25Oct2018
08Oct2018
Three ways to protect your customer’s on-premises data with Azure
I am going to spend a lot of time on this topic in the few next posts, because I think it is very important for service providers and consultants (which is a lot of my reader base)--we should all keep abreast of our options. In this series, I want to...
17Aug2018
Showdown: Office 365 E3 vs. Microsoft 365 Business
Recently I wrote a few articles on the various subscriptions out there, and how confusing everything is getting as the 365 universe expands and morphs. Since that time, I have also been playing more and more with the Microsoft 365 Business subscription (as opposed to Office 365 Business). As previously...
19Jul2018
We never have to deploy folder redirection to a file server, ever again
OneDrive recently announced yet another amazing feature improvement: Known Folder Move. Think of this as folder redirection 2.0--if you have historically redirected things like Desktop and Documents libraries to a file server (which leads to other Offline Files considerations for mobile workers), then this is going to greatly simply your...
17Jul2018
The new and confusing Microsoft 365 SKU’s
I have written one post on Microsoft 365 (Business edition) so far. And I haven't had as much time to continue playing with it as I like. But, here is what I can tell you: the literature out there on these SKU's can be confusing, since they are mostly marketing-oriented,...
16Jul2018
How to bundle even more security into your Office 365 subscription
In a previous post, I covered some of the most common SKU's that are frequently purchased by small businesses, who are migrating to the Office 365 platform. In a nutshell, by FAR the most common of those are Office 365 Business Premium and Office 365 Enterprise E3--and the latter of...
02Jul2018
An overview of the most common Office 365 subscriptions for the SMB
I get asked about this SO frequently, that I decided a post was in order. Update: Also check out my 365 Licensing Guide page. Apparently people don't find it that easy to navigate all the subscriptions which are now available via the Office 365 portal. To be fair, there are a...
09Apr2018
The encryption button fiasco
I have done quite a few posts recently on the new Office Message Encryption (OME) features in Office 365 Exchange Online. This past winter, Microsoft released version 2 of OME, which had some improvements over version 1, but came with some downsides/trade-offs also. Oftentimes, the downsides were so annoying, that many...
06Mar2018
Can OneDrive and SharePoint replace my file server? Probably, with Files On-Demand.
The real answer to this question is: it depends. But the shorter version is: probably. You'll just want to enable Files On-Demand first.* OneDrive has been great for personal files for a long time--I usually recommend clients start by replacing redirected "Documents" folders with OneDrive for Business. The problem with SharePoint,...
27Nov2017