04Feb
21Jan
Understanding file server migrations to Microsoft 365
In my opinion, there is only one viable migration path to move data from old file servers to Microsoft 365: it has to be a user-engaged migration. IT people always ask me about tools--stuff like the SharePoint migration tool or Microsoft's recent acquisition of mover.io, and there are even fancier...
28Dec
Reader Question: Can I sync my Network Drives to Teams?
Dear Alex, I wish to know if its possible to sync files/folders on my Network Server to teams. I have read a few documentations but all seems to be just for own PCs and not for Server/network drives. Yours is the closest I could see. Please can you help me...
14Nov
Differences between Windows Information Protection (WIP) and that “other” Information Protection (AIP)
I received a really interesting question from a reader this week, and another person had asked me the same question when I was at Ignite recently, speaking on the security features in Microsoft 365 Business. So I think it makes sense to put this article out there, to help folks...
25Aug
Poser alert: Do you think this may be leveraged for Social engineering? Or what…?
Interesting thing appeared in my WordPress comments over the weekend: it appears that someone lifted content from my blog and re-posted it as their own. Why or how WordPress picked up on this and alerted me via my comments is unknown at this time (maybe some WordPress geeks out there...
18Jul
Reader question: How do I setup iOS devices after disabling app permissions consent for my users?
I continue to get great feedback and questions from our readership lately. Keep it up! I love to field these questions and use them to improve my literature. This person (who is also an MVP) also wished to remain anonymous, and had a couple of good questions regarding my Azure...
28Jun
Does Microsoft backup my data in Office 365? Do I need more or additional backup?
A new reader question came in, and frankly it's one that I hear a lot. I'm sure I have smatterings referring to this issue in other articles, but this one should stand to clear up the questions once and for all--this will be something I can point people to moving...
17Jun
Updated Licensing Graphics
With the recent changes to Microsoft 365 Business (which now includes Conditional Access--hooray!), it was time to dust off the old licensing guide page, which is also linked on the top banner of my site. Here are the resulting images which were updated just this month, describing each of the major...
11Jun