Monthly Archives - October 2018

Windows Server 2019, Windows Server Essentials 2019, Office 2019 and other 2019 Microsoft products for the SMB

So the 2019 lineup of products are basically all here now--Office 2019, Windows Server 2019, Exchange Server 2019, etc.  Now with regard to the SMB space, I would usually be recommending that most organizations, especially very small sized business of 25 users or less, be looking toward the
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12 Steps you can take to up your Office 365 Security & Compliance game

I don't mean to oversimplify things here. This is not a comprehensive guide or anything like that. Every organization has different goals and business objectives, and depending on your industry, etc., you could have very different compliance regulations or whatever, that you need to consider. My goal is just to...
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Understanding Email authentication (SPF, DKIM and DMARC) in Office 365 Exchange Online

For a long time now, we administrators have had the ability to provide email authentication for our customers using SPF, DKIM and DMARC. However, an embarrassingly low percentage of us actually take advantage of these tools. That means it is fairly trivial business for a third party to spoof messages...
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Microsoft 365 Enterprise: What Windows 10 goodies are included that you don’t get with Pro/Business?

In this article, I wanted to highlight some of the key differences between Windows 10 editions, which are available through subscription in Microsoft 365 Enterprise SKU's. Small business admins and consultants are going to be interested in some, but not all, of these features. There may be others I'm not...
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Showdown: Office 365 Business Premium or leap for Microsoft 365 Business Edition?

Organizations who are moving to Office 365 are always faced with the same dilemma: where to start? What subscription bundle should you buy?  There can be a lot of anxiety produced in this decision making, since there are getting to be so many different choices, and it isn't always clear...
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Understanding the Anti-Spoofing technology in Exchange Online

In the Spring of 2018, Microsoft released some new anti-spoofing features into their Advanced Threat Protection product, which is also bundled into Microsoft & Office 365 E5 plans, as well as Microsoft 365 Business. Anti-spoofing leverages machine learning and other intelligent software to determine whether messages have been "spoofed" or...
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How to configure journaling, and the undeliverable reports mailbox, in Exchange Online

In Office 365 Exchange Online, it is possible to setup journal rules. When you turn on journaling, a copy of email messages that you specify will be written to another (third-party) location. It is not supported to write the journal into another mailbox hosted at Office 365, however, there are...
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Should I stick with Microsoft 365 Business or move up to Enterprise?

Microsoft 365 is best described as a "bundle of bundles"--these new SKU's go beyond Office 365, and include advanced security products as well as device management and even your Windows licensing.  I have been writing a lot about the Microsoft 365 Business SKU, since it has such an attractive price...
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