How to Accelerate Microsoft Teams Growth and Adoption
Sometimes, a change in administrative philosophy is necessary to really grow your Microsoft Teams use. If your MS Teams use hasn’t been as efficient or as under control as required, it may be that the Teams “default” administrative philosophy just isn’t up to par. Here’s what you need to know about the administrative management of […]
7 Simple Tasks All New Office 365 Admins Should Learn
As a new Microsoft Office 365 admin, there are some critical Office 365 common admin tasks you need to know. There are the first tasks that you should learn about; the tasks that you’ll find the most common as you maintain and manage the system. This is a review of common and easy techniques that […]
5 Reasons IT Professionals Use PowserShell for Office 365
A command-line and scripting tool for system administration, PowerShell is both a powerful and potentially dangerous utility. Through PowerShell, an administrator is able to control and automate administrative processes across almost any Microsoft product, including cloud-based services and server-side applications. Using PowerShell with Office 365 requires a privileged user account with the appropriate permissions in addition to […]
Disable Office 365 Group Creating for Users — 20 places they may notice
Microsoft offers many ways to create Office 365 Groups! Here’s a list of 20 places to make your Groups—have a look! OUTLOOK (ONLINE) *This is probably the most common way to create an Office 365 Group OUTLOOK (DESKTOP) SHAREPOINT HOME ONEDRIVE PLANNER TEAMS POWER BI MICROSOFT STREAM YAMMER THE ROOT OF A SHAREPOINT SITE COLLECTION […]
How to Manage Compliance in Office 365
How to Manage Compliance in Office 365 Is your organization appropriately managing compliance? Office 365 has a number of tools that are designed to aid with legal and regulatory compliance requirements, including SOX, HIPPA, and PCI, but they may not cover enough. Any transition to Office 365 should be planned with compliance management in mind […]
Why Your Company Needs Third-Party Solutions for Office 365 — An Osterman Research White Paper
Microsoft is attempting to deliver a cloud service that does many things for a broad range across productivity, security, compliance, and data protection. This is a significant task and has many complexities and inter-dependencies that must be traded off against one another. This Osterman Research whitepaper includes data from an in-depth survey that Osterman Research […]
How to Master the Art of Hybrid Office 365 Management
New, Live Webinar Broadcast on Thursday, January 31, 2019, 2PM ET/11am PT. How to Master the Art of Hybrid Office 365 Management Studies show that majority of enterprises and organizations will run a Hybrid environment of MS Exchange and Office 365 as they migrate to the cloud. Many will run this configuration for the long-term. […]
MFA Enabled vs Enforced – What’s the Difference?
Last Updated On: What’s the Difference Between Enabled and Enforced MFA | Understanding Office 365 Multi-Factor Authentication One of the top ways Microsoft recommends to secure your Active Directory and Office 365 is by setting up multi-factor authentication (MFA). Passwords remain the most popular form of verifying a user’s identity but are highly vulnerable to […]
Optimize & Reduce Office 365 License Costs
6 Methods to Optimize & Reduce Office 365 License Costs Trying to reduce Office 365 License Costs can be tricky. Microsoft’s Office 365 licensing plans are perhaps the most flexible ever offered. Whether operating as a large corporation, small business, non-profit organization or an educational institution, Office 365 provides options for each. But with this […]
Enable Office 365 Litigation Hold for Sustained Compliance
What is Litigation Hold and How do I Enable Office 365 Litigation Hold? Many organizations for Legal or Compliance reasons must preserve electronic records for a specific period of time; this almost always include e-mail. Both Microsoft Exchange and Office 365 offer a feature that retains e-mail so that those messages can be examined later if needed. […]
