claudetools/clients/cascades-tucson/session-logs/2026-05-18-howard-caregiver-reconciliation-and-new-accounts.md

Cascades of Tucson — Caregiver Reconciliation and New Account Provisioning

Date: 2026-05-18 Syncro tickets: #32214 (Entra setup — In Progress), #109316879 (New user — Alma Montt)

User

• User: Howard Enos (howard)
• Machine: Howard-Home
• Role: tech

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Session Summary

Howard provided an updated HR roster (C:\Users\Howard\Desktop\employees.xlsx) containing 137 employees across all departments. The file was parsed via PowerShell COM object and compared against the 37 caregiver accounts created on 2026-05-16 to identify new hires, terminations, and role changes.

Reconciliation produced four new caregiver accounts to create and six existing accounts to review. Howard confirmed Niel Castro as departed, Celia Lassey and Patricia Sandoval-Beck as still employed but reclassified to med tech (no longer in the caregiver CA policy group), and the remaining three (Kasey Flores, Gloria Williford, Mary Kariuki) on hold pending further confirmation. Shontiel Nunn was identified as having a dual-account situation — old Shontiel.Nunn under Resident Services plus the new s.nunn caregiver account — and was left intact pending a machine-usage check.

All account operations were executed remotely via the GuruRMM agent on CS-SERVER (6766e973-e703-47c1-be56-76950290f87c) using POST /api/agents/:id/command. Four new caregiver accounts were created in OU=Caregivers and added to SG-Caregivers. Alma Montt (ticket #109316879) was created in OU=Administrative. Niel Castro's account was disabled and removed from SG-Caregivers. Celia Lassey and Patricia Sandoval-Beck were removed from SG-Caregivers while remaining in OU=Caregivers for Entra Connect sync continuity.

Entra Connect delta syncs were kicked after each batch. When Alma Montt failed to appear in M365 after two delta syncs, a full sync (PolicyType Initial) was run. Her account still had not propagated to M365 by end of session. A background task (b7ko9bnd9) is polling M365 and will assign her an SPB (Microsoft 365 Business Premium) license automatically once she appears. The tenant has no Business Standard SKU — only SPB (31 seats available) was available.

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Key Decisions

• t.lassey-assiakoley UPN — t.lassey would collide with c.lassey (Celia Lassey). Hyphenated compound form chosen to preserve the full surname per CONTEXT.md convention.
• c.lassey and p.sandoval-beck: remove from SG-Caregivers, keep in OU=Caregivers — Both are now med techs per Howard's confirmation. Removing from SG-Caregivers drops them from caregiver CA policies. Keeping in OU=Caregivers preserves Entra Connect sync so they get M365 accounts. SG-MedTech does not exist yet (deferred item); no replacement group assigned.
• Shontiel.Nunn old account preserved — Old Shontiel.Nunn (Resident Services, FirstName.LastName format) is a separate AD account from the new s.nunn (Caregivers). Old account kept until Howard confirms it is not in active use on a machine.
• SPB license for Alma Montt — Howard initially requested Business Standard. Tenant has no Business Standard SKU; only SPB (Business Premium) is available. Howard approved SPB.
• GuruRMM for remote execution — CS-SERVER is not reachable via SSH or WinRM from Howard-Home. Tailscale does not include CS-SERVER. GuruRMM agent (6766e973-e703-47c1-be56-76950290f87c) used as the execution path via http://172.16.3.30:3001.

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Problems Encountered

• GuruRMM server outage mid-session — The GuruRMM API at 172.16.3.30:3001 went offline while the first caregiver script was running (command timed out server-side). Server recovered within ~3 minutes. Script was resubmitted; idempotent skip logic prevented duplicate accounts.
• GuruRMM prepends -OutputEncoding UTF8 -Command to inline commands — One-liners submitted as command_type: powershell had this prefix prepended, causing them to fail. Workaround: prefix all inline commands with a # comment line so the error lands on the comment and execution continues.
• Alma Montt not appearing in M365 after delta sync — Two delta syncs (PolicyType Delta) did not push her account to M365. Connector space confirmed she was not yet in the sync engine's object space. A full sync (PolicyType Initial) was run; M365 provisioning was still pending at end of session. Background task assigned to auto-assign license on appearance.
• ScreenConnect API auth failures — Attempted to use the ScreenConnect REST API extension (2d558935-686a-4bd0-9991-07539f5fe749) as an alternate execution path before finding GuruRMM. Multiple auth header formats tried (Basic, CTRLAuthHeader). All failed with 404/500. GuruRMM proved to be the correct path.

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Configuration Changes

Scripts created:

• clients/cascades-tucson/scripts/add-caregiver-accounts-2026-05-18.ps1 — creates 4 new caregiver accounts + adds to SG-Caregivers
• clients/cascades-tucson/scripts/create-alma-montt-2026-05-18.ps1 — creates Alma Montt in OU=Administrative
• clients/cascades-tucson/scripts/terminate-n-castro-2026-05-18.ps1 — disables n.castro, removes from SG-Caregivers, prints M365 cleanup steps

AD changes made (via GuruRMM on CS-SERVER):

Account	SAM	Action
Luriz Fuster	l.fuster	Created in OU=Caregivers, added to SG-Caregivers
Tele Sepopo Lassey Assiakoley	t.lassey-assiakoley	Created in OU=Caregivers, added to SG-Caregivers
Shontiel Nunn	s.nunn	Created in OU=Caregivers, added to SG-Caregivers
Diana Fierros	d.fierros	Created in OU=Caregivers, added to SG-Caregivers
Alma Montt	Alma.Montt	Created in OU=Administrative; temp pw, must change at login
Niel Castro	n.castro	Disabled; removed from SG-Caregivers; description set to "TERMINATED 2026-05-18"
Celia Lassey	c.lassey	Removed from SG-Caregivers (now med tech)
Patricia Sandoval-Beck	p.sandoval-beck	Removed from SG-Caregivers (now med tech)

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Credentials & Secrets

New accounts — temp password: Cascades2026! (PasswordNeverExpires=$true for caregivers; ChangePasswordAtLogon=$true for Alma Montt)

GuruRMM API auth used:

• Login endpoint: http://172.16.3.30:3001/api/auth/login
• Admin email: claude-api@azcomputerguru.com
• Credentials in vault: infrastructure/gururmm-server.sops.yaml → credentials.admin-email / credentials.admin-password

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Infrastructure & Servers

Resource	Detail
CS-SERVER agent ID	6766e973-e703-47c1-be56-76950290f87c
GuruRMM API (internal)	http://172.16.3.30:3001
Cascades tenant ID	207fa277-e9d8-4eb7-ada1-1064d2221498
Entra Connect	Running on CS-SERVER; full sync run at ~01:30 UTC 2026-05-19
SPB SKU ID	cbdc14ab-d96c-4c30-b9f4-6ada7cdc1d46 (31 seats available)

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Commands & Outputs

GuruRMM command execution pattern:

JWT=$(curl -s -X POST "http://172.16.3.30:3001/api/auth/login" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{\"email\":\"claude-api@azcomputerguru.com\",\"password\":\"ClaudeAPI2026!@#\"}" | jq -r '.token')

PAYLOAD=$(jq -n --rawfile cmd "/path/to/script.ps1" '{"command_type":"powershell","command":$cmd}')
RESP=$(curl -s -X POST "http://172.16.3.30:3001/api/agents/$AGENT/command" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $JWT" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "$PAYLOAD")
CMD_ID=$(echo "$RESP" | jq -r '.command_id')
# Poll: GET /api/commands/$CMD_ID until status != "running"

Caregiver script output:

=== Creating accounts ===
[OK] Luriz Fuster -- l.fuster@cascadestucson.com
[OK] Tele Sepopo Lassey Assiakoley -- t.lassey-assiakoley@cascadestucson.com
[OK] Shontiel Nunn -- s.nunn@cascadestucson.com
[OK] Diana Fierros -- d.fierros@cascadestucson.com
Accounts: 4 created, 0 failed, 0 skipped
SG-Caregivers: 4 added, 0 failed, 0 skipped

Castro termination output:

[OK] n.castro disabled
[OK] n.castro removed from SG-Caregivers
[OK] Description updated

Entra sync: Start-ADSyncSyncCycle -PolicyType Initial returned Success

GuruRMM one-liner workaround:

# Must prefix inline commands with a comment line:
# Entra sync
Start-ADSyncSyncCycle -PolicyType Delta | Out-String
# Without the comment, the -OutputEncoding UTF8 -Command prefix injected by the agent fails the entire command.

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Pending / Incomplete Tasks

Item	Status	Notes
Alma Montt SPB license	In progress — background task b7ko9bnd9 polling	Will assign cbdc14ab-d96c-4c30-b9f4-6ada7cdc1d46 once account appears in M365
Alma Montt — deliver credentials to Meredith	Pending	Temp pw: Cascades2026!, must change at first login
Close ticket #109316879	Pending	Wait for license confirmation
n.castro — M365 block sign-in	Pending	Account likely unlicensed; run Update-MgUser -UserId n.castro@cascadestucson.com -AccountEnabled:$false to be safe
Shontiel.Nunn old account	On hold	Keep until Howard confirms not in active use on a machine
k.flores, g.williford, m.kariuki	On hold	Not in new HR list; keep accounts until employment status confirmed
SG-MedTech / SG-CCG groups	Deferred	Create when ALIS licensing tiers confirmed
Entra Connect sync for Alma	Pending	Account not in M365 at end of session; full sync ran; may need more time

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Reference Information

• Syncro ticket #32214 — Entra setup (In Progress)
• Syncro ticket #109316879 — New user Alma Montt (Update comment posted, internal-only)
• HR source: C:\Users\Howard\Desktop\employees.xlsx (137 employees, 2026-05-18)
• Caregiver account creation doc: clients/cascades-tucson/session-logs/2026-05-16-howard-caregiver-ad-account-creation.md
• AD structure reference: clients/cascades-tucson/docs/servers/active-directory.md
• GuruRMM API memory: .claude/memory/reference_gururmm_api.md