The Cloud has come of age thanks to Microsoft
Ever since Satya Nadella became CEO, their push of their cloud solutions has been significant and tangible. From enterprise through consumer solutions, the Microsoft Cloud is everywhere. Here are just a few examples: Microsoft Cloud commercials, referencing the Lotus F1 race team and the city of Barcelona and featuring Microsoft...
Automate Mailbox Logon Reports for Office 365
Automating a Scheduled Report In my last post titled “Reporting Options for Office 365”, I mentioned scripting as one of the methods for obtaining data and creating reports for Office 365. One of the first things customers usually ask for is a report on what mailboxes are inactive. This is...
Reporting Options for Office 365
There are a few different reporting options available for Office 365 administrators: Built in reports accessed from the Office 365 Admin Center A downloadable spreadsheet from Microsoft that lets you see and query stats on Mail Protection (think spam and antivirus) API’s for using REST Reporting services 3rd party subscription...
Spring Forward with the latest Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online
The Spring 2014 release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 SP1 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Professional includes several enhancements and add-ons worth mentioning. For Dynamics CRM users responsible for marketing, the new Microsoft Dynamics Marketing (formerly MarketingPilot) is now an Azure cloud service that provides a very nice drag-n-drop visual...
Setup Auto Reply Message O365 Shared Mailbox
One of the advantages of shared mailboxes in Office 365 is they don’t require a license. Converting a regular mailbox to a shared mailbox after an employee leaves is a great way to keep the contents of that mailbox available without continuing to tie up a license. See my previous...
The Microsoft Project Pro and SharePoint Dance
In my last post, I talked about there being a time for everything and provided a few suggestions on how we can make the best out of the time that we have. One of those suggestions was to use tools like Microsoft Project Pro to list out and assign your...
Office 365 Federation Metadata Update
For organizations relying on Microsoft’s Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) for single sign-on access to Office 365, automating the process of renewing the Token-decrypting and Token-signing certificates, and updating the 365 Federation metadata is crucial to preventing unscheduled downtime for end users. When certificates need to be renewed, accounts designated...
Office 365 and DocuSign Partnership Announcement
One of the key ways to help “save our planet” is to reduce the amount of paper we use on a daily basis. This has been the goal of many organizations which they’ve achieved by using solutions like SharePoint for document sharing and SkyDrive for file storage. Going paperless with...