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Azure AD Connect Cloud Provisioning Syncs Identities from Disconnected Forests

Cloud provisioning simplifies synchronizing on-premises identities to Azure AD during mergers and acquisitions.

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Getting Started With Azure Active Directory

Last Update: May 24, 2025

Azure Active Directory makes running one of the most commonly used and useful directory services easy to do and with minimal maintenance and overhead

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GET-IT Teams Day – Streaming is live

The day is finally here, Petri’s GET-IT Teams day event is live and you can watch the event with the YouTube embed below or if you want the full experience (and the downloadable content) – head on over to the full site.

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Surface Duo Hopes to be the Peanut Butter to the Microsoft 365 Jelly

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

A significant turning point in the Surface story is when the company realized that Microsoft is not an entertainment company, but one that excels at making productivity software. With that focus in mind, the Surface Pro 3 found its footing and the brand has been growing since the release of that successful product. Today, Microsoft…

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Analyzing Azure Active Directory Sign-In Data with PowerShell

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

AzureADPreview Module Gives Insight into Sign-in Data The Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID) PowerShell module (now renamed the Azure Active Directory PowerShell for Graph module) comes in two versions. The general availability version is intended for production while the preview version (AzureADPreview) contains the cmdlets from the general availability version plus some…

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Improving the New Employee Onboarding Experience with SharePoint Online

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Improving the new hire experience has long been a topic of conversation…and it IS an “experience” now isn’t it? Culture is so important, with the hiring market being so competitive for talented hires, the first few days with an organization can make or break a new employee’s opinion

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Decision Point: Exchange 2016 Exits Mainstream Support Soon

Last Update: Jun 27, 2025

Put October 13 In Your Diary Time passes and products age, except in the cloud where renewal is an ongoing process. For Exchange Server 2016, Microsoft is keen for you to know that it reaches the end of mainstream support on October 13, 2020. Extended support for Exchange 2016 ceases on October 14, 2025. Exiting…

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: August 7

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Because tik tok, tik tok, what do you do, Microsoft, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s bizarre pursuit of social networking, Ignite 2020 being split asunder, a massive reorg in the Windows group, a virtual Microsoft appearance in a virtual Samsung product launch, and so much more.

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What’s New for IT Pros in Windows 10 Version 2004

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

There’s not a lot new going on for users in the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, so who should consider upgrading to the latest feature update?

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What’s the Real Size of Exchange Online Mailboxes?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

The Office 365 Substrate uses Exchange Online mailboxes to store a lot of data that users never see. The data is used by the substrate for different purposes, mostly to make it easier for features to get to relevant information. Microsoft doesn’t document exactly what is stored, where it is stored, and how it is used, so we must poke around in the innards of mailboxes to see what we can discover.

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