How should IT handle repeated out-of-office requests for employees?
I support a client with roughly 1,000 users, and department heads regularly submit tickets asking IT to set automatic out-of-office replies for employees who forgot to do it…
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How should IT handle repeated out-of-office requests for employees?
I support a client with roughly 1,000 users, and department heads regularly submit tickets asking IT to configure out-of-office replies for employees who forgot to do it themselves.…
PowerShell script to bulk add new email aliases to Active Directory users
Our legacy email format is the first initial followed by the surname at domain.net—for example, Bob Morton uses [email protected]. New accounts use [email protected], such as [email protected]. I need…
How can I bulk-add new-format email aliases to existing directory users?
Our company is moving from legacy addresses formatted as the first initial plus surname, such as [email protected], to a newer format using [email protected]. I need to add the…
How can I build a local IPO screener with automated data updates and custom scoring?
I built a prototype that gathers information about upcoming and ongoing IPOs, displays the results, and scores each IPO using rules that I created. At the moment, I…
Is Ansible Secure Enough for Managing Sensitive Servers?
I need to manage seven Ubuntu 22 servers running a MERN application in a load-balanced setup. The infrastructure will include a local machine acting as the Ansible control…
Three Months into PowerShell and Microsoft Graph: How Can I Improve This User-Creation Function?
I had no programming experience three months ago, so PowerShell initially looked like complete gibberish. After practicing consistently, concepts such as conditionals, filtering, Where-Object, Select-Object, loops, splatting, CmdletBinding,…
Is Ansible Secure Enough for Managing Servers with Sensitive Data?
I manage seven Ubuntu 22.04 servers running a MERN application in a load-balanced setup. The servers handle sensitive data, and I'm considering using Ansible to automate administration and…
How can I build a local IPO screener with automated scoring?
I built a prototype that collects information about upcoming and ongoing IPOs, displays the results, and scores each IPO according to rules I created. At the moment, I…
How Do You Ask a Senior Admin to Explain Manual Processes?
Junior admin rant incoming. My senior is clearly experienced and has seen far more environments than I have, but he often uses very old-school methods without explaining the…
How can I set a GitHub Actions environment variable from a shell command?
I need to read the application version from my pyproject.toml file using this awk command: awk -F'"' '/^version[[:space:]]*=/ {print $2; exit}' pyproject.toml. What is the correct way to…
Three Months of PowerShell and Microsoft Graph: How Can I Improve This User-Creation Function?
I started learning programming with no prior experience, and after three months of consistent practice, PowerShell and Microsoft Graph are finally beginning to make sense. I recently wrote…
What’s a Good Roadmap for Getting Started in AI and Machine Learning?
I've spent some time learning web development, but I'm realizing that I don't enjoy it very much. I'm considering switching directions toward artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation,…
What’s a Good Roadmap for Getting Started in AI and Machine Learning?
I've spent some time learning web development, but I'm not really enjoying it and would like to explore AI, machine learning, and automation instead. I'm not sure what…
What’s the first safeguard you add when an automation becomes critical?
At some point, a script stops being something I can casually rerun and becomes something I actually depend on. That's usually when I start considering retries, structured logs,…
How can I automate my repeated project commands on Windows?
I repeatedly run the same commands to set up and launch my projects, but currently I copy them from a document every time. Is there a better way…
How do you find high-impact opportunities for improvement at work?
What steps or processes do you use to identify areas where you can make a meaningful improvement at your company? Do you follow industry trends and look for…
How do you find high-impact opportunities for improvement at work?
What steps or processes do you use to identify improvements that will genuinely make an impact at your company? Do you keep up with new tools and look…
How can I create a shortcut that runs PowerShell commands in sequence?
I want a desktop shortcut that runs three device-management commands in order: enable my GPU device, wait for that operation to finish, disable it, and then enable it…
Is Learning PowerShell Through Microsoft Graph a Good Starting Point?
I started learning PowerShell about three months ago, mainly through the Microsoft Graph module because I work with Microsoft 365. Since I already knew how to create users…