@Danp said in secure upload of files to accountant:

@Mike-Davis Not sure if you saw my post. According to their website, NextCloud does offer an anonymous file upload option.

How is NextCloud better than dropbox?

@coliver said in secure upload of files to accountant:

Have you looked at Dropbox? I'm fairly certain they have the function to do anonymous uploads.

Yes, dropbox will work. I didn't know if anyone found a way to do the same thing with OneDrive or something better.

I've been using Wave, but if someone asked me how it integrates with their credit card machine or software like Donorperfect I don't know where I would start.

Can't email because the files are too large for some of the clients to email.

Can't force clients to change platforms because most of the 60 year olds that pay an accountant to do their taxes would go to a different accountant before changing the way they do things....

I don't think the accountant can tell all his clients to change platforms.

@Minion-Queen mostly QuickBook files.

I have a one man shop of an accountant that wants a secure way for clients to upload files. Even through he has Office 365 and OneDrive, it doesn't look like there is a way to use it like that without the client setting up their own Microsoft account and sharing the file. Dropbox will allow clients to upload files from his website. Is there any reason not to use Dropbox?

I wouldn't threaten to delete documentation. It doesn't cost you anything to hang on to. You can always charge for the last invoice + interest and then start a retainer...

My understanding of how Ubiquiti handles guest mode is that it drops packets destined for internal networks. What I don't know is like I think some others were getting at - what if the user tries to go to another local subnet outside the subnet their on. I guess I'll just keep the VLAN thing.

Right. Currently there are two SSIDs. I'll be keeping those because one of them only works with RADIUS, etc. The guest wifi currently uses VLANs to keep them off the LAN. Unnecessary complexity?

I have a remote office that used to have a local internet connection and a site to site MetroE link. The local internet is going away. For guest wireless access, I set up a separate VLAN and created a SSID for guest internet on that VLAN. The SonicWall sent all that traffic straight out to the internet.

Now that I'm removing the local internet, I have to decide if I should keep the VLAN and try to trunk that across the MetroE circuit, or just turn Ubiquiti's guest mode, put them back in the default VLAN and call it a day. What do you think? I realize it's probably more secure with the VLAN, but it's also more confusing for other admins.

@Minion-Queen yep, I work in a town where sound was first added to motion pictures, and we make the national news because of some idiot.

@Breffni-Potter said in How To Find A Good Account Rep:

"So let’s say that you moved in to a new roll"

thanks for catching that. Looking back I did type this while I was sitting on an airplane and was hungry.

I wrote this article after years of experience and some very open account reps sharing their side with me:
http://extramile-tech.com/how-to-find-a-good-account-representative/

Do you think other IT pros would find information such as territories and deal registrations helpful?

@coliver same results with that.

I built a remote desktop server on Server 2012 R2. Things seem to work really well, except I put an icon on the desktop that takes them to:
https://login.microsoftonline.com
9 times out of 10 it either times out, or loads in about 20 seconds. It doesn't matter if I go to https://outlook.office.com or the other o365 sites. 1 out of 10 times it will load in a reasonable amount of time.

This is using IE or Chrome. Any other site loads in 2 seconds. ping times to outlook.office.com are under 21 ms.

Any ideas on what to try next?

Congratulations!!

That is not necessarily always going to be the case... For instance, in looking at some stuff, I see that I can build a NAS with 16TB usable cheaper than I can build a NAS with 12 TB usable.

but no one would accuse you of overbuilding in that case.

If you put in a server with 96GB of RAM when you had 1 VM using 4GB, that's over building. If you needed to add more VMs later, adding RAM would be cheaper down the line, or it might be time to get a new server.

I'll often say "It's best to sell your truck while it's still running." (that should be a song, oh wait...) Tell the owners that it's better to replace equipment on their terms when they have time to price shop and schedule the replacement rather than run it till it dies and then scramble to replace it.

I agree. My first reaction was like EdgeRouter Lites are under $100, just go pick one up for each branch and be done with it. I thought I would post lest someone say, "all you have to do it click the advanced tab" or something.