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PowerShell Scripts for Office 365
As Office 365 admins we have the opportunity to use PowerShell for a wide variety of administration tasks. PowerShell scripts make it possible to automate complex and routine tasks, which saves time...
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Review of PST Flightdeck from QUADROtech
Disclosure – The author has been compensated to provide an honest opinion of the product in this review. You can read our full disclosure statement here. I encountered my first PST file on day 1 of my...
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Podcast Episode 16: Eliminating PST Files with Dan Clark from QUADROtech
My guest for this episode is Dan Clark, Chief Strategy Officer at QUADROtech. In this episode, Dan and I discuss the challenges associated with eliminating PST files and migrating data to Exchange and...
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Is 2016 the Year That You Eradicate PST Files?
This is a short excerpt from a new eBook that I worked on with QUADROtech, creators of the PST FlightDeck solution for identification, migration, and elimination of PST files. You can download a free...
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PST Upload using AzCopy.exe Could Not Finish the Operation Within Specified...
While exploring the Office 365 Import Service in my test lab I encountered repeated timeout errors trying to upload PST files to Azure using AzCopy.exe.[2015/07/26 23:26:36.206+10:00]...
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Getting Started with Email Archiving in Exchange Server 2010
In my first job in IT I was given an email address and a mailbox with a 20mb quota. Thats 20 megabytes. Unthinkable in today's business world, particularly when you consider Exchange Server 2010's...
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Exchange Server 2010 Mailbox Import Request Logging
Exchange Server 2010 SP1 has a useful feature for importing PST files into mailboxes. However if you've used this feature a few times you may start to encounter problems with the imports failing, such...
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How to Import PST Files into Mailboxes with Exchange 2010 SP1
In a recent article we looked at how to export mailboxes to PST file with Mailbox Export Requests for Exchange Server 2010 SP1. In this article we'll look at the process for importing PST files into...
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How to Export Mailboxes with Exchange Server 2010 SP1
Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 introduced a new method for exporting mailboxes called Mailbox Export Requests. This new method replaces the previous Export-Mailbox command. Before we look at how...
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Review of Mailscape Exchange Server Monitoring from ENow Software
When I give conference talks about Exchange Server, there are two stories that I like to tell. The first story is about the company that hired me to join their IT ops team as an Exchange specialist....
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Do You Really Need an SPF Record?
For some time now I've considered Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records an essential part of domain name ownership. As it turns out there's still some debate in tech forums as to whether SPF records...
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How to Decommission an Exchange Server After Office 365 Migration
In a recent article I discussed the requirement to retain an on-premises Exchange Server after migrating to Office 365 when directory synchronization is being used. That article addresses a very...
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Is Outlook for iOS and Android a Free App?
A recent discussion among MVPs and Microsoft reminded me of a question I was asked back when Outlook for iOS and Android were first released – is the Outlook app for iOS and Android devices a free...
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What’s New in Office 365 for August 2017
Office 365 for IT Pros, 4th Edition is continually updated with new information, changes and corrections. Customers who bought the book from this website can download the updated files from their...
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The Curious Case of LinkedIn Data Sharing with Microsoft Azure Active...
I have a long-standing gripe with LinkedIn for the aggressive harvesting of contacts from their users. I use LinkedIn to a limited extent for professional connections, but I'm always careful to keep it...
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Too Soon to Kill the Groove.exe OneDrive for Business Sync Client?
Over at the Microsoft Technical Community, a forums member asks: A colleague reported not being able to sync using OneDrive for Business using the older groove.exe app today. I tried myself and got the...
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What Can Microsoft Intune See On Your Managed Mobile Devices?
When mobile device management is being used there are often concerns by end users about what the company can see on their mobile devices. For most people the concerns are around private information...
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Managing Adoption of Office 365 by Controlling Access to Apps
A reader asked me how to limit access to Office 365 services so that their organization can migrate to Exchange Online first, and then gradually adopt more services over a period of time. That's a...
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Review of Mailscape 365 Office 365 Monitoring from ENow Software
During my career, I’ve worked in many internal operations teams. I've also worked alongside ops teams when I’ve been delivering projects to customers. Over the years I’ve seen a broad range of...
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Removing On-Premises Exchange Servers after Migrating to Office 365
For some customers after a migration from on-premises Exchange Server to Exchange Online there is a desire to completely decommission the on-premises Exchange servers. Whether it can actually be done...
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