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I still have my SAW machine from Microsoft (quit, not laid off) and nobody has ever given me any indication what to do with it.

What is a SAW machine?

A Microsoft SAW is a demonic artifact stemming from when Satan himself forged a computer a casts it onto the surface of the earth and into the hands of mankind. It’s the best worst way to access production. It’s how anyone who has ever been on call for Azure accesses production and it’s the last thing you see before Cerberus herself begins chanting “Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate” and welcomes you to hell for all eternity.

Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate

Abandon all hope, ye who enter; from Dante's Inferno

Secure Admin Workstation, apparently. Thanks to kris-nova for providing the Azure hint for me to find this PR fluff article: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/insidetrack/protecting-high-...

I was curious as well.

My best guess is this

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAWStudio

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