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Microsoft Begins Email Address Internationalization
Global Economy, Global Addresses Expected within the next few months, Microsoft will take the first steps of enabling Email Address Internationalization (EAI) support in Office 365. EAI is a broad category encapsulating any non-English typography; from diacritical marks to complete scripts, any written language may eventually be usable in Microsoft email addresses and thus Active Directories.
January Brings Improved SharePoint to Office 365
Migrate & Administrate Efficiently Using SharePoint gets a lot easier for Microsoft hybrid enterprises this month. Easing the way to the cloud, the SharePoint Migration Tool has been released to general availability, promising to migrate even large-scale SharePoint document libraries with a simple wizard-like tool. On top of that, dramatic improvements have been made to the SharePoint Migration Assessment Tool, which hones
Cross-Platform PowerShell Core 6.0 Released
A More Powerful Shell As of January 10, PowerShell Core 6.0 is now available for general use in production environments. Not only is this version cross-platform, available for Windows, Linux, macOS, and a variety of less common OSes, but is also not even tied to Windows in particular, having been developed on the open source .NET Core platform.
Building Office 365 Client Access Policies
Tuning Tenant Security and Compliance A major feature of Office 365 lies in how it allows users to access it from practically any device with an internet connection. Compliance with governmental or internal regulations, however, can oftentimes require stricter security policies than what default Office 365 supplies. With attention and a Client Access Policy, you can customize who can access which Office 365 services, from where
A Better Buggy Beta – PowerShell Module for Teams
Scripting for Success Microsoft’s PowerShell scripting module for Teams updated to version 0.9.1 last December, but as Tony Redmond points out in a recent article, it’s still infested with both bugs and design flaws. That doesn’t stop him, however, from jumping into a variety of useful cmdlets for the module,
Microsoft Expands Azure Hybrid Enterprise Capability
Hybrid Enterprise Momentum Not even a year after Google invested millions in hybrid storage vendor Avere Systems, Microsoft swooped in last week to snatch the company for itself. Avere specializes in high-performance computing and storage, often a priority for large enterprises in a hybrid environment. With this purchase, Microsoft will
Microsoft changes plan to charge for Office 365 Inactive Mailboxes, for now.
Microsoft changes plan to charge for Office 365 Inactive Mailboxes, for now. Tony Redmond posted an article that explained Microsoft’s current thinking on Inactive Mailboxes. Inactive mailboxes are critical for data retention for former employees and shared resources so that they can be accessed later if needed. It is understandable
WEBINAR: Advanced Office 365 License Management
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Office 365 License Assignments may exceed available licenses and trigger a license purchase
No stops for increasing license costs About a week, ago I noticed there was a change to the way Microsoft enforces their licenses. Administrators are now able to assign a license to a user, even if the tenant shows there are no more licenses of that type available. For some
New Version of Cayosoft Administrator 4.1 Released
Cayosoft is pleased to announce the availability of Administrator 4.1. New features of this version include support for 2016 versions of Windows Server and Exchange, the most advanced Office 365 License Management solution and 90+ New Policies, Rules and Features for the Secure and Efficient Administration of the Hybrid Microsoft Enterprise.
How to disable a single Office 365 license option for all users without complex scripts or workflows
This post will cover how to Disable a single Office 365 license option for all users quickly and easily. As Microsoft updates tenant licensing they sometimes enable license options by default. This may not fit with an enterprise roll-out strategy and so you may want to remove that single option.
Microsoft PowerShell as Open Source
Microsoft Open Sources PowerShell, Drives Modernization and Opens Opportunities In a bold move to make PowerShell more appealing and more available for non-windows systems, Microsoft has released PowerShell as Open Source. At the same time, Microsoft also announced it will make PowerShell available on Linux one of the most popular implementations
10 signs an Active Directory Management Tool is a Dinosaur!
Existing Active Directory tools were created more than ten years ago – before AD hybrid became a mission critical enterprise requirement. Vendors made things worse by failing to improve and evolve their products turning them into big, unwieldy and expensive dinosaurs headed for extinction. Customers know replacing a tool takes work, but the rewards can be
PowerShell to Stop Office 365 Azure AD Connect Synchronized
PowerShell to Stop Office 365 Azure AD Connect Synchronized The Office 365 Administrative console will not allow you to delete objects that are synchronized with Active Directory. $credential = Get-Credential Import-Module MsOnline Connect-MsolService -Credential $credential Set-MsolDirSyncEnabled –EnableDirSync $false After disabling Synchronization you should be able to delete objects. If you are
Exchange 2016 Active Directory schema changes
Exchange 2016 Active Directory schema changes Exchange Server 2016 adds several new schema changes to Active Directory. Classes, Attributes, Indexes, GC attributes and object IDs should be reviewed carfully to fully understand what will be changed in your Active Directory. Read more on TechNet about Exchange 2016 Active Directory