1 references.

Spin up new DC3 using IP of DC1.

DC2 already holds the FSMO roles. No need to migrate. I'm having a hard time understanding why it's crazy to want to keep the same IP address. Changing the IP address is more crazy to me. I feel it would be more disruptive to change the IP address. The server DC1 has been a DC for more than 20+ years. Finding the devices and equipment that are using the IP address is more work than keeping the IP address.

It is because of the amount of effort required to do it relative to the opportunities for issues is not a great trade off from a domain health perspective. It is going to be disruptive to your devices to re-ip. However, missing references in AD to the old device can play merry, almost undiagnosable, hell with your environment...potentially.

I've been in a bit of a TTRPG lull. Hopefully get back to our Star Wars campaign in a little over a week.

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@JaredBusch is it a fist fight in the middle of the parking lot of the vacant building you're parked in front of?

The first rule of Figh...er, Company Meetings is...