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We were doing video editing with 300mhz Pentiums so yes

Or try with 8 columns... \# 1. Variables $PoolName = "YourStoragePoolName" $DiskName = "YourVirtualDiskName" $DriveLetter = "D" $Interleaf = 256KB # Interleave size per disk $SizeGB = 3072000 # Set size or use -UseMaximumSize \# 2. Create the Dual Parity Virtual Disk with custom columns New-VirtualDisk -StoragePoolFriendlyName $PoolName -FriendlyName $DiskName -ResiliencySettingName DualParity -NumberOfColumns 8 -Interleave $Interleaf -UseMaximumSize -ProvisioningType Thin \# 3. Initialize and Format the Volume with custom Allocation Unit Size (2048K) Get-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName $DiskName | Get-Disk | Initialize-Disk -PartitionStyle GPT Get-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName $DiskName | Get-Disk | Get-Partition | New-Partition -DriveLetter $DriveLetter -UseMaximumSize Format-Volume -DriveLetter $DriveLetter -FileSystem NTFS -AllocationUnitSize 2048K -NewFileSystemLabel $DiskName

Have you performance tested the pool without the custom interleave... I've gone back and forth with this and have read all the docs, but the last server I did this with the performance was not improved, yet another where I let it decide with defaults was not a problem. Might be worth checking speed before going down this rabbit hole. otherwise try changing the column count to 7

First, take a deep breath everything is going to be okay. The fact that you have a passion for it is great. Consider that the pressure and structure of the class may not be your learning style, your still young and learning how computers fundamentally operate is going to take time. Also, when you have a passion for something, putting that into the context of a class, tests, deadlines is going to dull the passion and introduce anxiety. The other thing to consider is coding is a weird concept, you might even try other languages and playing round on your own time creating demos. I swear programming languages are similar but also represent different types of thinking by their creators. You might try python or PHP, the concepts will click then other languages start to make sense too. I can tell you every decade of growth my brain rewires and things I thought I understood thoroughly in my 20's make even more sense with time and experience. If you bomb this class, don't let it knock you down. You're allowed to fail, that's how your learn and grow. Get on you tube and start putting on coding courses, tech influencers, cs classes. Even if they're on in the background you'll start absorbing concepts. I watch these guys all the time and the topics they cover aren't even in my field, but I still find value in watching and entertaining. [https://www.youtube.com/@ThePrimeTimeagen](https://www.youtube.com/@ThePrimeTimeagen) [https://www.youtube.com/@computerenhance2980](https://www.youtube.com/@computerenhance2980) [https://www.youtube.com/@LowLevelTV](https://www.youtube.com/@LowLevelTV) [https://www.youtube.com/@t3dotgg](https://www.youtube.com/@t3dotgg) [https://www.youtube.com/@aarondfrancis](https://www.youtube.com/@aarondfrancis) [https://www.youtube.com/@awesomekling](https://www.youtube.com/@awesomekling) [https://www.youtube.com/@cs50](https://www.youtube.com/@cs50) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAcTmDO6NTI&list=PLUl4u3cNGP62A-ynp6v6-LGBCzeH3VAQB](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAcTmDO6NTI&list=PLUl4u3cNGP62A-ynp6v6-LGBCzeH3VAQB) While I'm posting links: Good for the brain [https://www.youtube.com/@HealthyGamerGG](https://www.youtube.com/@HealthyGamerGG) Some eye candy [https://www.youtube.com/@theDronalist](https://www.youtube.com/@theDronalist) Some ear candy [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwiZlNXF478](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwiZlNXF478)

if it's a good bad university you wouldn't need to show up

If the shared computer is managed by Intune and you configure it and the apps in "shared" mode... you can get away with using one account to activate each user profile with that same account. In this setup the shared computer configuration doesn't count toward the user device activation limit. However, this is cheating and not licensed correctly. Also, you have to log in with that account manually for each user and if SSO is enabled it's going to be a headache. The only way to correctly license this is with volume license device... which is a pain in the ass to acquirer and expensive. This is how MS get's you to pay more lol.

not worth it, most startups fail

I use it all the time

I've done it a few times. I've never really had any issues with the process.

Should be fine. Check out Splashtop, TeamViewer is really expensive and love to lock you in to long term contracts.

Are you providing corp laptops for remote users, or are they using their personal devices?

I've got a handful of G9 HPE's still running strong

all of it is traumatizing

You're not the only one trying to figure this out, another thread about this. [https://www.reddit.com/r/entra/comments/1se1a47/technical\_and\_security\_details\_of\_rdp\_with\_entra/](https://www.reddit.com/r/entra/comments/1se1a47/technical_and_security_details_of_rdp_with_entra/) Are you using RD Gateway? Have you deployed Cloud Kerberos trust? [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/deploy/hybrid-cloud-kerberos-trust?tabs=intune](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/deploy/hybrid-cloud-kerberos-trust?tabs=intune) EntraID/RDP NLA really only works from device to device and within the network. Getting that to work externally requires extra setup/ KDC Proxy. There's also Restricted Admin mode/Remote Credential Guard/ or Cert based auth... all with their ups, downs, requirements and quirks. Then consider support for RDP clients isn't consistent (pc/mac) the whole solution is half baked.

It's the disk, why they still make 10K drives IDK, but people really need to stop using the for application/ VDI drives... or all together.

Temporary Access Passes

you will be missing a 10+ keypad

that's true... but I guess we're all left with a lot of assumptions because OP didn't provide a lot of details.

I'm not sure where u/Skyhound555 is coming from. It seems like he's taking things to the extreme and projecting situations out of the blue. Not sure why. An authorized vendor using their authorized equipment to update the equipment they support to avoid needing access to the network is fine and in a large org is something that would have been figured out when when the relationship with the vendor started. If the equipment is taken offline for scheduled maintenance, changes to it's configuration to facilitate that work doesn't create an incident or an extra change request either as long as the original operating state is back when the maintenance is done. In a big healthcare org with IT governance the documentation process should be followed, but not every company in health care is large or has that kind of governance... so back to the question in the post, it's a solution for best practice... which is use your own equipment so you don't have to mess with your customers managed environment to get your work done. If there's a problem with governance or what the tech did, that's all above his paygrade or responsibilities.

lol, how in the world is that a man in the middle attack. YOU do realize that both the organizations have cyber security plans and policies in place. We're talking about a vendor working on equipment not some unknown hacker being given access to a network. But there ARE different kinds of orgs and from what the OP described you can get the sense that not all of these are traditinal. Everything I said implied working with IT, but some places are different.

first, why... it's not like it's unheard of for vendors to have equipment to support the equipment they're their to work on second, if your IT isn't accolading or the device is getting a DHCP address and it's not something you can change for the service, then what else are your options there's thinking about security and then being so paranoid that nothing is viable but in your case, you can have a laptop and a usb stick and use whatever one you want... but since this is health care, their could be a PAM that would block any utility thats not on an allow list used to update devices on any old workstation... which would make the vendor laptop necessary. unless IT is going to take the time to provide something

Bring your own laptop with a nic. Plug it into the device, set static IP's and run... If that won't work, get permission from their IT to access the network to do the updates from your laptop. It's a process, you have requirments and they need to make it happen for you.

Do you have GPO's opening all the remote management ports required to manage the nodes?

but SMS in Teams is such a horrible experience.

[https://nginxproxymanager.com/](https://nginxproxymanager.com/)

I'm not sure that it's "still too hard" but you have to look. Open source lemp apps/ docker - Runcloud Vaultwarden - [https://github.com/dinger1986/bitwardenrs\_install\_script](https://github.com/dinger1986/bitwardenrs_install_script) (abandoned but the script still works and it's been forked a lot) Apps that can be installed w/ docker but you want to host at home but need an easy way to share you IP [https://nginxproxymanager.com/](https://nginxproxymanager.com/) Using AI google, write me a bash script to install this app using the documentation as a guide Searching GitHub for people who have created installation scripts for these apps to make it easy.

More like WAC, way more useful with that. The problem with core IMO is that MS really never documented it's use case and just left it up for admins to figure out. I could see it coming in handy in large scale HA clusters running services like DHCP, DNS, RAS and custom micro services. Even AD, I'd bet even MS is running core AD servers with a GUI and HA nodes with core.

Damn, it's crazy how this stuff has a way of reminding me how old I am lol You're right, that's how it was marketed when it was released I'd bet good money, it was being used internally at enterprise scale/ when azure was a seed of an idea. It was an easy SKU for them to make up and sell. Knowing MS I doubt they spent R&D just to have a Linux server competitor with core... but at the time it was the perfect excuse for marketing since linux was becoming the standard.

yeah, just seems like something MS found useful for azure and made available... but like most things MS where it's great in their MS only bubble, it falls short in the real world. Which is why I avoid it as well. Even when I'm using remote management tools.

it sucks without the infrastructure to manage it for sure.

That's what [Windows Admin Center](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/manage/windows-admin-center/overview) is for. The have setup scripts for a lot of services, including setting up a new domain. It really is useful if you're willing to get it up and running. Between that and RSAT you can do manage everything from a non-privileged workstation.

you really need to use remote management with core... [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/server-core/server-core-manage](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/server-core/server-core-manage) but unless you're hyper-scaler or chasing extreme efficiency, its not even worth it. just install GUI, especially when you need to troubleshoot something, no reason to make the job more difficult than it needs to be.

It's just common sense at a time when ram prices are extremely high everywhere

Yeah, but you have to realize many ecommerce sites will list an item in stock and check with their distributor. They'll often have many distributors that can stock the same item and the price/ availability gets 'touched' when someone actually orders the item. Not saying its a great system, its just how they do things in an imperfect world. Of course it went up an extreme amount it was obviously not updated., Ram is expensive everywhere. I'm just wondering why, in a time were ram is expensive everywhere, you think your going to get it cheaper when the price is absurdly low compared to everywhere else.

yeah, why do you think they're going to fill an order they'll lose money on... kind of foolish on your part. most these places do not keep product in stock and this place obviously doesn't keep pricing up to date. you thought you were going to get lucky and now you're mad that it didn't work. really

I'm researching Splashtop Foxpass. Looking like a good tool for the job.

It's probably because Intel CPU's have V-Pro / management features that AMD CPU's don't that are used in large enterprise... so you need that functionality.

I do big moves/ changes like that on the cloud and let it sync back to the client. Usually works out best I've found.

I'd be doing bare minimum work for a below minimum salary too.

After years of watching reading and giving the tech some time I wound up with Claude (Max plan) and love it so far.,

this... one day I saw this graphic on a CoPilot marketing page talking about how it breaks down silos and I LOL'd having a week before watched MS fail to solve anything while kicking me back and fourth between two teams.

Thinking about doing the same...

Store the images on some kind of share (cloud or local). along with the images on the share, create a seed file with updated images if changes are complex Instead of a Win32 app deploying images, make one that deploys script that 1. setups a scheduled task and installs another script that 2. the scheduler runs to update the images and/or uses the seed file to get the updated images and potentially makes changes to the screensaver policy. I can't tell what might be more annoying, writing the script and having to deal with potential issues down the line, or constantly updating Intune with new images... but I'd probably do it this way if I had to.

Yeah, our contracts state that any labor to facilitate the termination of the relationship is billable labor. Most MSPs do. I believe OP has more sense than that. It's IT. Technical proficiency or communication skill, pick one lol

Ah, you're in Europe/ UK... This makes so much more sense to me now lol. Not that this doesn't happen in the US, but I've learned from my own interactions with techs/ vendors over there, most of them have a bad attitude.

yeah, that sounds passively hostile lol it almost sounded like you were asking for access to the domain to make changes. I could potentially see a problem with that because it's a "managed service" and they are responsible for the uptime, warranty etc. If they did give you access to DNS for something they manage for you and you made a mistake it could open them up to liabilty/ remediation. Not sure I would do that. I would transfer the domain, the service obligation is done, I don't care what you do with it from that point forward.

If the MSP was doing its job, meeting obligations, no complaints and the request comes out of the blue, it's going to create tension. If the relationship is poor you can anticipate a client might leave, but having a decision to bring IT in house when the relationship is good, who plans for that. Not only is it lost revenue, but a lot of the contracts MSP's have with their vendors have terms and seat counts you can't change. Now they have the lost revenue, but are also paying for unused licensing until their term comes around or they pick up a new client. If your company had been planning this for a while it might have been good form to give your MSP a heads up far in advance to pulling the trigger so they could plan for it.

Elaborate on getting hostile. Is charging for the domain the hostile act or is it resistance to starting the transfer?

But it does make sense. The MSP didn't force the company to sign up for services. Having internal IT staff is obviously cheaper/ easier. Doesn't change the fact that you hired the MSP and that's how they work. Are they supposed to give up their profit just because you know how to do it and decided to bring it in house? Unless it was a co-managed relationship, theirs no reason for the MSP to change the relationship, especially when they're unwinding because the company changed course.

I can think of a few things that might come to play. 1. If the client was difficult to work with, as the service provider you can't criticize or be as forward as you like. That can turn into frustration / drive the MSP to stick to their contract terms instead of being cool about it. Especially with clients that nickel and dime the MSP when we try to implement best practices... they decline, then they get an audit or bring in a 3rd party because they know it all. Bring in new staff who want to hook their friends up or bring in other services they think are way better with no history of the relationship.. then the clueless management hears they didn't do this or they shouldn't have done that they're a shitty MSP. No, we tried to do this and we tried to do that and you said no... 2, Timing could be another issue. Especially if the MSP chose to have client friendly 30-days to quit terms. It takes a lot of time to unravel services because the MSP's stack is intertwined with the clients network. We've had clients pick out a new provider, give us notice but then expect is to VIP all their requests and work with their new provider at a time when we're booked with other obligations... so 'nickel and diming' pays for the extra effort to offboard them. 3. The account is financially "backwards" ie in profit loss. MSP's average usage in their pricing models, sometimes an account has more labor than anticipated, issues that cost the MSP that they cover with the expectation that those costs will be recovered over time... If that doesn't happen, the exit charges will try to recover as much of that loss as possible. Then tack on the human factor, the burn out factor pride ego, all that stuff can come into play I imagine.