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As an indie developer, I built an AI chat app that I want to release soon. I primarily built on Haiku given my cost. When GPT 5.6 came out I was curious to compare my chatbot with GPT 5.6 Luna, but then learnt that my account did not have access to any GPT 5.6 models because my account was new and new accounts have restrictions on expensive AI models. But now that GPT 5.6 Luna is 5x cheaper than release and ~4x cheaper than Haiku(that I already have access to), I am very interested to switch to Luna for my app before release. I have created a support case request, but I heard that the mods on this group have leverage to get things moving faster. Would the mods be able to help me here? Any other tips to get access to this model or improve my chances of approval? submitted by /u/DragonWarrior55 [link] [comments]

I ask, as someone striving to move up into sys admin related roles. Tier 3 / infra.. I have a BS in IT and about 6 years experience. My career took a bit of a detour. I spent almost two years doing solo IT at a school and I hated it. I definitely had a taste of sys admin work, but without some technical aspects. I am currently back on a tech support team where I finally getting more hands on with a hybrid setup (on premise AD with Intune and Entra..) One consistent thing in my 6 years of IT, is that most infra guys I talked to had no certs at all. The exception was Network admins. Some had the CCNA. I don't tend to learn very well under pressure and I also struggle to want to spend upwards to $400 on a cert. That is a lot of money. I am sure it must depend a lot on what exactly I want to do. I was studying the MD-102 and learned PowerShell and will conitinue that, but I am not going to get the MD-102. Longterm I am interested in Cloud, but also open to hybrid. Overall, I just wonder if there is a bit of a hype for certs. I notice people who press really hard into them are those who are struggling to break into IT. Not those who 6 years experience. The only difference is that I am wanting to push past help desk and I'll have to either force my current experience to work for me or get certs. I just started my current job so I have no idea what all I might be able to get my hands into. Overall, I wonder if many sys admins don't even have certs. Or if you feel it was important for you. submitted by /u/New-Device-5166 [link] [comments]

Hi everyone, I was browsing the official AWS Free Tier page, but I'm finding it a bit tricky to properly filter and separate the "Always Free" services from the "12-Month Free" trials. I have two main questions: Is there a direct link or clean list showing strictly the Always Free services along with their exact monthly allowances (e.g., Lambda 1M requests, DynamoDB 25GB, CloudFront 1TB, etc.)? What actually happens to the account, data, and resources once the 12-month free trial ends? Does AWS delete instances/data, or does the account simply transition into standard pay-as-you-go pricing for any non-Always-Free resources? Do the Always Free quotas remain active indefinitely on the account even after year 1? Thanks in advance for any insights! submitted by /u/ZealousidealCrab5086 [link] [comments]

I'm fixing a Windows 11 Home laptop for one of our MSP customers, and he gave me his Microsoft account email and password. I logged in just fine to his MS account and the laptop with matching serial is indeed listed there. I need the Bitlocker recovery key to attempt to fix the OS damage and get it to boot. I hit Devices then "view recovery keys" or whatever it is on that page and it starts to load the next page then changes the URL slightly and tries to load again then goes back and forth in an infinite loop and never actually loads. I let it go for like a minute and it just reloads the page on a loop. I was in an inprivate Brave window so I figured there's a lot going on there lol. So, I tried a normal window in Firefox - same problem. Tried it in Edge with zero plugins, same problem. Tried it in a blank unmodified WIndows 11 VM in Chrome, nope, same problem. Thought maybe MS has a problem with our IP address or Fortinet web filter is having an issue? I logged into his account on Chrome on my Android phone with wifi turned off so it's using straight to the tower. Nope, same problem. Infinite page load loop. Is this some known problem? Anyone else seeing it and any way around it? Can I view it on a different URL/domain that actually works or something? Microsoft service health status website says everything is working fine (which is commonly a lie) submitted by /u/CeC-P [link] [comments]

I have an opportunity to get a new job from help desk to a tier 2 position for double my salary. I didn’t sleep last night because I’m so nervous about it. Reality is my resume is good but has gaps and I need to communicate how my troubleshooting skills, ability to work under pressure, and being able to be a team player and effectively escalate tickets qualifies me for the job. Any last minute advice would on how to handle a phone interview would be much appreciated. I’ve been studying and writing answers using the STAR method and questions like, “Tell me about yourself,” “Share your experience in your current role,” “Why are you looking for a new position?” I’ve researched the company and have a good answer as to why the job itself and what they do is of interest to me. I’m worried I’ll over-index on stories of how I help users and why they like me, and I’ll just say a bunch of bullshit. submitted by /u/MENTactual [link] [comments]

Hello. I'll just get straight into it. I am looking for ways to set the default printer for any user that signs into specific PCs. We are talking multiple lab environments with printers that are assigned to the COMPUTER, not the user. Classroom environment. I am trying to avoid applying configuration to users. I have to believe there is some way to make it so when you sign into a computer, you get assigned a default printer based on the computer's settings. Also, this should work regardless of whether the user has signed in before or not. Take it like this Printer1, Printer2 and Printer3, and Lab1, Lab2, and LAb3 - they are paired accordingly by the number. Labs are their own OUs, we place a GPO in the OU that says "Map printerX" (numbers respective.) No, I do not want to pay for papercut or printlogic. We actually moved away from them for issues, I dunno, it's before me. We have a print server set up and GPOs (not using GPPs) to map the printers to the computers. The only issue is we want that mapped printer to be the default printer when users sign in. I'd like to avoid removing all other printers (print to pdf is still really useful.) I've read a few different ways to assign default printers, but many don't seem to account for wanting a user-agnostic solution. I'm looking for something that will work. Fingers crossed someone might have a suggestion. The only thing I'm really considering is GPP in the user configuration with loopback processing so it only applies to the computers in that OU. I've heard that can slow down Group policy quite a bit though. I've read about setting a scheduled task that runs on log-on to map, but wouldn't that run under the system context still if I am setting it via computer configuration? Thanks. Sorry if I come across bumbling, uninformed, or otherwise. submitted by /u/JrSysAdminZ [link] [comments]

Hey Azure folks, After years of building and maintaining Azure DevOps platforms I wanted to share patterns that actually work when you have real operational demands and compliance requirements. The challenge most teams face: You start with basic CI CD and it works fine. Then you add more services more environments more compliance requirements and suddenly everything is on fire. How do you scale pipelines without creating unmaintainable mess How do you automate infrastructure without creating constant drift How do you implement security without sacrificing speed How do you keep teams confident enough to deploy multiple times a day I documented what actually works including: Multi stage pipeline architecture with proper approval gates and dependency management Complete YAML pipeline example showing real patterns not toy examples Infrastructure as Code with Terraform integrated into your pipelines Automated testing and security scanning that catches actual problems Workload Identity federation so you never rotate credentials again Branch policies that enforce quality without being theater Container scanning and vulnerability management Connecting Azure DevOps with other tools so engineering and product actually stay aligned The real lesson I learned is that automation at scale isnt about having fancy tools. Its about building processes your team actually trusts. Clear gates proper approvals the ability to rollback in seconds if something goes wrong. I have documented this with code examples architecture diagrams and real lessons learned from actual production deployments. Please check the comment below https://www.reddit.com/r/AZURE/comments/1vegsoi/comment/p1grv62/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button What deployment patterns are you using in your environments What gotchas have you hit that other teams should know about What do you wish you knew when you started scaling your pipelines Would love to hear what works for you and discuss the real challenges of DevOps automation at scale. submitted by /u/muaadasif [link] [comments]

​ We are getting a message "It's not you, it's us. We couldn't complete your request right now. Please try again later." No problem with accounts not SSO'ed. Applications are running fine and accesible. So it seem like a SSO problem only. Sending a ticket to AWS via Softchoice.. submitted by /u/mikepun-locol [link] [comments]

Good morning everyone, to be honest I was on vacation for a couple of weeks and all the time the thought that the career I had for the last decade has been not real hit me hard. The news hit me during my last post on this subreddit when I posted about DevOps always being vague. The post had a lot of positive replies and a lot of things that opened my eyes and made me think but also something that caused a complete identity crisis and it was this "DevOps is culture and not a role." I have mixed feelings about this because maybe the term was coined as a set of best practices and culture rather than a role and maybe it is all the things that devs don't want to do dumped into a role. Honestly I've worked in startups and I've met very little devs that have enough competence to be DevOps and I've worked at hyper growth companies at scale and trust me if you don't have a team or at least one person for each DevOps position, SRE, DevEx, Infra the company might as well just shut down submitted by /u/Nash0o7 [link] [comments]

Been working with outlook for 30 years now. Had a user call because they couldn't see the to and from fields in some emails. turned out these weren't emails - they were literal files that the user had dragged and dropped into outlook. (the actual problem was they had switched between compact and single view - but that's not the point of my post). user has hundreds of files stored in outlook. I've seen users with lots of emails with attachments but i've never seen a user literally drag emails into outlook for storage. They're close to retirement - it's not a battle i have any desire to fight. surprisingly they're not even in the top 20 of mailbox sizes so it's not a big deal. i guess i should be surprised i haven't encountered this already. submitted by /u/dreniarb [link] [comments]

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im actually losing my mind doing security audits this week. looking at our internal accounts and it feels like every single dev just slaps s3:* or literal AdministratorAccess on their roles because they don't want to spend 5 minutes debugging permissions Its not even that hard to figure out tbh with access analyzer but people are just incredibly lazy when there's a deadline. I was just reviewing a stack that an external dev team cisin handed over to us for a web portal and every single lambda execution role was perfectly scoped down to the exact DynamoDB arn and specific s3 prefix. It literally brought a tear to my eye meanwhile my own senior engineers will deploy a random internal slack bot with full root-level ec2 permissions "just in case". How do you guys actually enforce least privilege without the whole engineering department hating your guts? submitted by /u/dtsagdis [link] [comments]

Hey guys! Just a quick one what's a good label maker I can use to print out codes and names for machines, ports on patch panel,s and name devices. Anyone have any ideas? TYIA submitted by /u/valiantsystemsgroup [link] [comments]

How should I name various resources on LAW is there a standard? Microsofts documentation doesnt seem too helpful. submitted by /u/Forsaken-Ad-1179 [link] [comments]

Hey there, can you suggest any online learning platforms/ channels to learn oci from zero to hero. submitted by /u/newbieub [link] [comments]

Hey guys at work we're trying to set up a system for both ticketing and asset management, and it needs to work for two departments, IT and Facilities. We want to be able to add custom fields, export everything to Excel, and tag assets with QR codes. SSO login is a must too, and the big thing is we need the two departments' assets to be fully separated, neither should be able to see what the other has. Been looking around but not sure what fits best. Anyone gone through something similar or have a system to recommend? 🙏 submitted by /u/a192b [link] [comments]

Hoping someone here has run into this before, because I've been going in circles for a while. Setup: Microsoft 365 Business Standard tenant. I'm Global Admin (permanent assignment, not PIM — we don't have Entra ID P2/Governance so PIM isn't even in play). Trying to centrally deploy the "Claude for Microsoft 365" AppSource listing (bundles Word/Excel/PowerPoint) and separately "Claude for Outlook" (beta) via Microsoft 365 Admin Center > Settings > Integrated Apps. What happens: Deployment fails every time with "Deployment failed." Digging into the network trace, the backend response is: FailedWriteToExchange , with ResponseResultDetails.Code = AddInStoreUnavailable On a separate attempt I got a different, more generic error: "This operation was unsuccessful" pointing vaguely at permission/eligibility requirements, different correlation ID. What I've already ruled out: Global Admin role — confirmed, permanent assignment, not PIM-eligible Exchange RBAC "Org Marketplace Apps" role — already active on my account License eligibility — Business Standard is on Microsoft's own supported list for centralized deployment Tried both the "Get apps" flow and the "Deploy Add-in" flow in Integrated Apps — identical failure Tried assigning to "Entire organization" vs. "Just yourself" — identical failure both times, so it's not a bad user/group in a bulk assignment No admin consent / permissions popup ever even appears before the failure, so it's not stuck in a consent handshake Anthropic also provides a manifest XML file per app (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook) as an alternate upload-based deployment method, bypassing the AppSource catalog entirely — I haven't tried that route yet and would rather avoid it for now if there's a proper fix for the standard flow. At this point it really looks like something backend-side (Microsoft's AppSource/Exchange write path, or possibly something specific to how this app is categorized/registered in AppSource), rather than anything fixable from the tenant admin side. About to open a Microsoft support ticket, but figured I'd ask here first since it's usually faster. Has anyone successfully deployed the Claude Office add-ins (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook) on a Business Standard tenant? Or seen AddInStoreUnavailable before with a different app? Any known fix appreciated. (Note: I used AI to help translate and polish this post — English isn't my first language.) submitted by /u/anonRexus [link] [comments]

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i'm not sure whethether copilot or human responses are worse submitted by /u/Initial-Junket3749 [link] [comments]

Context: 21 year old sophomore in University. I’m looking for some advice. Should I stay in AWS Corporate Security or switch to a WBLP Logistics Tech position? They both pay the same. Right now, my security job is pretty laid back I mostly have time to watch movies or work on homework. I know the Logistics Tech role will be a lot more hands on and demanding, but it might offer better growth opportunities. What would you choose? submitted by /u/Low-Age8594 [link] [comments]