Stephanie Kahlam

Microsoft 365 and SMB.

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Where is MS Forms Data Stored?

Where is MS Forms Data stored? Microsoft Forms data is stored on servers in the United States, with the exception of data for European-based tenants. The data for European-based tenants is stored on servers in Europe. Will MS Forms Data be stored in Canada? So far storing Forms Data is not on the Road Map …

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Calendar Sharing in an Exchange On-line Hybrid Setup

In an Hybrid configuration, while migration of Resource or Room Calendars to Exchange On-line works there are a few configurations that will need to be set with the help of Power Shell. Recently I performed such a migration and found that while the Calendars were available to both Office 365 and on-premises users, there were …

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Hide O365 Groups from Outlook

If you’ve got Office 365 Groups kicking about in your Outlook profile but you’d really rather not see them or have them there then use power shell to “Hide” them. There are two ways to “Hide” an Office 365 group; 1) from the GAL or 2) from the Exchange Client. First, you will need to …

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Add a ‘Room’ to a Teams Meeting Location

You just got Teams. You’ve installed the desktop app and you love it! It’s purple… life is good! Time to create your first Meeting. So exciting! But wait…what’s this? Why can’t you choose any Meeting Locations? And why is that error message not helpful? Ok now what? PowerShell to the rescue of course! Assuming there …

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Office 365: Some Helpful Tips

Ever Changing, Ever Growing and Always Offering More Some days in the Office 365 portal I see buttons or features that were not there the previous day. One day I swear I saw a new link appear right before my eyes. Don’t miss out on what Office 365 has to offer. With a myriad of …

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SharePoint Libraries NOT syncing after OneDrive for Business upgrade

What? You just upgraded your OneDrive for Business client to the latest version.  Nice!  But now when you try to sync your pre-existing SharePoint libraries you can’t.  Sad face…  And you get this really, really helpful message box (sarcasm) that says you need to update to the latest version of OneDrive for Business.  What!! So …

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New MCSA : Office 365 Designation

I recently added a Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate for Office 365 certification to my designations after passing two Microsoft Cloud exams. Iā€™m now certified in Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements, and Enabling Office 365 Services. The MCSA: Office 365 certification qualifies you as a SaaS and cloud applications administrator. To pass the exams, I …

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Rename Device in Azure AD and Intune

Scenario You joined a device to Azure AD then later on renamed it.  The display name is never updated in Azure AD or Intune.  The resolution?  Change the display name using PowerShell of course! Steps If you don’t already have it get the Azure AD PowerShell module here Once the module is installed open PowerShell …

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Limit, Prevent and Manage Office 365 Group Creation

Prevent Users from creating Office 365 Groups – OPTION1 Follow the link and for step 1 “Do not add users to the security group” This will disallow All users from being able to create Office 365 Groups. Only Allow specific Users or Groups to create Office 365 Groups – OPTION2 Follow the link and for …

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Azure Intune ā€“ Clear as Mud

It only took 3 support requests, 3 Office 365 Concierge techs, 2 Azure techs and finally an Intune Engineer to fill in the gaps for the points below! Point #1 – Groups previously managed in Intune portal are now being managed in Azure Point #2 ā€“ Groups that contained devices (mobile) that have MDM policies …

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