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About SuperTechman

SuperTechman is written by a systems and network administrator with more than 25 years in enterprise IT.

Almost everything here started as a problem at work. A migration that didn’t go to plan. An error message with nothing useful behind it. A configuration that behaved differently to what the vendor documentation said it would. When I find a fix worth keeping, I write it up properly — the commands I actually ran, the things I tried that didn’t work, and screenshots from the environment I ran them in.

What this site covers

  • Systems administration — Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, PowerShell, Exchange
  • Microsoft 365 and Azure — Entra ID, Intune, SharePoint and OneDrive, Conditional Access
  • Network administration — Cisco routing and switching, Fortinet and SonicWall, VPN, DNS and DHCP
  • Security administration — identity hardening, privileged access, auditing, detection
  • I.T management — the decisions and trade-offs behind running technical teams

Background

25 years in systems and network administration, working in environments from 50 to 50,000 seats across a wide variety of Industries.

What you won’t find here

No AI-generated filler, no listicles, no articles written to fill a publishing schedule. If I haven’t done the thing myself, I don’t write about it.

Questions and corrections

If something here is wrong, out of date, or doesn’t work in your environment, tell me and I’ll fix it. If you’ve got a problem you’re stuck on, ask — others usually have the same one, and it sometimes becomes an article.