@Baa god it's awful how my company insists on buying microsoft-everything if it's available. and there's lots of companies doing the same.

so many stupid tasks done with a full windows machine with 8GB of ram when it could've been done with the crappiest equipment available no problem.

dns server?
̶a̶ ̶l̶i̶n̶u̶x̶ ̶p̶o̶t̶a̶t̶o̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶1̶2̶8̶M̶B̶ ̶R̶A̶M̶
Windows VM /w 8GB RAM

digital signage?
̶j̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶i̶n̶s̶t̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶a̶p̶p̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶m̶a̶r̶t̶T̶V̶
Connect an entire Windows desktop computer to TV

web server?
̶n̶g̶i̶n̶x̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶2̶5̶6̶M̶B̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶r̶a̶m̶
IIS and 16GB of RAM

It's absolutely insane some times.

And don't even get me started on all the random crap they're tricked into paying for in Azure