they obviously don't care about the IT dept like that since they have me overseeing the whole thing with 0 prior experience besides taking porn viruses off PCs.

So if I go off on my own(even if I test in a VM) and eventually take shit down there is no safety net.

"IT" basically is a department they just attach to another engineer's scope of responsibility every now and then.

Maybe I convince them to hire a consultant to set it up and just show me how to manage it going forward, that way I at least have someone to talk to when shit goes wrong...

thanks man. I feel like there are tons of OKP's in tech and this board seems to be all about gaming since the jump.