Lessons Learned: Microsoft 365 Tenant Consolidations
Lessons Learned: Microsoft 365 Tenant Consolidations When two organizations merge, chances are a Microsoft 365 tenant consolidation will be in order. A panel of experts from our team with experience in M&A consolidations share some important success factors in this video. A written summary of the takeaways can be found below the video. Summary Consider […]
An AEC CIO’s Paradigm Shift to the Cloud
An AEC CIO’s Paradigm Shift to the Cloud Reflecting on my 19-year career as CIO for a top Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) firm, it was sometime around 2015 where my mindset shifted to cloud first. Leading a technology organization in a growing and progressive AEC company, I recognized that numerous things had changed, and […]
911 Expert Interviewed on Ray Baum & Kari’s Law and Microsoft Teams
911 Expert Interviewed on Ray Baum & Kari’s Law and Microsoft Teams John Miller, one of our in-house Teams e911 experts, provides a summary of how organizations should handle these important FCC regulations. One of them is new, and due on 1/6/22. https://youtu.be/vtZ9XDI-gMA Index: At 00:30, you can see the laws and what it is […]
Microsoft Teams SIP Gateway
Microsoft Teams SIP Gateway Capital expenses for 1000’s of new IP phones has been a top contributor to delayed migrations to newer phone systems, including Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams now has the capability to connect and utilize several legacy, non-native Microsoft IP Phones. This is possible due the recent announcement of general availability for SIP Gateway. SIP Gateway is a 100% cloud-based solution, no infrastructure […]
Managing Endpoints in Engineering, Architecture, and Construction Firms
Managing Endpoints in Engineering, Architecture, and Construction Firms We all know the expression “Time is Money.” This is so true in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry and other professional services businesses. If the firm’s engineers, architects, project managers, and other staff aren’t productive, the firm is not making money. In my 19 years […]
Windows 365 Deployment: Administrative Lifecycle and End User Experience
Windows 365 Deployment: Adoption Lifecycle and End User Experience With your Cloud PCs provisioned and deployed to your users you can now kick your feet back and enjoy the simplistic cloud deployment, right? Unfortunately, not quite. While it is true that Windows 365, being a cloud deployment, will greatly reduce the necessary administration tasks compared to Azure Virtual Desktop or […]
Windows 365 Deployment: Initial Setup & Configuration
Windows 365 Deployment: Initial Setup and Configuration In the first part of this series, we discussed the necessary steps to properly prepare for a Windows 365 Enterprise environment. Once you have done your due diligence and are ready to proceed with the deployment phase, you will need to perform several initial setup tasks and then understand the lifecycle of a […]
Compliance Manager, Data Loss Prevention, and Communications Compliance
Compliance Manager, Data Loss Prevention, and Communications Compliance Microsoft has made significant investments in its Security and Compliance offerings. These features give you the ability to protect sensitive content on your Office 365 platform as well as comply with regulatory requirements you might be subject to, but many IT organizations find adoption of these features […]
Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access Baselines & Best Practices
Azure AD Conditional Access Baselines & Best Practices Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) Conditional Access has a tremendous amount of potential and capabilities for organizations big and small. I like to think of it as the engine that runs Azure AD Authentication. It is a fairly simply concept, create a scoped scenario for your […]
Make Security and Compliance Your Priority
You run IT for your organization. You have a small team, maybe not in management’s eyes, but certainly in yours. It’s you, an infrastructure specialist, somebody managing the network, and another body managing your Office 365 tenant. You find that you are just keeping up with moves, changes, and deletes on O365, keeping Teams in […]
