Controlling 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...
View ArticleWhat’s New in Office 365 for May 2017
I’m a few days behind on this roundup because we’ve been busy getting the new fourth edition of Office 365 for IT Pros out the door. Here’s what’s new and changed in Office 365 for May. Microsoft...
View ArticleManaging Projects with Office 365 Groups, Planner, and Teams
With Office 365 Microsoft is on a mission to provide productivity applications to empower their customers to achieve more. One feature in particular, Office 365 Groups, goes a long way to achieving...
View ArticleOutlook for iOS/Android Still Able to Connect After Disabling ActiveSync
When an Exchange Online mailbox has the ActiveSync protocol disabled, you may find that the Outlook app for iOS and Android mobile devices is still able to connect to the mailbox to send and receive...
View ArticleHelp Test V1.02 of the Office 365 Groups Report Script
The Office 365 Groups report script helps you track new, modified, and deleted Groups in your Office 365 tenant. When the script was first developed there was no method for recovering deleted Groups....
View ArticleMicrosoft Forms Arrives for Commercial Office 365 Tenants
Microsoft Forms is an Office 365 app that allows users to build surveys, questionnaires, quizzes, and other data collection forms. Until now Forms has been focused on the education market, and as such...
View ArticleControlling Third Party Cloud Storage Access for Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams now has the ability to connect to external cloud storage providers such as Dropbox and Google Drive. This change is rolling out to Office 365 customers now, and is enabled by default....
View ArticleJune 2017 Updates Released for Exchange Server
Microsoft has announced the latest quarterly updated for Exchange Server 2016 and 2013. Cumulative Update 6 for Exchange Server 2016 (download | UM language packs) Cumulative Update 17 for Exchange...
View ArticleSecuring Mobile Access with Intune MAM Conditional Access Policies
Embracing a BYOD strategy is usually a good thing for your users and your company, but it also creates some concerns about the devices and applications that are being used to access corporate data. To...
View ArticleWhat’s New in Office 365 for June 2017
Office 365 for IT Pros, 4th 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 ArticlePowerShell One-Liner: Summary of Mailbox Move Request Status
When you’ve got a lot of mailbox move requests running during an Exchange migration, it’s useful to be able to pull a quick summary of how they’re all going. You can achieve this by piping the...
View ArticleHow to Use Azure Active Directory Conditional Access to Enforce Multi-Factor...
Microsoft provides some different options for securing Office 365 and Azure applications with multi-factor authentication (MFA). For your end users you can choose from: MFA for Office 365, which...
View ArticleMicrosoft Announces Discontinuation of Support for Session Border Controllers...
Microsoft has released a new announcement regarding the discontinuation of support for Session Border Controllers (SBC) in Exchange Online Unified Messaging. You can find the announcement on the...
View ArticlePowerShell One-Liner: Get a Count of Exchange Server Mailboxes Per Database
When I’m planning Exchange Server migrations or just generally reporting on mailbox stats I use my Get-MailboxReport.ps1 script. But sometimes I just want a quick look at how many mailboxes are hosted...
View ArticlePowerShell Script for TroubleShooting Exchange ActiveSync Devices
On a recent case I was investigating a mobile device that couldn’t connect to a mailbox over ActiveSync. After spending a few minutes collecting information about the mailbox and its associated devices...
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