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15Dec2016
Office 365 Offboarding: Reverse Hybrid Migration to Exchange 2016 On-premises
Why would anyone want to off-board mailboxes from Office 365 to Exchange On-premises? Isn't that a bit like moving backwards? Well, I tend to think so, yes--at least in the SMB. But what happens when a mid or larger-sized enterprise organization eats a smaller-sized business through acquisition? In this scenario, it...
11Aug2016
Multifactor Authentication Server is not compatible with password sync?
I was recently asked for help implementing Microsoft's Multifactor Authentication Server for an on-premises Remote Desktop farm. There is a great resource on the web at RDS Gurus that steps you through this process. Just for the sake of doing my homework, I decided to read up on more detail on Azure's...
15Jul2016
How to create an Anonymous relay connector in Exchange 2016
Hey, somebody moved my cheese again... If you configured an anonymous relay connector in Exchange 2013, for example to allow scan-to-email from an MFP device or other on-premise application, you probably remember that you needed to choose "Frontend Transport" and "Custom." If you left it on Hub Transport, it would fail, since the binding...
02Jun2016
Why I have a hard time recommending Exchange on-premises
Not that long ago, picking Exchange on-premises over Office 365 used to be a thing. As in, there were legitimate reasons I might choose to keep a self-hosted Exchange server rather than go to Office 365. However, I think it's time to put those days behind us, once and for all--especially in the...
31Mar2016
Comparing Costs: Azure IaaS vs. On-Premises Server Hardware
Most people do not compare costs of running infrastructure in Azure to traditional on-premises deployments appropriately. To begin with, it is almost impossible to compare them apples-to-apples. For example: as soon as you deploy a VM in Azure, all of your data will be written into 3 different storage locations by default. If you select...
24Mar2016