15Feb2019
12Dec2018
Adding Hybrid Exchange in retrospect (post-migration)
Sometimes organizations that have already migrated email to Office 365 using a third party tool or a cutover method would like to "go hybrid" and install Azure AD Connect after the fact. Usually the driving factors here are password sync and Single Sign-On with the local domain. To their disappointment,...
15Nov2018
Showdown: Exchange Active Sync vs. Office 365 MDM vs. Intune (MDM and MAM)
The Microsoft 365 platform offers customers not one, not two, but three distinct Mobile Device Management solutions (well, technically four, as we'll see). In my experience, most small business customers will be fine with nothing more than a well configured Exchange Active Sync policy, requiring basics like a pass code,...
09Nov2018
My three wishes for Teams in 2019
Everyone knows that Teams was a late answer to Slack. But it's done a lot of catching up over the last year or so, and is starting to gain some real traction now. Nevertheless, there is always room for improvement, so let's keep pushing Microsoft on this one. Now that...
07Nov2018
Configure alerts for your 365 Tenant from the Security & Compliance Center
If you have an Office 365 or Microsoft 365 subscription, then you should check out the Security & Compliance Center--there are plenty of tools in here to help you step up your game. Generally speaking, nothing is really configured by default, so if you want to be secure or compliant,...
25Oct2018
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...
22Oct2018
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...
15Oct2018
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...
11Oct2018
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...
04Oct2018