25Aug2016
22Aug2016
2016 Essentials Integration: Manage Exchange Active Sync Policies
Assuming you have already setup integration to Azure AD and Office 365, you should be able to start applying Exchange Active Sync policies to your mobile devices. Now, the way to add a mobile device into your Dashboard is really quite simple. Just add an Office 365...
18Aug2016
2016 Essentials Integration: Azure AD & Office 365
This post is part of a series on the Microsoft Cloud Services integrations that are included with Windows Server 2016 Essentials Experience. To begin we will connect our local on-premises Windows Essentials Experience Server to the Microsoft cloud by enabling the Azure Active Directory and Office 365 integrations. Please note that this is very different from using...
06Jun2016
How-to Manage Server Folders & Security in Windows Server 2016 Essentials
After setting up your domain and adding or importing users from an existing domain, then one of the very next things you're likely to do as an administrator of Windows Server Essentials 2016 is to setup your shared folders and permissions. Prior to this step, I also recommend enabling the integration to
12May2016
Scripting with ISE: Adding new LUN’s, part 2
When we left off last time, we had a small script that: Put an offline disk (disk #1) online Initialized the disk Created a new partition on that disk Formatted a new volume from that partition The script looked something like this: But that's a pretty poor script, because it only runs...
09May2016
Scripting with ISE: Adding New LUNs, part 1
In this series, we are getting familiar with Windows PowerShell ISE. My hope is that thru working in this application, more IT professionals will come to view PowerShell as a truly accessible (and indispensable) tool. Remember that the point of technology should include making your job easier--to allow you to leverage...
11Apr2016
How to Replicate Hyper-V VMs to Azure Site Recovery
We have already seen how to setup an Azure Virtual Network for less than $100.00 USD / month in our previous article. Today we are going to see just how easy it is to turn this network into a fully functional DR site using Azure Site Recovery at a...
07Apr2016
Extend Your On-premises Network with Azure Virtual Network
One of my favorite use cases for Azure Virtual Networks and Azure Virtual Machines is to create a secondary (DR) site for a fraction of what it would cost to build your own co-location. With one of the smaller-sized basic or even standard tier VM's to act as a backup Domain Controller, the...
17Mar2016
How to Enable Information Rights Management for SharePoint Online & OneDrive for Business
This is a four-part post on Azure Rights Management for Office 365. The Azure RMS service is a powerful tool that we can use to prevent data leakage and share information securely with users inside & outside of the organization. Follow along as we explore how to: Activate Azure Rights Management for Office 365 ...
14Mar2016