Real-world IT.
No fluff.
Practical guides, troubleshooting notes and lessons learned from over 12 years working in IT. Written for people who actually have to make things work.
➜ ~/george-johnson whoami
Senior IT Engineer
Problem solver. Lifelong learner.
Occasional documentation enthusiast.
➜ ~/george-johnson cat philosophy.txt
"If it took me three hours to fix,
it deserves a five-minute write-up."
➜ ~/george-johnson ▋
What you'll find here .
Not theory for theory’s sake. Just the stuff that’s useful when you're in the thick of it.
Microsoft 365 & Intune
Endpoint management, Autopilot, Entra ID and the bits that don’t always go to plan.
Explore topic ↗Networking & Infrastructure
Firewalls, VPNs, virtualisation and keeping real environments running.
Explore topic ↗PowerShell & Automation
Useful scripts, practical reporting and learning automation one problem at a time.
Explore topic ↗Troubleshooting Notes
The errors, rabbit holes and fixes worth documenting for next time.
Explore topic ↗Latest articles .
Hi, I'm George .
I'm a UK-based Senior IT Engineer with over 12 years of hands-on experience across infrastructure, networking, Microsoft 365 and endpoint management.
This site is my working notebook: the fixes I've found, the things I'm learning and the knowledge I wish had been easier to find. No pretending every deployment goes perfectly.
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