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Racing to Microsoft Office 365? Leverage the Power of Automation
Many organizations are rushing to the cloud and exploring new ways to manage remote employees. Office 365 automation tools have always been important for the purposes of productivity and efficiency, and they can be vital if you’re moving to the cloud faster than you’d originally planned. Here’s how Active Directory
8 Truths and Tips: Avoiding Outages in Azure Active Directory and Hybrid AD
Unfortunately, Active Directory data loss (in Azure, on-premises and in hybrid environments) is a harsh reality for many organizations, especially as threat of malicious actors breaching AD is on the rise. These business-critical services must be protected from costly outages and threats, which can stop users from getting to email,
PowerShell 7: the latest major update to PowerShell
Powershell 7 is here On March 4, 2020, Microsoft announced the release of Powershell 7. In case you didn’t know, Powershell is the automation platform and scripting language developed by Microsoft for simplifying and automating the management of Windows and Windows Server systems. In addition to the usual release of new
Creator of copy, cut and paste function, Larry Tesler, dies at 74
The inventor of Cut/copy and past, the revolutionary idea that makes your workday easier, was former Xerox researcher, Larry Tesler. Larry passed away Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. Join us in celebrating his life and his work. Read more about Tesler here.
5 Things You Should Know About Hybrid IT in Microsoft Environments
The hybrid IT model can play an important role in your digital transformation and data management, and this includes hybrid Microsoft environments. Simply stated, the hybrid IT strategy employs a mix that begins with resources in house. Nearly every organization has legacy on-premises computing resources. The second ingredient is cloud
Microsoft’s February Security Patches Deliver 12 “Critical” Fixes Among Others
Microsoft has released a hundred patches to Windows and other Microsoft software, including 12 vulnerabilities flagged as Critical, and 87 flagged as Important. Products such as Microsoft’s browsers, Windows, Office, Exchange Server and even the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool received updates (see Release Notes). Most of the critical bugs are remote code
Announcing Cayosoft Administrator v7
Major New Features in Cayosoft Administrator v7 Since 2013, Cayosoft has become a global independent software vendor that delivers exciting and innovative products that help organizations manage their Microsoft infrastructures throughout their journey from on-premises, to hybrid, to public and private cloud. Today, Cayosoft is excited to announce the release of Cayosoft Administrator v7 with enhancements from configuration to management. Here
Introducing Microsoft’s Powershell Module for Graph
At the Microsoft Ignite 2019 conference, Microsoft announced a beta version (V0.11) of the Microsoft Graph PowerShell module (available in the PowerShell gallery). The idea being to allow administrators to use PowerShell to call the Microsoft Graph API to interact with Exchange, Azure Active Directory, and other sources. Being able to use PowerShell with the Graph exposes
Microsoft Teams is Experiencing Issues—Working to fix
If you’re experiencing issues with Microsoft Teams this morning, don’t worry you’re not alone. Currently, Microsoft teams is going through some glitch & outage in several locations. We’re investigating an issue where users may be unable to access Microsoft Teams. We’re reviewing systems data to determine the cause of the
Microsoft Launches new Edge Chromium Browser
On January 15, 2020, just over a year after Microsoft revealed its plans to switch to Chromium, the new Microsoft Edge Chromium browser was launched across both Windows and macOS. Microsoft is gradually bringing the new Edge to groups of Windows 10 users through Windows Update before it’s fully rolled out to
Microsoft’s Retiring Skype for Business Online on July 31, 2021—What to do
Since September 1, 2019, all new Office 365 customers have been on-boarded directly to Microsoft Teams as the default for chats, meetings, and calls. But what about the customers that have been using Skype for Business Online long before this change? Unfortunately, the end is near. Microsoft announced Skype for
Windows 7 Support & Windows 8 Server Support end on January 14, 2020 | How to Prepare
The end of Windows 7 support is upon us and here’s what you need to know. On January 14, 2020, Microsoft will no longer update or provide support for Windows 7. To clarify, when Windows 7 reaches end of support, your computer will still function but Microsoft will no longer
Office 365 Hybrid Exchange Migration | What is it
Are you interested in taking advantage of Microsoft’s Office 365 Offering, without losing your on-premises infrastructure? You may need Office 365 Hybrid Exchange deployment. Through a hybrid deployment, you can integrate online Microsoft Exchange with its on-premises counterpart. Without 3rd party software tools there will be more to manage, but
Happy Holidays From Cayosoft 2019
Wow, 2019 — what a year! So much accomplished to better help our community, so here’s a recap in case you missed anything: From Cayosoft Administrator v5.4.2 to v6.4. Becoming a trusted source of industry information with over 50 blog post entries covering topics from general industry news, Microsoft
Retirement of SharePoint Classic and Delve Blogs
Beginning, January 18th, 2020, the classic blog site template name will change to “Blogs (retired)”. Beginning July 17th, 2020, the ability to create new classic blog sites through the user interface will be turned off. Also beginning January 18, 2020, Delve blogs, the feature that lets Office 365 users create