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Today, at an online event, Microsoft is discussing how technology can improve employee engagement and communications; we have embedded the live stream so that you can view the conference.

Since Office 365 appeared in 2011, Microsoft’s collaboration story has varied according to whatever technology is available. Originally based on Exchange and SharePoint, it’s gone through Yammer, Office 365 Groups, and now Teams. You’d be forgiven for being confused by the frequent changes in the strategy du jour. And now we have inner and outer loops to consider, at least according to Microsoft’s favorite collaboration slide. Here’s my take.

Aidan Finn shows you how to deploy an internal Azure Service Environment, which will share its hosted app services via an internal load balancer.

In today’s corporate environment IT administrators typically need to manage many different remote systems but it’s important to know the gaps in these offerings too.

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to get started with the Chocolatey package manager for Windows.

Exchange Online has two new PowerShell cmdlets to help administrators recover deleted email on behalf of users. You can now search for deleted items and recover found items without having to sign into a user’s mailbox, something that will be popular with both administrators and users alike. The joy of helping users find email they deleted and can’t find themselves…

Aidan Finn shows you how to deploy the “public” version of App Service Environment (ASE), where the app services are shared through a single, simple public IP address.

Learn a few of the best practices that businesses today are using for the hybrid cloud to make sure you get the most bang for your buck.

Owners of Office 365 Groups can delete groups if they want. Some don’t like this as it means that SharePoint site collections, teams, and plans are removed. The simple membership model used by Office 365 Groups is the cause, and while you cannot stop owners deleting their groups, you can take action to detect and recover deleted groups if necessary.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to use the file resource and manage permissions on files and folders.