r/sysadmin is a subreddit with 1.3M members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses looking for, sysadmin, microsoft, security, and frustrating, and they frequently recommend/review ticketing system, remote desktop software, and ticketing software.
A reddit dedicated to the profession of Computer System Administration.
Popular Themes in r/sysadmin
#1
Solution Requests
: "Active directory set up"
10 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Senior IT folks: What do you dislike about your Help Desk guys?"
9 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Small business owner—built my own IT stack, now out of my depth. What’s the right off-ramp?"
6 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Are you buying new Dell servers without hard drives? $3,500 for 1 SATA drive is NUTS!"
2 posts
#5
News
: "Judge blocks $100,000 H-1B visa fee"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/sysadmin
#1
Looking For
62 posts
#2
Sysadmin
: "First week as a Sysadmin at a hosting/cloud company - is this level of overwhelm normal?"
41 posts
#3
Microsoft
: "Microsoft 365 Waffle Menu"
37 posts
#4
Security
: "Am I crazy, or are organisations treating open source as the new Security boogeyman because of Mythos?"
33 posts
#5
Frustrating
32 posts
#6
Struggling
29 posts
#7
Windows
: "I realized that I'm not a Windows sys admin"
28 posts
#8
It
: "IIS WebsIte Showing Thai Casino Spam Only to Googlebot - Can't Find Source"
27 posts
#9
Annoying
24 posts
#10
Management
: "what tool are you running that Management doesn't know about"
15 posts
Products Discussed in r/sysadmin
Ticketing System
611 reviews
#1
Spiceworks
4.0★ from 50 reviews
#2
Freshdesk
4.0★ from 48 reviews
#3
OsTicket
3.8★ from 39 reviews
Remote Desktop Software
219 reviews
#1
BeyondTrust
4.5★ from 14 reviews
#2
AnyDesk
4.3★ from 11 reviews
#3
ConnectWise
4.0★ from 10 reviews
Ticketing Software
209 reviews
#1
Spiceworks
3.8★ from 22 reviews
#2
osTicket
3.7★ from 18 reviews
#3
ManageEngine
4.2★ from 13 reviews
Flair Used in r/sysadmin
#1
Question
: "PLEASE can some explain to me why Claude + ANYTHING cyber is a good thing?"
48 posts
#2
General Discussion
: "Tell me about the sysadmin with the most aura you’ve ever seen"
34 posts
#3
Rant
: "Intune is not fit for purpose."
10 posts
#4
Career / Job Related
: "just accepted my first systems admin role. Finally leaving the call queue"
6 posts
#5
End-user Support
: "Please, please don't ask for stuff on Friday afternoon"
2 posts
#6
Microsoft
: "Microsoft 365 Exchange Mailbox issue you should be aware of"
2 posts
#7
Question - Solved
: "The printer lives! (let me sing you the song of my people)"
2 posts
#8
Workplace Conditions
: "Snapped in a postmortem this morning and now nobody's putting me on the followup invites"
1 post
#9
Low Quality
: "Current leading EDR/MDR?"
1 post
#10
SolarWinds
: "Suggestions for overall Monitoring and Observability"
1 post
Member Growth in r/sysadmin
Yearly
+200k members(18.5%)
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Last updated: June 10, 2026