A common migration scenario we are asked to help with is from GoDaddy hosted Office 365 migrating to a new clean Office 365 Tenant. GoDaddy have lots of customers, and many of them use their branded Office 365 plans for their business. This is convenient from a billing perspective, but Read more
TLS 1.3 was introduced back in August 2018. However, Exchange 2019 and Exchange Online do not currently support it. Windows 2022 has introduced support for TLS 1.3, but Exchange 2019 does not support it, so please do not try this as likely will cause issues for Exchange 2019. You need Read more
DANE support with DSSEC for Inbound SMTP Exchange Online Microsoft now support the use of SMTP DANE with DNSSEC to further secure inbound mail flow into Exchange Online. This is free for any Exchange Online licenced mailbox. Microsoft were going to only allow DANE support for E5 licenced mailboxes, but Read more
DMARC is a free email authentication protection control that is used alongside SPF and DKIM. When used correctly it provides an effective security policy to help prevent malicious actors from impersonating your email addresses outside of your email system. There are increasing cyber threats against email systems, and any organization Read more
Proper use of the SPF and DKIM email authentication controls allows you to also enforce the DMARC control to significantly increase your email security posture. Adopting the desired DMARC reject mode allows you to help prevent external parties from sending spoof emails from your email domain to anyone else on Read more
Introduction | GroupWise is Alive GroupWise to Office 365 migration project requests are still coming into my inbox. This is a surprise, as GroupWise keeps on dying each year. But then these requests keep on coming. GroupWise is dead, long live GroupWise…. maybe not, but you get the idea. See Read more
Introduction – Office 365 Security Customers often migrate their email to MS Office 365 without considering the change in security landscape. Migrating to Office 365 offers the convenience of a cloud solution, but we recommend focusing on cloud security at the same time. Security aspects of MS Office 365 are Read more
On a recent Google Gmail to Office 365 migration project I cam across a cool Gmail feature sometimes known as “throwaway addresses”. I enjoy finding out new things related to email – and this was a good one! In Gmail if you had the address test123.person@gmail.com then it Read more
Outlook Password Prompt Issue | Scenario Have you migrated to Office 365, and Outlook 2016 keeps asking for password and credentials? Are the repeated Outlook password prompts driving you insane? Is your confidence in Office 365 being eroded by the random attack of the Outlook password prompt? I recently completed Read more
Introduction When configuring Outlook 2016 client for Office 365 be aware that you may not be able to do this through the Control Panel|Mail icon anymore. On a recent Exchange to Office 365 migration I was caught out by this “feature” change from Microsoft. On Outlook 2013 you could happily Read more
Exchange 2019 migration might be required for various reasons. Exchange 2019 is the latest release of Microsoft’s on-premise mail platform. It will be part of the Microsoft Office 2019 set of products. Exchange 2019 is going end of support in October 2025, with Exchange SE replacing it. Migration to Exchange Read more
IBM have announced that the future of Domino is secure, for now. Through a partnership with HCL India, Domino will be developed beyond the current version 9, with Domino version 10 to be released in the near future. Read the IBM announcement here. There is the promise of new features, Read more
This blog article describes the different types of Office 365 migration consulting services you can use for your email migration project. O365 Consulting services are available in many different forms, and it is important you select the right type to fit your Office 365 email migration project. As an expert Read more
Office 365 migration speed is a common topic of conversation when migrating large amounts of mail data to the cloud. When migrating to Office 365 using a 3rd Party Tool (eg: Quest MFNE, Binary Tree CMTe) the mailbox data migration throughput can be slow. This is especially common for Read more
Domino to O365 Migration of Mailin Databases For a typical Domino to O365 migration, migrating mailin databases to Shared Mailboxes can present many challenges. How Sent Items are treated is a good example. In Domino if you work with a mailin database, then Sent Items are kept with Read more