While most organizations operate a single Microsoft 365 tenant, there are cases where multiple tenants need to work very closely together. In this article, Sean McAvinue explains five ways to make the cross-tenant collaboration experience easier for end users and when to use each.
Microsoft 365 user accounts have user principal names (for sign in) and primary SMTP addresses (to receive email). Is it a good idea to reuse user principal names or SMTP addresses that become available when an employee leaves the organization. It might seem like a good idea, but it's really not and should be avoided. We explain why here.
On this episode of the Practical 365 podcast, Rich and Paul talk about Microsoft 365 Copilot GA, The Experts Conference, Microsoft Ignite being sold out, and Exchange Web Services retiring soon.
Has the Microsoft Cloud Killed On-Premises Servers? Well... Thats up for debate! And that is exactly what Tony Redmond and Greg Taylor did at TEC 2023. This blog goes over main points from their debate, while providing some insights to help you decide if you should be moving to the cloud.
At the TEC 2023 conference in Atlanta, Greg Taylor (Microsoft) analyzed the four-year project he led to remove basic authentication from Exchange Online. Microsoft will reuse the methods and tools developed for this project when it removes other features from Microsoft 365.
In this article, Damian Scoles discusses what DNS records should be in place for Exchange Online, why these records are needed, and how to validate that DNS is properly configured.
A Multi-Forest Hybrid Exchange scenario is complicated and requires extensive planning. In this article, we discuss some good practices to help organizations prepare for a Hybrid Exchange Online sim in a multi-forest environment, including collapsing the ERF to create a simplified environment.
In this blog, Becky Cross reviews some key Takeaways and next steps from the recent TEC Talk: What to Do About Exchange On-Premises After Microsoft Starts to Block Messages.
Microsoft 365 makes it easy for administrators to get mail activity usage data for users. However, if you want to know which domains are sending most mail, you need to do some work. In this article, we cover how to use cmdlets from the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK to create reports about user mail activity over time and the traffic sent by different domains.
From mid-August 2023, Exchange Online will enforce the action defined in the sender DMARC policy for inbound messages detected as spoof (by spoof intelligence). Tenants have the chance to amend their anti-phishing policy to decide what to do with these messages. I favor an outright rejection.
This article serves as a step by step guide on how to build an Azure function to retrieve mailbox permissions for Exchange Online.
With all the fuss about the new EAC, it's good to note features that still aren't available in the online version. Like how to export mailboxes to PST files. I don't normally like doing anything with PSTs, but sometimes you must grit your teeth and use what's available. In this article, we explain how to use a content search to export the contents of a user mailbox to a PST file.
