I am someone with a common name. I have the great honour to be someone who gets hauled away for mistaken identity at international airports. (It is always a great welcome / welcome back) In any migration, Name Collision is a common problem that needs to be addressed during the planning stage. Common issues include: […]
Monthly Archives: June 2020
Rapid Adoption of Microsoft Teams In COVID-19 – Now What?
COVID-19 has rocked the lives of many around the world. In this post I am going to focus on some of the technical challenges related to Covid-19. In doing so, we cannot discount the loss of life and the impacts this pandemic has had on people. I hope this post find you and your family […]
Pride 2020
June is Pride month. For Pride I can think of no better way to commemorate it, than sharing part of my life as a LGBTQ+ person. So, in this post, I talk about my husband, MADNick 😊 (except he really is MAD for dealing with me and that pun). Many studies show the importance of […]
Are Cutover / Big Bang Migrations Our Future For MAD projects?
Moving to a new system has never been easy. In the last few years our technology and organizations have changed. This has fostered new collaboration, both in our tech, and how we operate as companies. As a Migration Technologist, this has created a big problem; Staged Migrations just don’t seem like an option anymore. In […]
Should We Migrate Mailbox Permissions in MAD Projects?
Although solutions exist to migrate mailbox permissions, we have to decide what permissions should move rather than just moving them over. In this post, I will cover the common considerations when deciding what mailbox permissions to migrate in MAD projects. First, let’s review the three kinds of Exchange Mailbox Permissions: Full Mailbox Permissions Assigned by […]