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Lync getting blocked by Sonicwall Proxy Access
Lync getting blocked by Sonicwall Proxy Access This one is hopefully pretty rare, but I was having issues logging clients into Lync online in their domain environment while outside access worked fine. I would constantly get “the server is temporarily unenviable” error below. This was a new migration so I first looked at all the …
Read onO365–Number 5, Number 5, Number 5 (apologies to The Beatles)
I’ve been getting one of our SMB customers organized with a new Office 365 tenancy and we’ve hit an “understanding” stumbling block that may be of interest to many of you smaller businesses (and larger ones, for that matter) that are mulling over the various O365 subscription plans. The stumbling block, in this case, is …
Read onO365 and DirSync– “Same Sign On” Sync between your AD and O365
O365 rocks but it can frustrate your users if they have to remember one set of credentials for Windows and another set for O365. I mean we all have way too many logins and passwords nowadays so why burden your users with yet another set of creds? Small O365 installs might get away with simply …
Read onO365–Enterprise vs. Midsize Plans, something to think about
One question that many companies have about Office 365 is “what is the difference between midsize business and enterprise O365 plans”? It’s a great question as it highlights one of the big backend differences in O365. You are probably already aware that Microsoft uses Exchange Server and SharePoint Server and Lync Server to provide services …
Read onO365–Delegated Admin–What is it and why would you want it?
We have had a number of customers that have asked about Delegated Administration and is it something that they want? I’ll answer this in the reverse order and say, yes, you want it! But, as usual, there is a bit more to it than a simple “yes”. Delegated Administration is the method that Microsoft provides …
Read onOffice 365 MVP!
I received notification late on June 30th that I have been awarded Office 365 MVP by Microsoft. I am very honoured to receive this recognition and more than a bit humbled. The MVP ranks are filled with some incredibly smart and very talented people, not the least of which is our (itgroove’s) own Sean Wallbridge, …
Read onOffice 365 Roadmap
Microsoft has released the Office 365 Public Roadmap which you can access here. This is a great tool to discover what updates are being rolled out, what updates/upgrades are being worked on and what is on the “map” for consideration down the road. The roadmap also gives you a link to see what updates apply …
Read onA quick tip on setting up your O365 subscription
When you set up an Office 365 subscription the information that you supply for the initial setup is critical going forward. The reason for this is your “permanent” internal O365 identity will be created as “something.onmicrosoft.com”. So, if you set up as “mytrial.onmicrosoft.com” and you decide to convert from a trial to a “live” subscription …
Read onWhat to do when Intune Agent gets “lost” on your PC
Intune is a pretty neat system for managing PC’s when you don’t have access to a full System Center and/or you don’t have any other management systems in place. Frankly, I think it’s a great tool to use for small business, specially so when you use it to manage Microsoft Updates, Microsoft anti-virus and, possibly, …
Read onA little “weirndess” with O365 two-factor authentication
This is an admittedly weird and probably not very prevalent problem that I stumbled on to today but it might help you if you are in a similar situation. We (itgroove) have recently moved from in-house Exchange and in-house Lync to Exchange on Office365 and a hosted Lync platform that links back to O365. We …
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