MSP Open Service Initiative, OpenUEM, and MeshCentral

The Open Service Initiative is all about providing TRULY free, open-source, tools and complete platforms to MSPs. AGPLv3, MIT, and Apache 2 licensed tooling.

https://github.com/Open-Service-Initiative

OpenUEM is an Open-Source Unified Endpoint Manager that is multi-tenant, self-hosted and lets you manage your IT assets thanks to its agents

https://openuem.eu/

The open source, multi-platform, self-hosted, feature packed web site for remote device management. 

https://meshcentral.com/

Penpot open source website prototyping

Penpot is the open source alternative to Figma.  (Figma is a cloud-based design and prototyping tool for websites)

https://github.com/penpot/penpot

Video editing Software

IVS Edit has a free and pro version. The Free version is feature-rich and probably enough for most people.

Powershell

Connect to your 365 instance.

You have to do connect first, always.  Powershell ISE can't be used.  If you try you'll get a "A window handle must be configured" error.  Use regular Powershell.

Here's an example of connecting, then removing a user's auto-reply.

PS C:\> import-module exchangeonlinemanagement

PS C:\> connect-exchangeonline -UserPrincipalName admin@contoso.com

PS C:\>Get-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration -Identity user@contoso.com

PS C:\> Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration -identity user@contoso.com -AutoReplyState disabled
PS C:\> Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration -identity user@contoso.com -ExternalMessage $null
PS C:\> Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration -identity user@contoso.com -internalMessage $null

 

 

DiskGenius and Hasleo Backup

DiskGenius is an all-in-one utility for disk partition management, OS migration and file recovery.

https://www.diskgenius.com/

Hasleo offers completely free backup and cloning. This free one even does Windows Server, which is rare.

https://www.easyuefi.com/

Network apps: Network Notepad, Glasswire

Network Notepad. For Creating Network diagrams.   Free and Paid Versions.  Unique Features.

Glasswire. Personal Firewall and Network Monitor. Great visibility into the network activity on your PC, even with the free version.

Use textverified.com to receive text messages

Great for expats.  Allows you to temporarily rent a US phone number -- an actual one, not a VoIP one, so you can receive sms - a txt message for verification.  Great pricing too.

https://www.textverified.com/