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On this edition of the Enterprise Dish, Azure has a new space connection, should you migrate from tape storage, and Rick visits a special place in Brad's heart.

On this episode of Enterprise Dish, Windows 10 has a couple of updates to the OOBE, Endpoint security is evolving, and Aaron talks about SmartDeploy's password philosophy. 

Image 1 Expand Those who listened to Microsoft’s virtual Ignite session on Supporting Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures in Microsoft 365 might have concluded that Office 365 tenant restructuring was about to become possible. It’s not. What’s really happening is that Microsoft is taking on the easiest parts of tenant to tenant migrations: cross-tenant mailbox migration (now… Read More

On this edition of the Enterprise Dish, Brad and Dux take a look at the news highlights for Teams announced at Ignite.

On this edition of the Enterprise Dish, Ignite was last week but this week we are talking Azure and the key announcements you need to know about.

Welcome to 48 Hours of Free Technical Content The annual Microsoft Ignite conference for IT Professionals was originally planned to run in New Orleans starting today. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Microsoft decided not to run in-person events through June 2021, and consequently Ignite 2020 is now a 48-hour online event run over three days… Read More

On this edition of the Enterprise Dish, Windows 10X has completed its circle, a few tips for hiring remote workers, and a re-org in Windows better aligns Azure. 

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… Read More

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?

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.

Slack's Odd Complaint I read the news that Slack filed a competition complaint against Microsoft in the EU on July 22 with a mixture of mirth and despair. Mirth because of the allegations advanced by Slack; despair because a company like Slack would resort to such a tactic. Slack’s complaint says that “Microsoft has illegally… Read More

On this edition of the Enterprise Dish, a few tips for Azure Storage Explorer users,  disaster war stories, and a major server patch.

Good Visibility Over Guest Activity for Host Office 365 Tenants From a host tenant perspective, Microsoft has done a great job with Azure B2B Collaboration, the foundation for guest user access for applications like Teams and Planner. External people can be invited to join groups and teams or share documents and folders (including now through… Read More

Microsoft has a very competent PR engine that is skilled at pumping news out that’s designed to thrill and excite people. We saw this happening in full flood on July 8 when Microsoft announced a set of improvements for Teams meetings. Now that the fuss surrounding the announcements has calmed down, it’s time to take… Read More

Office 365 Licensing Should be Part of Operational Reviews Many businesses are conducting operational reviews because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Previous standards, like the need for people to turn up in an office every day, have gone by the wayside as remote working becomes the new normal. Companies with Office 365 tenants should consider their… Read More