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
If you are running Exchange 2019 in your environment, including as part of an Exchange Hybrid setup, then you should be running the latest Exchange 2019 CU14 update. Exchange 2019 CU14 provides a number of important updates to Exchange 2019. You can download it here. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=105878 Exchange 2019 CU14 Extended 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
Microsoft have made various announcements about removing the last Exchange Server from your Exchange Organisation if you have migrated all mailboxes (and mail functions) to Office 365. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/Exchange/manage-hybrid-exchange-recipients-with-management-tools This is in the context that you still have Active Directory and Azure AD Connect, with all user accounts still mastered in Read more
Microsoft released Exchange 2019 CU13 in May 2023. Anyone using Exchange 2019 is recommended to deploy this latest cumulative update. This is also known as the Exchange 2023 H1 update. The major feature for this release is support for Modern Authentication, with the intention to prevent the use of basic 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
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
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
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
Many of my customers are still using Lotus Notes. But many have also decided to migrate off Lotus Notes to Office 365. There are question marks over the the IBM road map for Domino – will it be supported as an email platform in the future. Cloud 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
In this blog article I will share a useful tip on how to easily measure O365 migration success for your email migration project. In any O365 email migration there will be at least one major change when a large number of people have been cut-over to Office 365. Often, these Read more
Working as an O365 email migration consultant, it surprises me how many small businesses have their mailboxes hosted by their website provider. This article looks at how Office 365 can provide better value, and a better experience. Working with email migration projects every week, I have a low tolerance of Read more
GroupWise to Office 365 Migration GroupWise has been around for a long time, and for the record, I like it as an email system (server and client). The GroupWise product is still actively being marketed, now with Micro Focus https://www.microfocus.com/products/groupwise/ GroupWise is now at version 2014 R2 SP1. There are Read more
Introduction On a recent Office 365 Migration from Domino I was experiencing very slow data migration speed. The migration was being done using the Dell Notes Migrator to Exchange (MFNE). Dell offer very good advice on how to maximize the data throughput – in both their product documentation, and also Read more