I keep up to date with IT and MSP news and information & I thought I would share with you some of the places on the internet that I hang out, either watching videos, reading blogs or gathering information.
I thought I would share these resources with the world so you can see where I learn & what I am watching to keep up to date with things.
R/MSP
Reddit. The MSP subreddit is a great place to hang out on the internet. It has people who work in and own MSP businesses (If you do not know MSP is Managed Service Providers, or outsourced IT Providers). People are often sharing scripts, best practices and problems they are facing.
I really enjoy getting involved on this sub reddit, I honestly didn’t really use reddit until I found the MSP subreddit. Now I am on there most days reading and interacting with people on there.
CyberDrain.com
Cyberdrain is ran by Kelvin Tegelaar who is CTO of Lime Networks. Kelvin shares mostly (if not only) powershell scripts for MSP and IT Service Providers.
There are some really great scripts on here and Kelvin must be a really smart cookie as he has some really great resources. If you are working in an MSP I cannot recommend Kelvin’s blog enought, there are some things on there that I have implemented into our MSP and also has given me inspiration to create my own monitoring scripts.
Honestly reading and and implementing some of these scripts has really helped me up my PowerShell game and has made practicle improvements into the MSP business that I work in.
The monitoring with PowerShell that Kelvin puts out on here is AWSOME!!. You can also find Kelvin on reddit as Lime-TeGek.
Lawrence Systems
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHkYOD-3fZbuGhwsADBd9ZQ
Now Tom Lawence, he is running weekly livestreams that are interesting and entertaining.
Tom puts out a lot of info on UniFi and also other networking and security.
I watch most of the Lawrence Systems videos mostly for entertainment but also because I like the stuff that he talks about, a lot of it is freestyle and he just discusses topics that he is interested in.
Eli The Computer Guy
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD4EOyXKjfDUhCI6jlOZZYQ
Eli’s earlier videos really helped me learn IT, when I was back in TAFE (Australia’s trade scholl system) I used Eli’s videos to learn practicle skills that helped me gain employment in the IT industry. I really liked the Windows Server videos and the networking videos that he put out.
Eli used to have an outsourced techology company before the global recession (not corona, the one that was caused by the financial crisis) and then he got onto youtube and started making videos.
Now most of his stuff is just him talking about stuff that is in the news and looking at it from the view of a technology professional.
If your just getting into IT his older catalogue is still relevent and will help you get a firm grasp on network and server administration. I give his videos to new techs who are starting with us so they can learn as well.
