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M365 Changelog: Windows Mail and Calendar are becoming Outlook

Last Update: Jul 24, 2023

MC650424 – The Mail and Calendar apps for Windows are being replaced with the new Outlook for Windows. At the end of 2024 Microsoft will be ending support for the Mail and Calendar apps for Windows. The new Outlook for Windows helps people be more productive and in control of their inbox. Microsoft is excited…

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Stick or Stay: Should I Upgrade to Exchange 2019?

Exchange 2019 has been around for six months. It’s a good time to consider if on-premises organizations should upgrade or stick with the version of Exchange they run today. Exchange 2019 is a solid release, even if Microsoft’s engineering efforts are largely focused on the cloud these days. Of course, moving to Exchange Online is an option too, but perhaps not for the dedicated on-premises deployments.

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Update on Nano Server and Semi-Annual Release

Aidan Finn discusses Microsoft’s recent announcements about the end of infrastructure roles for Nano Server and the twice-yearly updates to Windows Server.

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Microsoft Releases SharePoint Workflow Manager for SharePoint Server

Microsoft has recently announced the release of SharePoint Workflow Manager. The new workflow engine powers the SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform and replaces the Service Bus and Microsoft Workflow Manager for Windows Server. SharePoint Server uses Microsoft Workflow Manager and Service Bus to facilitate business processes in on-premises environments. These components could be particularly useful to…

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Microsoft, Google, and Apple to Expand Passwordless Login Across All Major Platforms

Last Update: May 09, 2022

Microsoft, Apple, and Google have committed to expanding passwordless sign-in support across all major device platforms. The three biggest tech companies have teamed up to roll out the FIDO passkey technology to iOS, Android, Edge, Chrome, macOS, and Windows in 2023. These platforms already support passwordless sign-in standards, but Microsoft, Apple, and Google are now…

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How to use Stellar Repair for Exchange to Recover a Corrupted EDB File

Last Update: Oct 06, 2022

This post was Sponsored by Stellar, you can learn more about their EDB Recovery Tool here. Exchange Server is Microsoft’s enterprise email, calendaring, contact, scheduling, and collaboration platform. It is an enterprise-class server that is primarily focused on sending, receiving, and storing email messages for all of the users in the organization. The current version…

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Anti Virus Exclusion Guidelines for Microsoft Products

Anti-virus software is a great way to protect your machines against attack. Unfortunately they can sometimes interfere with software that is running on your machine; anti-virus exclusions fix this. In this article we discuss anti virus exclusion guidelines for Microsoft products.

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Install and Configure Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) in a SharePoint Farm

Need to maximize your hardware investment with tiered storage? Discover how RBS for Sharepoint can help! Learn to install and configure RBS in Sharepoint.

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UNIX Connectivity from Windows: Telnet, FTP, rsh, rcp, rexec and putty

As much as each software vendor would like it to be so, most IT environments are not homogenous. Most shops do not run Linux or Windows or Solaris exclusively. So what happens when a user on one type of system needs to interact with another type of system? To be more specific what should a…

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Add User Account Information to Active Directory Users and Computers

Last Update: Aug 12, 2022

How can I add additional user account information option to the Active Directory Users and Computers context menu? As seen in the Add Unlock User Option to Active Directory Users and Computers article, many of the daily tasks of a network administrator is to monitor user accounts, logo activities, password changes and account options, such…

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