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Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7

My daily work with Microsoft 365 includes not only Microsoft Teams Enterprise Voice (or Microsoft Teams Phone as it is

Migrate Fileserver to SharePoint online with Microsoft Teams - and make it accessible in the File Explorer

Microsoft Temas is becoming more and more the central working point where, regardless of the industry, companies are focusing more

How to handle domains during a Tenant migration

It’s now already some years I am supporting companies with their journey to the cloud. Having read the Microsoft announcment

The Rising Cybercrime Threat and the Imperative of Robust Password Policies

In today’s digital landscape, businesses are increasingly grappling with the repercussions of cybercrime. Cyberattacks are escalating in frequency, and the

Announcement and teaser for the Cloudeight virtual Summit on November 13

We are currently in the planning phase for the second cloudeight virtual summit, which will take place on November 13th.

Designate Teams admin roles

In this article I would like to take a closer look at the different Microsoft Teams Admin roles. My

Intune Deploy Win32 applications - public preview

Seems like Microsoft really cares a lot about the ideas that users post on the Intune Feedback page. 🙂

Brief how-to: Enable MFA for Office 365

Here is another article before my Ignite journey this year. 🙂 Today I want to write about activating multi factor

Transfer FSMO Roles by PowerShell

If FSMO role holder DC goes under upgradation process or down, we think about FSMO roles as its important and

MFA with Microsoft Authenticator App for OWA

In one of my last articles, I wrote about installing, customizing and about the functionality of the ADFS servers. Today

Sixth Time's the Charm: Honored to Be Named Microsoft MVP Again!

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been awarded the prestigious Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the sixth year

Cloud8 virtual Summit

The first Cloud8 virtual event will take place on May 22. Here in this article I describe briefly what it

Microsoft Ignite Splitter | Day 4

Day four has just ended, it was a long one. I look back to the Universal Studios party back as

Choosing the right .NET version for your exchange environment

Before you install Exchange 2016, you need to review the topic to ensure that your network, hardware, software, clients, and

#MVPbuzzChat with Christian Buckley

For the Episode 233 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series, I was invited by my fellow M365 Apps & Services MVP

Add or change Azure administrator roles that manage the subscription or services

You can change the Azure administrator that manages your Azure subscription or manages the Azure services used in your subscription.

Microsoft Teams and Telephony

Along with emailing and chatting, telephoning is one of the most important communication tools of our time. Even more, long

Mail encryption issues with PGP and S/MIME (high importance)

PGP and S / MIME encryption is not nearly as reliable as expected. Inadequate standards, outdated technology, and malicious programs

Enabling Audit Logs in Office 365 Security and Compliance

After an organization has deployed Office 365, the companies’ administrator roles will be changed. Each company needs an administrator, who

Phishing attack simulation in Exchange online - Part one

Prolog One of the biggest dangers in the industry for IT professionals is attacks on their own company network. There

Office 365 Multi-Geo

In the last general availability Microsoft has finally launched the Multi-Geo option for Exchange online. So, what that means for

Export all Distribution Group and All members in one CSV or/and delete empty Distribution Groups

In some situations we have to Export all the Distribution group and all the members of it to a CSV

Restarting Stopped Services with PowerShell

Last weekend I had to work on a change request in a company. Our guys from the network team had

Migrate from Gmail to Office 365

There are many articles in the field about migrating from on-premise Exchange to Office 365, but how about migrating from

Block inbound calls

As Microsoft Teams continues to replace conventional telephony systems, there are more and more tasks to be done in this

Office 365 Ports and Firewall Challenges

In this article I would like to talk about the deployment of Office 365. We can prepare, automate, customize, etc.

Automated ADFS setup - with WAP roles for Exchange and Skype

It is already some time ago that I have posted a PowerShell script to the community. So I thought why