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What are the position's responsibilities? What is the environment like (number of workstations/servers)? Is there already an SCCM environment in operation? If so, is it 2007/2012/2012 SP1/2012 R2? Is there a team supporting SCCM or would it just be you?

If you're going to be the admin, packaging expect, deployment admin, and sole tech support and you have no experience yourself...that'll be a big learning curve. It's not impossible, but it'll be a lot of research.

Microsoft's Virtual Academy is great.

If you like books, the "Mastering" and "Unleashed" books are two of my favorites. There's a lot of great blogs out there for System Center, too--System Center Central is my default stop, but of course /r/sccm is great too!

And for any questions that you can't get answered via any of those methods, the Technet forums are invaluable. You'll get to be on a first name basis with some of the MVPs, they're phenomenal.

For Tone gen, Fluke makes the gold standard. They also have a cheaper version.
You didn't mention a probe, so maybe you are looking for a cable certifier?. That's super expensive though. if you just have to test that there is continuity and not certify the cables, you can use this, or this if you want to look like a pro.

As for Screwdrivers, Wiha makes the best screw drivers, hands down. I have this set for working on electronics & laptop repair. Magnetic tool-kits are fine. This isn't the 80's anymore. There aren't too many magnetically sensitive items inside a computer anymore. especially with the advent of SSD drives.

As for a toolbox, depending the work, I prefer a tool bag or pouch.

Good luck, hope that helps. What helped for me when I started was to go to harbor freight and just get an assortment of tools. As I worked I slowly replaced the stuff I used all the time with quality gear, and didn't have to burn myself buying expensive tools and gear that I would never use.

Ok let me offer my advice as a 12+ years of IT experience and recently inducted I to the SCCM admin world.

As far as SCCM, if you can fake it, I would be hugely impressed. If they already have the SCCM environment, then is possible you might be able to. I have a kindle book that I could loan you if you'd like. It's a mastering SCCM book that's pretty awesome:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/111882170X?pc_redir=1408853752&robot_redir=1

If you have experience in SMS this shouldn't be too bad. If the environment isn't built yet, it's hugely difficult (SQL, IIS etc).

You need to figure out what your best at and work towards it. Let me know if I can be of any help. I'm currently a sys admin at a corporation. AD GPO SCCM etc

Then totally, I would recommend the acer c302 or the samsung chromebook pro or plus

These are a bit more expensive than the run of the mill chromebook because they are a bit higher end and support the android play store. Also, in my experience the best chromebooks I've ever used. (I started using them at the CR48)

Hope this helps!

I use this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073YM372C/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I do support for small software company. I work 100% remote/from home. Twice a year I need to Fly to company events and bring almost my whole setup. While I'm at those events I have to take care of any in-house support as well as keep the regular support cases handled.

It's a good bag for me. I've been able to pack my stuff and my travel stuff (clothes/ect) in it for theses events (usually 3-4 days travel)

That's pretty much my daily carry.

Some other things I'd suggest:

• Phillips, flat and torx screw drivers or driver bits (various sizes)
  
• Crossover cable (short as possible) and Female-Female RJ45 inline coupler - make any cable crossover!
  
• Pocket-sized router/AP like this: http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-WR710N
  
• Velcro for cable ties
  
• DVI/VGA, VGA/DVI adapters
  
• Large (500gb) USB3 external drive. Got a nice one from work which I think was a Samsung - very small and fast
  
  My bigger toolbag has more specialised tools:
  
  
• Network crimping tool, connector crimping tool
  
• Punchdown tool
  
• Basic cable tester tool, network toner and probe
  
• Wire snips, wire stripper
  
• Pliers, adjustable spanner, locking wrench
  
• Allen wrench tools (metric, imperial and torx - Bondhus GorillaGrip brand)
  
• Battery powered soldering iron, solder
  
• Multimeter
  
• Batteries of all sorts (AA, AAA, adapter for C, 9V, charger for AA/AAA)
  
• 10M and 3M Cat6 straight cables with connectors, 10M Cat6 without connectors, box of Cat5 and Cat6A connectors and boots
  
• SC-SC, LC-LC, SC-LC patch cables, SC-SC connector, LC-LC connector
  
• GLC-T, GLC-SX-MM gbics
  
• Very short C5, C7, C13 cables
  
• 1.5M and 5M power extension cables
  
• Power cord splitter (much, much better than a power board since you can always use every connector)
  
• SDXC/SDHC SD, miniSD, microSD, CF USB card reader
  
• "Twin" network cable and inline couplers (instructions)
  
• "Multi-cable" - http://www.instructables.com/id/5%2b%2b-in-1-Multi-Cable/
  
• Box of random useful screws
  
• Box of M5 and M6 cage nuts, cage nut tool
  
• Various tape (double sided, masking, easy remove, duct, electrical etc)
  
• Non-contact infrared thermometer

I got this one a few months ago and it's the best one I've ever had. Lots of compliments on how good it looks too.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XN3RKQ8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Buy two of these

https://m.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-2U-Server-X8DTN-2x-Xeon-X5660-2-8ghz-Hex-Core-64gb-12x-Trays-Raid/372124953420

Buy a bunch of these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01N7YOH4P/


My preference would be freebsd with zfs, but you could use freenas or even centos again if you feel more comfortable. Setup two drives in raid 1 (don't have to be the 4tb drives) as the os drives in each server.
Setup the rest in a Raid Z3 or a software raid 10 on Linux.

Setup cronjobs to regularly (ideally something like hourly) sync files from server a to server b. If server a does, you have a backup in B. You also have a lot of space and redundancy.

Learn windows server. It's a great way to move out of the help desk.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/learning/windows-server-certification.aspx

https://www.amazon.ca/70-410-Installing-Configuring-Windows-Server/dp/0735684243/

....and going old school - an aux cable from the headphone jack into the microphone jack on your PC, then use Audacity to save it as a WAV file

https://www.cnet.com/uk/how-to/transfer-memorable-voice-mails-to-your-computer-with-a-simple-audio-trick/

(WAV files are uncompressed with no quality lost)

Like the other posters in this thread have said- the legality of recording this, or if the recording is legally acceptable in a court case is something for the company lawyer to decide on.

surface 3 dock here for those, thought we have also used the pro 2 older dock as well. However, we have coupled this to an accel multiport adapter
sometimes it forgets it's linked and we have to open the dock and close it again, but other than that it's pretty damn good.

Will i be able to get by with this cable and that card? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NW1JKHY/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=A1JDVQBTNMED4K&psc=1

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I am unfamiliar with SCSI stuff, so I appreciate the help

Fluke's Intellitone

It's expensive, but you'll only buy it once.