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Tools & notes from
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Curated utilities and real-world write-ups for sysadmins and IT professionals. No fluff — just the stuff that actually works.

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Windows & AD
Active Directory, GPO, Intune
Microsoft 365
SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange
IIS & Web Server
App pools, perf, diagnostics
ERP & SQL
Acumatica, SQL Server, OData
Scripting
PowerShell, batch, automation
Security
DNS, mail flow, endpoint
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Diagnosing w3wp.exe CPU saturation in an Acumatica app pool
IISAcumaticaperformance
Enforcing BitLocker on removable drives via Intune MDM policy
IntuneBitLockersecurity
Acumatica OData API: filter syntax and field name gotchas
AcumaticaODataAPI
DNS and MX configuration for M365 with SpamTitan in Route 53
DNSM365mail flow