What It Means for Your Organization and How to Prepare Understanding End of Life support for Exchange Server 2019 and 2016 Microsoft Exchange Server has been a cornerstone of email and collaboration for businesses of all sizes for decades. However, as technology evolves, so too does the lifecycle of the software we rely on. Both

Why Exchange SE Makes Upgrades Easier Than Ever With Exchange Subscription Edition (SE), Microsoft's latest evolution in their Exchange Server line, an in-place upgrade is possible. This is literally just a rebranded, Exchange 2019 CU16. Which is why an in-place upgrade is available. Because it is just another Cumulative Update (CU) installation. Conclusion If you

Preparing Your Organization for Deployment Success Introduction Microsoft has officially announced the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of Exchange Server SE Edition, marking a significant milestone for organizations relying on on-premises email infrastructure. What Does "Release to Manufacturing" Mean? Release to Manufacturing (RTM) is the stage when a product's code is finalized and delivered to manufacturers

A recent question was asked about Microsoft M365 Copilot licening. Does a tenant need to license all users or is a subset of users available? M365 Copilot is like any other workload, you see the licenses in the admin center and can assign them to individuals or groups using the GUI or PowerShell. From the

For Microsoft M365 Copilot, you need to be on the Current Channel release of Click to Run applications. Monthly and Semi-annual are not yet currently supported for M365 Copilot. Therefore, if you are planning on rolling out Microsoft M365 Copilot for your tenant, you need to ensure you are on the Current Channel deployment. Will

I was recently working with a customer enabling Copilot for their end users. After the Copilot license was assigned, it took several minutes to have Outlook for Windows, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams to have the Copilot option appear. However, the Outlook for Mobile app was taking longer. As a first step (as always it seems

You can now relax the PowerShell throttling in your tenant, following these steps. Just like the EWS throttling change, you can do the same task for PowerShell. To request a relaxation of the PowerShell throttling, follow these steps. When logged into the O365 admin portal, simply select the ‘Need help?’ icon at the bottom right

Another day to reflect on the labor of system administrators. What will a system administrator job look like in the future. One guess is, more of a developer than a server administrator. A system administrator role in Information Technology (IT) has certainly changed over the years and will continue evolve. Back in the day, there

Up until recently, the process to get a relaxed throttling limit during an O365 onboarding migration, was to open a Microsoft Support case. This process is now available as a self-service option. During an O365/M365 data migration, there are several performance best practices to follow. But even after following the guidelines, sometimes the cloud service

Q: Where is Windows Server 2019 FFL/DFL? A: There isn't one. Since there was no updates or changes to the Forest or Domain functional levels of AD, there is not a 2019 level, but only a 2016 level. This is the information about Windows FFL/DFL's: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/active-directory-functional-levels This image also shows the various paths and options