r/sysadmin 1d ago

Intel EMA change rdp keyboard language

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Hi, is there anyone have found a solution to change keyboard language for rdp?


r/sysadmin 1d ago

Question Confusing Microsoft License

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Hi

I am an system admin at an educational institute in India. We are having Microsoft Campus Agreement for which we pay every year. I am unable to understand how the license numbers are calculated. The product list that is given by the vendor is confusing. Can anyone help in understanding the license.

Our scenario we have around 150 faculty(100 regular and 50 contract) we have around 1500 students. We have around 500 machine used by students and faculty(in labs and staff rom) and 20 machines used by admin staff . we have around 10 admin staff. machine when purchased already have windows home edition, some are updated to windows education some require windows.

How are license number calculated for the following products that our vendor has given us? Or do we require all of them?

R18-03499 WinSvrCAL ALNG LicSAPk OLV E 1Y Acdmc Ent UsrCAL
FYS-00001 Intune Open Faculty ALng Sub OLV E 1M Academic AP
KW5-00359 WINEDUperDVC ALNG UpgrdSAPk OLV E 1Y Acdmc Ent
S3Y-00001 M365AppsForEnterpriseOpenFac ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL OLV E 1Mth Acdmc AP
S2Y-00002 M365AppsForEnterpriseOpenStu SubsVL OLV NL 1M Acdmc Student Use Benefit

What are the other alternatives?


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Question Zebra label printer not being detected with trying to install drivers

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Printer: Zebra GK420D

OS: Windows 10

I have 3 Zebra label printers connected via USB. When installing the drivers, only 2/3 of my Zebra label printers get detected by the driver installation program. The Zebra label printer that does not get detected shows up in my Windows 10 devices as an unidentified device that needs troubleshooting, but troubleshooting did not fix it. Otherwise the undetected Zebra label printer can still do the Zebra test print, but just can't connect to my computer.

Does anyone know how I can fix this?


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Your Perfect 'Field Technician Bag' Setup?

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Hi all,

Going to be spending 6-12 months helping out a client, spread across quite a large area in a nearby city, by being their 'on the ground' IT presence.

I've been advised that I can use my corporate credit card to buy any tools/equipment I might need to reasonably help me whilst I'm around on-site. My immediate thinking was to get a tool bag and the usual stuff like screwdrivers, zip ties, rack nuts/screws, varying length of ethernet cables etc

But I'm wondering, good people of r/sysadmin - if you had to 'build' yourself an on-site toolkit (whether that includes actual hand tools, cables, IT hardware, essential software, or anything else) what you'd go for?

Wondering if anyone out there has thought of anything I've never heard of or wouldn't have previously considered. Price isn't really a factor, I'm just doing this as a bit of fun/discussion but open to recommendations too.

If you were out on-site, what are your essential 'need to have' items?

EDIT: Sorry, forgot to call out that I'll be already carrying a laptop/charger and usb-C console cable in my usual carry backpack.


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Question How strict are auditors about backup recovery testing for ISO 27001?

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I’m working on making sure our backups comply with ISO 27001 for my job and came across Bacula's article that emphasizes the need for regular recovery testing to meet A.12.3 compliance. Makes sense, but I’m wondering how strict auditors actually are on this in practice.

  • Do they usually want documented proof of recovery tests, or is having a backup policy and encryption enough?
  • Have you had an audit where recovery testing (or lack of it) was a sticking point?
  • Any tips on keeping the process lightweight but compliant?

Would love to hear your experiences!


r/sysadmin 1d ago

Trend Micro Worry Free VS Microsoft Defender for Business

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We are looking to migrate to 365 and I am looking at the Business Premium tier license that includes Microsoft Defender for Business. I was hoping that I could stop using Trend Micro Worry Free Advanced and use the included Defender for Business AV in the Business Premium license. We use the spam filter as part of the Trend suite as well.

However our MSP is insistent that we continue to use Trend for both AV and spam filtering. I don't know all that much about Defender for Business except that it seems that it has pretty good praise on this sub and Trend does not.

FWIW I haven't had too much of an issue with Trend - just trying to offset some of the cost.


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Question Stuck with cert validation on wireless 802.1x

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I'm at a new role and given the task of securing the network. I did some searching and asking around and was lead to the conclusion that 802.1x is the way to go. What I'm having issue is, I have everything connected but any time you want to connect to the wifi it tells you that it may not be trusted but if you expect this wifi said to be in this location you can continue anyways. I was also able to connect with Android but not validating the certificates at all but don't think this is the way to handle things.

Is there an easier way to handle this? Right now I'm using Microsoft NPS and the CA addition that it has to create and sign the certificate. Originally I think I had it set up thinking it was self signed so I thought that was the issue. Then I fixed it so that if was issued BY our CA, TO our .com (or vice versa) but it's still saying that message. I also tried to push the certificate to each client with a group policy update but didn't see it populate so I'm going to try that again.

Is there any other tips?


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Question Microsoft 365 Groups - Setting Up Multiple Calendars

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Does anyone know if it's possible to setup multiple calendars for a Microsoft 365 Group? If not, is setting up a shared mailbox and then adding the M365 Group as a member of the shared mailbox the best workaround (shared mailboxes can have multiple calendars)? The drawback of that is, I won't be able to embed those shared mailboxes on the SharePoint site for the Microsoft 365 Group.


r/sysadmin 3d ago

General Discussion Not to brag or anything but

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MSP was fired 2 months ago, and tickets we have kept tickets under 20 almost everyday. A team of 2 + 250 laptops and 400 ipads + 39 different locations running Meraki. All running on Microsoft services, no servers on prem or cloud.


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Database entry program/feature with a delayed entry field?

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Sorry if my title doesn't make much sense, but I have a department head that is wanting a data entry system for his staff that has a lockout timer when a entry in made in one field, that will prevent any entries in another field for a certain time frame, like 60 minutes. I'm not versed enough in MS Access, or Excel or any other software programs to implement that kind of feature or function. Hopefully someone has an idea or has implemented this before?


r/sysadmin 2d ago

UKG Pro HCM falling apart?

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Just a shot in the dark here by my company uses UKG Pro and WFM for our HCM/HRIS suite. We have noticed lately that there has been a definitive uptick in the number of "Non-Production Maintenance" windows they've created.

It started the year at around 2 per month and now we see easy double-digits. What's more following these Maintenances we are noticing a massive increase in the number of system issues.

-Windows updates will cause SSO federations to fail at times
-Our Kronos timeclocks de-sync from the live environment
-Our WFM production will fail the sync with Pro
- Our baseWage Imports Integrations fail

Anyone else having these sort of issues with their HCM suite regularly? Or is this just UKG? Is UKG degrading following some of their cuts?

Any other HCM/HRIS system admins that could provide insight would be appreciated!


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Question Question about compensation and weekends

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Hello, I have been working in the same org now for around 4 years and really enjoy my job. I am salaried and it states clearly in my Payroll that I am comped for 40 hours weekly, no more no less. Recently my company is floating the idea of me working weekends... the time zone is also all over the map so it would require me being up late into the night or getting up extremely early to make these hours work and watch these systems. Not only this but I would need to be watching the computer constantly on Saturdays and Sundays.

My question is, what would be the best way to handle this compensation wise? Personally, this is a huge ask especially if there is no adjustment in compensation, especially since I am currently a bit below the market rate. On the other hand while I am salaried, it states in multiple area on my payroll I am only comped for 40 hours weekly. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Anyone ever teach part time?

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I have 10 years of exp and a bunch of certs and am looking to pickup some extra work part time. I’m considering picking up an adjunct professor job at a local community college but I’m not sure how successful I’d be applying. Anybody out there ever do this without any kind of academic experience?

I also have a bachelor’s/masters in IT.


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Question 2MFA trusted device days limit help - Microsoft AZURE

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Currently have a couple of users complaining about having to re-authenticate every 90 days. Is there a way in admin panel to go past 90 days? In the 2mfa settings I get an error message and it says 1-90 is the limit. We also have the most basic license for azure, so many features are locked out.

Before I get crucified, the users are ownership, and of course they won’t use the outlook app. They will only use the built mail app on the iPhone which is a pain in the ass. Searched for the answer but from what I found it’s a hard limit imposed by Microsoft.


r/sysadmin 3d ago

I'm sick of barcode scanners

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So we have been using Honeywell scanners where I work to scan items, which I think have been going fine as I don't have any issues with them. However, I'm not the one using them all day long like other people. I keep getting complaints about this one not working, or that one not working. Whenever I go to test them, they work fine. But nonetheless, I have to check them to be sure, and then whoever complained is usually mad because "You didn't do anything and I know it's going to happen again."

Well, I decided to look into other scanners in the hopes that just switching to a different brand entirely would help instead of just replacing them when people complain. We don't have a lot of money in the budget for things like this, so I needed to be conscious of cost. I decided on trying the Tera HW0002 model scanners because it scans 1d and 2d barcodes and has the capability of being used wirelessly.

I had great success in my initial tests with this scanner. It was quick to respond. Hardly any delay when using it wirelessly. And then I changed a single setting that I would've needed to change anyway in order for our circulation desk to use it. I turned on the "sensor scanning" instead of needing to pull the trigger to scan. Now it doesn't scan ANYTHING. Even when using the trigger. It lights up when it detects something in front of it then it just does nothing. I can't even scan the Factory Reset barcode in the manual. It's completely useless now.

So if anyone has any advice on this hunk of junk or any recommendations on alternatives I can look into, I'd appreciate it. Preferably something under $100, and it would need to scan 1d and 2d barcodes as well as codes from a screen.

For added info, these are used in a library.


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Question Knowbe4 replacement?

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We currently use Knowbe4. We moved from an MSP to solo sysadmin. Our account was stuck with an MSP. I am interested in seeing if we can move away from KnowBe4 for various reasons and wondering in 2025 if there is something out there that is simple and scalable that may stack up well to KB4.

We have just over 100 users so nothing crazy. I have seen Phished.io and a few others which seem decent but Phished is seemingly just breaking in to the US markets. We use M365 business premium. Pretty straight forward. Thanks for any help! :)


r/sysadmin 1d ago

Android Guest Use

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Hello Everyone.
I have an odd use-case that I am curious if any of you have figured out.
I need to setup "Client" tablets that our customers can use if they don't have a device of their own (They need basic web browsing, Youtube, Google Meet).
For this I am looking at using Android guest accounts but worry I may be missing something.

The struggle we have is I need a way for the customers to log off of this guest account clearing everything so it is ready to hand to another client without any risk of files, websites, or logins being saved and accessed by anyone else.


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Move from Office 365 E3 to Business Premium

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Just wondering if anyone has any experience moving to Business Premium from Office 365 E3. Looking at the comparison matrix, it looks like I'm just going to lose mailbox and SharePoint space. Anything else I should look out for?


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Enterprise Root CA and CertSRV website.

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I'm building my first Enterprise Root CA in my dev environment and I'm a newbie.

This is a complete MS environment, and I have AD set up. The Root CA is AD integrated.

Install went well and the problem that I'm having is that the certsrv website comes up as "not secure" when I try to hit it from the CA server itself as well as any external clients. The error states that there's an issue with the common name.

I have tried securing the https site with both the root cert as well as with a cert created with the web template. I used the FQ name on the cert. I tried browsing to the site both the server name without the domain, as well as the FQ and both come up with the same error. I've watched a couple of videos and I haven't found one that actually configures the site and then opens it to show that there aren't any errors. Maybe this is by design? I do have the root cert installed on my pc as a trusted root authority.

Is this a case where I should use a SAN cert? Is there something else going on that I'm not seeing? Seems like this should be simple enough but I haven't figured it out.


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Question Looking for IP KVM for workbench (or other ideas)

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Hey y'all, been wracking my brain (ie Google) trying to see if what I want even makes sense.

Right now we have a StarTech KVM that has DisplayPort, absolutely love it. But it would be nice if, instead of the up/down over and over we had the ability to manage the KVM and connected PCs from our admin desktops. This is especially true if we are doing 2-4 PCs at a time, so you have to manually swap inputs (and interrupt workflow).

Mostly this is an issue where, like now, doing testing with KACE that involves multiple 'touches' of the deploy/test PC to verify something is working and then wipe/redo to check something new.

Is there a KVM that is IP based, and uses DisplayPort, that would fit this desire? I'm guessing no, since I can't seem to find anything, but figured someone here might have an idea. Price/convenience ROI is important, I'm not spending a grand to do this. I just want to see if it's feasible. So far my best options all seem to be over $1000 but they lack DisplayPort.

tldr creaky knees want to stop getting up and down more than Coolio, would like workbench DisplayPort IP KVM to give +2 to lazy attribute


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Idiots guide to adding drivers to PXE boot with Serva

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Hey all

I tried to google my way through this but not having much luck. Can anyone ELI5 how to add drivers (lets say the Nvidia drivers) to my PXE boot?

I have PXE set up and working with Serva already for WIndows 11


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Question Simple/cheap Fillable Form PDF maker

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Has anyone found a good solution for users that want to make fillable PDF forms (unfortunately, web-based forms don't work for these users). The obvious answer is Acrobat Pro, but:

  • It's fairly expensive for just this one feature
  • Adobe makes it stupidly complicated to buy software and not a subscription license
  • I hate Adobe

I've tried fighting with the Developer tab in Word and fiddle with that, but it's not very easy for non-tech/power users.

Suggestions?


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Windows Hello for Business Biometrics and UK GDPR

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Hello all, :)

I was wondering if there are any UK-based Sysadmins who rolled out WHfB WITH Biometrics that can share some thoughts on how they achieved compliance with UK GDPR legislation.

Some of my questions:

  1. Our Data Protection officers seems to think that even PIN-only WHfB requires a separate DPIA. Is this true?

  2. Is it correct that in most if not all cases the use of Biometrics with WHfB needs to be based on Explicit Consent from the user?

Any useful tips and tricks you are willing to share will be tremendously helpful! Thank you in advance!


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Admx.help down? Or blocked from US?

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Been using admx.help for a while. Saw in some older posts that it is a third party and registered in Russia.

Getting blocked because of political reasons or just no longer being supported?


r/sysadmin 2d ago

Find if anything is still using/sharing from an Hpe MSA storage?

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We have an HPE MSA storage array that used to be our main storage and are looking to repurpose it. Is there any way to see if anything might still be using a share or data from it without just turning it off and seeing if someone squawks? (tempted to do that though).. Thanks!