Azure Active Directory Security Defaults—not for everyone
Microsoft’s powerful array of cloud offerings—Microsoft Azure, Dynamics, and Office 365—offer paths to business growth without the huge capital investment. Most organizations on the cusp of implementing and experimenting with those services may not make security the first priority in the quest for productivity. The first phase of the exciting journey into the cloud is to […]
Microsoft Azure AD Single Sign-on Now Free to Customers
Microsoft announced any customer using a subscription of a commercial online service can connect all their cloud applications to Azure AD for single sign-on (SSO), and protect this access with multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a security default at no extra cost. SSO reduces the number of sign-in prompts for employees and enables one-click access to popular apps, and it should […]
Useful Microsoft Teams Resources For Administrators
As newly remote workers flock to collaborate, and Microsoft Teams daily users surges beyond 44 million, both IT professionals and individual users are trying to quickly master the application. We’ve pulled together some helpful resources for Microsoft Teams administrators to use and share. Go right to the source… Microsoft There are so many options available […]
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 platforms. Public cloud services have […]
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 Business Online will be retired […]
Controlling Office 365 License Assignments and Costs with Optimizations and Advanced Management
At Ignite 2019, Our founder and CEO, Bob Bobel, shared with us a new feature to the Cayosoft Administrator product—An end-to-end license optimization solution for Microsoft Office. This solution looks at not only the usage within Office by specific users, it also knows the parameters to scale licenses. For example, a user can go from an […]
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 […]
Exchange 2010 Support Has Been Extended
The end of support for Exchange Server 2010 has been extended from January 14th, 2020 to October 13th,2020 to give customers more time to complete their migrations. This extension also aligns with the end of support for Office 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010. For those ready to move to the cloud, we recommend Office 365 and […]
Microsoft Teams vs. Sharepoint — Management Basics
For many years, SharePoint was the leading method of communication and collaboration within the Microsoft ecosystem. However, there’s a reason why many companies never experienced complete SharePoint adoption. Microsoft has acknowledged an organizational information overload within SharePoint: an overload that often makes it difficult for employees to manage and prioritize the information delivered. To combat […]
Top Ten Shortcuts in Microsoft Teams
It’s happened to all of us. We’re in an important call and a group of coworkers decide to strike up a passionate conversation. We frantically reach for the mouse in an effort to find the mute button but can’t seem to get there quick enough. This is just one of the many situations we can […]
