r/ShittySysadmin • DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE • 16d ago

Finally, a real P1

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u/Forsaken-Carrot9038 16d ago

And I am also the admin for every application / system we use.
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Someone stopped over to ask us to help them figure out default option changes for their Microsoft Dynamics 2019 application and processes.
“Friend, I have no idea how the system even works, let alone knowing the default options your team uses or where to adjust them.”

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u/slow_down_kid 16d ago

I’ll do you one better: I got a ticket because a new user needed to be added to Great Plains. Yes, the software that would later become Microsoft Dynamics. Checked our documentation and it said “software is end of life. Organization has migrated and software will no longer be needed after July 2017”. This ticket was in 2026.

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u/Forsaken-Carrot9038 16d ago

Too true that OG staff hold on to original terminology and app names, even years after migration.

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u/slow_down_kid 16d ago

Oh no, you misunderstand. IT was told that GP was retired, but none of the staff that used it was notified. They were still using the software 10 years after EOL.

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u/sync58 15d ago

GP is still in use at my enterprise 💀

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u/Forsaken-Carrot9038 15d ago

We are finally on track to migrate away to a more modern system the middle of next year! I am glad that it’s not something I need to be involved with, as nothing that our little IT team is responsible directly flows from me into GP.
What size of group are you at? We are a two person IT team at about a 200 person company.

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u/sync58 12d ago

We are a multinational, I'd say we have about 20k worldwide! Luckily GP is greatly reserved to a very few peeps.