It’s honorable to want to keep all customer data within your control, but seriously unless you already have experience dealing with PCI compliance, that’s one part you should definitely offload to a payment processor. This might even be a clause in your insurance (Depending on what it covers)
I don’t have any particular software in mind to recommend, but I’d bet they probably have some sort of integration with processors like Stripe or something
To deploy AD, that depends.
If you like to sail the high seas AND aren’t trying to use it for a business, then no.
If you don’t want to sail the high seas or need to use it for a business, then yes, you’ll need to buy a Windows Server license
I do, for a multitude of reasons
In addition to what others have said with roaming profiles and such:
DO NOT SET YOUR AD DOMAIN AS THE SAME DOMAIN OF A WEB ADDRESS YOU USE
I…er…someone… Found themselves in this situation and have been in a mess since lmao
Yea poorly worded, I meant that the free services would kick in directly rather than having to mess with nameservers and crap like I used to do whenever I bought a domain on Google lmao
I used to use Google Domains, but then they sold that off to Squarespace.
Now I just use Cloudflare directly lol which also includes their free services, which is quite the value IMO
but friends dont let friends use plex.
I would love to get rid of Plex, but jellyfin failed the spouse test last summer and it never really liked my GDrive mount
Plus, Plex clients are everywhere, so it’s all but guaranteed that whoever I decide to onboard is going to have something compatible. I’ve even had early smart TV’s from like 2013 with that weird Yahoo app store thing that had a Plex app that still worked even when the Netflix app didn’t lolol
It’s like…having a toddler LMAO my little digital toddler lololol
I have a Samsung 840 (or maybe 860? Idk) 512GB bought back when 512GB was like 500$+ lol
The thing is still trucking along, being moved from system to system as the years go by. I don’t even remember what system it is in currently, but I know at some point I’ll open up a computer or server around my place and there it’ll be again lmao
A poem by ChatGPT lol: In a corner of the world, where tech giants lay, A solid state drive, aging, in the fray. Once young and swift, at data’s beck and call, Now an elder, but dutiful, standing tall.
Through systems it travels, a nomad of sorts, From desktops to servers, in electronic forts. Its label worn, its edges frayed, But in the dance of bytes, it’s never swayed.
“I don’t remember,” the owner chuckles with glee, “Which system it’s in, it’s a mystery to me. But sure as the sun rises, and the moon takes its leave, I’ll find it again, in that, I believe.”
It’s seen the rise of clouds, and the fall of disks, Survived the digital tumults, with its own little risks. Yet here it remains, a silent witness to all, A testament to duty, refusing to fall.
For in its circuits, a heart beats on, A steadfast guardian, from dusk till dawn. From system to system, it wearily sighs, Yet embraces its role, under digital skies.
So here’s to the drive, with its storied past, A relic of tech, that continues to last. May it find its rest, in a worthy machine, A dutiful servant, unseen but serene.