Help :: WinAdmins Community

The following describes the various roles and commands available in the WinAdmins Discord server.

Roles

The following outlines the available custom roles and how to obtain them

Role Name	Function	How to Obtain
Microsoft Employee	Granted to official Microsoft employees	Run the command `%%microsoft verify` in the `#bot-commands` channel and follow the instructions to validate your Azure AD account using a corporate-managed device
Microsoft MVP	Granted to active Microsoft MVPs	Contact a server admin for assistance with adding this role
Microsoft Partner	Granted to active Microsoft Partners	Contact a server admin for assistance with adding this role
Trusted Vendor	Granted to users that are representing a vendor in an official capacity. This role also has a number of subroles for specific vendors that have multiple representatives	Contact a server admin for assistance with adding this role
SysManSquad Staff	Granted to members of the Systems Management Squad (https://sysmansquad.com/)	Contact a server admin for assistance with adding this role
Helper Roles	Community volunteers providing assistance for various subjects. These roles are pingable and are meant to be used for urgent issues	Visit the `#roles` channel to self-assign these roles
Notification Roles	Used by bots to send notifications in specific channels	Visit the `#roles` channel to self-assign these roles
Timezone Roles	Flag yourself with one of three timezone regions	Visit the `#roles` channel to self-assign these roles
Off-Topic Channel Roles	Grant access to various off-topic private channels	Visit the `#roles` channel to self-assign these roles

Commands

The following outlines all available commands that can be run on the server, and what roles may be required for use. Unless otherwise specified, the prefix for said commands is a hyphen (-)

Everyone

Command	Function	Example
ask	Don’t ask to ask, i.e., how to ask better questions (this command will autodelete the invoking message)	`-ask`
callmods	Alert the moderation team about an issue in a channel (this command will autodelete the invoking message)	`-callmods`
catfact	Responds with a random cat fact (only works in the `#pets` channel)	`-catfact`
delreminder	Deletes a reminder	`-delreminder <ID>`
dogfact	Responds with a random dog fact (only works in the `#pets` channel)	`-dogfact`
github	Get community GitHub link	`-github`
giveduck	Get a random duck image	`-giveduck @username`
invite	Get community invite link	`-invite`
licensing (aliases: license, licenses)	Collection of Microsoft 365 licensing diagrams	`-licensing`, `-license`, or `-licenses`
markdown (alias: code)	Help someone with posting code with syntax highlighting	`-markdown` or `-code`
portals	Links to Microsoft Administrator sites	`-portals`
qspam	Reminder to not to spam questions in multiple channels, causing multiple separate conversations (this command will autodelete the invoking message)	`-qspam`
redact	Reminder to redact information from logs/screenshots (this command will autodelete the invoking message)	`-redact`
reminders	Lists your active reminders	`-reminders`
remindme	Schedules a reminder	`-remindme 1h Reply to John`
stuck	Help someone that appears to be stuck in a voice channel (only works in the `#voice-along` channel)	`-stuck @username`
schannel	Useful SChannel links/information	`-schannel`
securead	Useful AD security links/information	`-securead`
techsupport	Help someone looking for general tech support outside the scope of this community (this command will autodelete the invoking message)	`-techsupport`
twitter	Get community Twitter link	`-twitter`
xy	XY problems (this command will autodelete the invoking message)	`-xy`
youtube	Get community YouTube link	`-youtube`

Nitro Boosters & Microsoft Employees

Command	Function	Example
dadjoke	Responds with a random dad joke	`-dadjoke`
newtopic	Responds with a random new topic	`-newtopic`
throw	Throw a random item at a user	`-throw @username`

Microsoft Employees & Trusted Vendors

Command	Function	Example
poll	Create a poll (up to ten options)	`-poll "Poll description" "Option 1" "Option 2"`