Restricting OneDrive Sync to Domain Joined PCs
For some organizations there is a concern when deploying OneDrive for Business that users will access corporate data from their personal computers. If the personal computers are not well secured, such...
View ArticleThe Debate Over Enabling New Office 365 Features by Default
The recently announced Office 365 feature that will automatically create Groups based on manager/reports relationships in Active Directory reignited the debate about new features being enabled by...
View ArticleRestoring Deleted Office 365 Groups
Microsoft is rolling out the long-awaited capability to restore a deleted Office 365 Group. When Groups are deleted they are now retained for 30 days by default in a “soft deleted” state, and...
View ArticleWhat’s New in Office 365 for March 2017
March has been a huge month for Office 365 Groups. We kicked things off with a change to the email sending behavior for Groups, which immediately confused people who were used to seeing their own Group...
View ArticleDirSync and AADSync Support is Ending, Time to Upgrade to Azure AD Connect
Microsoft has provided a variety of directory synchronization tools to customers over the years, most recently Azure AD Connect (AADConnect). Previously, customers could choose from DirSync or Azure AD...
View ArticleNew Pluralsight Course – Managing Exchange Mailboxes and Distribution Groups...
I’m pleased to announce that my latest Pluralsight course, Managing Exchange Mailboxes and Distribution Groups in PowerShell, has emerged from the production cycle and is now available to watch. I...
View ArticleFirst Steps: Configure Office 365 First Release Settings
Signing up to a cloud service like Office 365 means you’re on board for whatever changes the vendor deploys to customers. That is one benefit of cloud services, but some customers see it as a risk and...
View ArticleRemoving an Auto-Mapped Mailbox from Outlook
A customer asked about a situation in which they’re unable to remove mailboxes from users’ Outlook profiles. In this case they were shared mailboxes and appeared in the left pane of Outlook. Although...
View ArticleTest-ExchangeServerHealth.ps1 Has Been Updated to V1.16
A new version of Test-ExchangeServerHealth.ps1 is now available for download. This update contains the following fixes and improvements: Shadow redundancy queues are no longer included in the transport...
View ArticleReporting Office 365 Admin Role Group Members
Office 365 allows organizations to delegate administrative privileges in a granular fashion. There is an over-arching “Global Administrator” role, as well as a series of lower privilege roles for...
View ArticleMailbox Permissions vs Mailbox Folder Permissions
When you are granting access for one user to access another mailbox, whether that be another user’s mailbox or a shared mailbox, you can configure the access using either mailbox permissions or mailbox...
View ArticleFirst Steps: Configuring Office 365 Groups Settings
Groups are a collaboration feature of Office 365 that allow teams to work together using a shared mailbox, calendar, SharePoint file repository, and OneNote notebook. Office 365 Groups are also a...
View ArticleWhat’s New in Office 365 for April 2017
Office 365 for IT Pros, 3rd Edition is continually updated with new information, changes and corrections. Customers who bought the book from this website can download the updated files from their...
View ArticleManaging Office 365 Licenses with the Azure AD V2 PowerShell Module
In Office 365 we have three methods of managing license assignments for individual or multiple user accounts. Using the Office 365 admin portal Using Azure AD group-based license management Using...
View ArticleControlling Exchange Online Mailbox Features with Mailbox Plans
When an Exchange Online mailbox is created in Office 365 it has all of the mailbox features and protocols enabled by default. This makes sense for the average Office 365 customer who doesn’t want to...
View ArticleHelp Test the .NET Framework Checks for Exchange Analyzer
One of the tests that was developed earlier in the life of Exchange Analyzer looked at the version of .NET Framework installed on the server to determine if it was supported with the version of...
View ArticleExchange Analyzer v0.2.5 Released
A new build of Exchange Analyzer is available, which includes the following fixes and improvements: Rewritten .NET Framework test added back Fix for bug in number formatting when reporting number of...
View ArticleComparing Solutions for Mobile Device and Application Management in Office 365
As our business workforce becomes more mobile every year, and security risks for corporate data increase, it’s important to consider how you will manage mobility for your organization. Office 365...
View ArticleThe Fourth Edition of Office 365 for IT Pros is Nearly Here
I’m excited to announce that Office 365 for IT Pros, 4th Edition is nearly ready to be released. Assuming there are no last minute problems we’re expecting to release the new book later this week. I...
View ArticleOffice 365 for IT Pros, 4th Edition is Now Available
I’m pleased to announce the release of Office 365 for IT Pros, 4rd Edition. This new edition of the industry’s leading Office 365 book has been updated with the very latest changes and new features in...
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