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It is an unfortunate fact of life that many starting and established businesses fail. It is even more unfortunate that in the COVID-19 pandemic we are seeing business failure at a larger rate than normal. As a result, many business owners must navigate the difficulty of dealing with the digital footprint of a failed business. […]
Sometimes a picture is worth 1000 words. In this case, a video takes it a step further. Several of us at work have been working on a community piece to guide people through Microsoft 365 Tenant migrations. The video was done selfie style with a lot of post-production work. Petra did a truly amazing job […]
Last week I had the great opportunity to speak on an Expert Roundtable hosted by Petri on Tenant-To-Tenant Migrations. This session had some serious experts and advice. My colleague Paul Robichaux and I were joined by Tony Redmond (Lead Author of Office 365 for IT Pros), and Gary Bent (Global Infrastructure Architect at Omnicom Group). […]
Client Impacts When migrating users from one tenant to another, the end user’s Office install will need to be reconfigured. This is regardless of whether you are moving the user’s domain or not. At Quadrotech, during my day job, we have a reconfiguration agent that performs these actions as recommended by Microsoft. It is the […]
Every organization has a different policy on how they handle Terminated Users. In an Office 365 Tenant-To-Tenant Migration, terminated users cause challenges. Terminated user policies are usually directly tied to the industry the organization is in, and the position the former employee occupied. In this article, we explore how to scope the issues and migrate […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This is the final part of a 3-part series on OneDrive For Business Sharing Policies, and their impacts to Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures (MAD). Review In Part 1, we covered How To View OneDrive For Business Sharing Polices In PowerShell & The Admin Center. This post can be found here: https://madmike.net/how-to-view-one-drive-for-business-sharing-polices-in-powershell-the-admin-center/ In Part 2, we […]