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Network Principles for Office 365 Connectivity

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Two simple principles are key for Office 365 network connectivity. Keep things simple and get user data to a Microsoft edge node as quickly as possible. However, some organizations insist on using VPNs and proxy servers to interfere with Office 365 network traffic, which slows things down and makes users unhappy. It’s strange that people haven’t gotten the message after so many years…

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Windows 10 Enterprise for Remote Sessions

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this Ask the Admin, I’ll look at a new Windows 10 SKU, Windows 10 Enterprise for Remote Sessions, that recently appeared in a Windows Insider preview build.

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Multiple Ways to Backup SQL Server in an Azure VM

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan dives into several ways that you can back up SQL Server which is running in an Azure virtual machine.

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Debugging Teams Clients When Something Goes Wrong

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Most of the time, the Teams clients run along without a problem. But like all software, they have their moments. Here’s how to attack the problem if your Teams clients start to misbehave, including how to give the Microsoft developers some feedback.

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Don’t Upgrade Crap

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Now that we have the SharePoint 2019 Public Preview in our hands we can really start getting serious about planning our migration. Last month I told you the 5 Things you Can do to Prepare for your upcoming SharePoint 2019 migration. Each week since then I’ve broken each of the 5 steps down to help…

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The Ups and Downs of the Deleting Microsoft 365 Users Wizard

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft issued a new wizard to delete Office 365 accounts last week. It has the normal quota of cute graphics and some glitches to boot, but the wizard gets the job done in terms of converting a user mailbox into a shared mailbox and reassigning access to their OneDrive for Business account.

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Turn On Windows 10 NTFS Case Sensitivity

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this Ask the Admin, Russell show’s you how to enable the flag on a folder and explain why you might need this feature.

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Modern SharePoint Web Parts — Weather Web Part

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Jasper Oosterveld compares the Modern SharePoint experience to the Classic SharePoint experience.

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How to Resize an Azure Virtual Machine

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

This step-by-step how-to post will instruct you on how to resize an Azure virtual machine, including changing the size within a series or switching the virtual machine to another series.

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Checking Exchange Online Email Addresses to Make Sure They’re Not Compromised

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

Scammers and spammers love having large databases of email addresses to use for their nefarious purposes. Your Exchange Online addresses might be in those databases, so here’s how to check the email addresses for your mailboxes against the Have I been pwned service (HIBP) using some PowerShell.

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