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2015 is slowly creeping upon us so with a new year comes new goals, achievements, challenges, disappointments, and so on. What will your legacy be for 2015?

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To get network upgrades in place, such as replacing old servers and strengthening security.

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My new years resolution is 3840x2160

But in all seriousness these are my hopes and dreams:

Server Room Cleanup

Get everyone on Office 2013

Upgrade Remaining Wireless AP’s

SSD’s for all intensive program users and Tech’s

Move all Cameras to a centralized server and remaining coax to IP.

Update storage for Camera’s

Infrared Camera in Server Room

Motion activated lights for Server Room

Service Accounts for Servers

Air conditioned switch closets

Remove switches from ceilings and into fan cooled switch Cabinets

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Brew myself some beer :slight_smile:

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Server Room Cleanup

Rack reorg and tidy

Backup and DR review (Setup and utilize DR Site)

Bandwidth Monitor/Content Filter/Endpoint Security

They are the top jobs for Q1 of 2015

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Sharks with frickin lasers on their heads.

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IT wise my goals for 2015: Promotion to IT Help Desk Manager, have my team in South American better trained, get ever location on Dells, get McAfee Enterprise updated or removed and see my network admin to get his own office (so i can take his lol:).

Convention wise in 2015: Be able to do a Comic Con size convention, get the chance to do a panel with Wil Wheaton, John Carmack or The Woz and maybe just maybe do a IT related one for a change.

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Fully virtualize my environment.

Decomission the old servers.

Get rid of SQL2005…bane of my existence.

Learn moar powershell.

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ME TOO!!!

In fact, a buddy of mine and I are planning a recipe for out battalion’s 10-year reunion next fall :slight_smile: There will be a Deuce Four Ale!

On an IT-related note, I’m hoping I can convince our manager to migrate our systems away from Windows xp and Server 2003… He seems to want to skip things to Windows 8.1 for workstations, but I think we need to get rid of xp and Server 2003 first…

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Move from Visual Fox Pro to SAP B1 on our new systems (and that’s a must or I quit to my current job)

Get rid of all the XP machines (including mine)

Upgrade our servers from SBS 2003 & 2008 to something better (2008 R2 or 2012 R2 depending on the availability on my country)

Get a new laptop (although that’s mine not from my workplace)

For now those are the most important one

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  1. Upgrade the remaining 2003 servers in my organization
  2. Become at least somewhat proficient in powershell
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Get people to finally stop calling when text/email is an available option.

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My first achievement will be Life Level 42!

After that, then we’ll see.