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Last week I had to coordinate a meeting with nine people across three companies and seven time zones. This common struggle has been solved with Microsoft FindTime for some time, but so many people do not know about it! Finding a time to meet is a widespread issue in global teams across companies. This is […]
Most of us these days are struggling with time. Balancing work, family, housework, and a healthy lifestyle is demanding. One item that helps keep our house centred is meal prep & planning. Each Saturday morning, I plot out meals for the week and make a list. This process helps ensure that we are meeting our […]
This article discusses implied violence and may be upsetting to some readers. Happy Pride everyone! Last year MADNick and I discussed how to be a good ally of the LGBTQI+ community. That amazing post can be found here: https://madmike.net/pride-2021-supporting-lgbtq-persons-at-pride-year-round/ The year before, we discussed the importance of being visible and shared our fantastic wedding vows. […]
Updated May 2, 2022 If you are looking for guidance on what is in a message header and how to interpret a message header, check out my article here: https://madmike.net/what-is-an-email-message-header/ This article shows how to read an email message header. With 345 million active users in Office 365, Office 365 & Outlook remain the top […]
What is a Message Header? Reading a message header is a simple and necessary skill for Office 365 & Exchange Admins. These days it is becoming less and less common. However, it certainly is one of those skills that you need when issues pop up. We often had to review message headers with on-prem […]
An important part of troubleshooting issues with Office 365 is confirming the service is healthy. While most problems are related to single users or configurations, outages occasionally happen. While this article isn’t some of my more groundbreaking content, I often get asked how I monitor outages & health in Office 365. When people complain something […]
Growing up this recipe was the go-to item my mother made when we went to picnics. Sometimes paired with the secret potato salad recipe, these treats rolled up with us in the single door 1987 Dodge Caravan. In the sea of chocolate brownies, often Betty Crocker mixes (no shade) these always stuck out in just […]
On October 5, 2021, the Microsoft Exchange Team BLOG posted a notice about Upcoming API Deprecations for EWS in Exchange Online. The article included some API commands becoming end of life. However, the true shock was a statement that on September 30, 2022, no new Application Registrations would be allowed. The key statement was this: […]
I had the wonderful opportunity to speak at a great meetup in Manchester, UK a few days ago. The Microsoft Cloud User Group has some fantastic gatherings coming up, and I highly recommend all my UK friends take advantage of them. They are excellent networking events. In this post, I will review what I covered […]
When the magical box arrived with my MVP award, I quickly found a place to unbox it. A quick decision for a backdrop had to be made: The Laundry Pile with dirty gym clothes or the Tea Set on The Hutch. I made the right call, and I got several comments on the Tea Set. […]