27Apr2019
25Apr2019
Two philosophies for deploying Microsoft Teams in an organization
IT admins throughout the world subscribe to one of two worldviews today: Control mindset: IT's job is to control and restrict, and of course, to protect the clueless users from all of those scary threats out there in the world today (including themselves)Empower mindset: IT's job is to educate and...
18Apr2019
How to migrate company file shares and mapped drives to Office 365 using the SharePoint Migration Tool
I debated on writing about this tool for a long time. Because here's the thing: most file servers in production today are just huge garbage piles, built out of years of half-completed thoughts and haphazard document collaboration. Therefore, before we get into it, I first want to cover off on...
14Apr2019
Updated: How to migrate email to Office 365 Exchange Online with zero downtime (the easy way)
Some people will tell you that Hybrid is not a good idea for small business networks, since it is "too complex" or "too messy." Don't listen to the naysayers. They are just not aware yet of how stupidly simple it has become, with options like
11Apr2019
The evolution of small business networks
I believe there are only three basic types of networks alive in the small and mid-sized business market today.* Legacy, Hybrid and Modern. Now the labeling on these categories is purposeful--the language represents a progression in time, but it is important to remember that there still exist "legacy" environments, just...
08Apr2019
Managing Hybrid Exchange environments: a Cheat Sheet
Office 365 Exchange Online is pretty simple to manage if you are a "cloud-only" organization. Especially now that many edits can be made easily via the Microsoft 365 admin center, without even going into the Exchange Online admin area, separately.But, for those of us who are still tethered to a...
01Apr2019