FCC Rule requiring support for dialing 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Hotline
FCC Rule Requiring Support for Dialing 988 to Reach the National Suicide Prevention Hotline Introduction On July 16, 2020 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed rules that established 988 as a nationwide 3-digit dialing code for Americans in crisis to connect with suicide prevention and mental health crisis counselors on the National Suicide Prevention Hotline. The rule applies […]
Synced accounts showing “AttributeValueMustBeUnique” in Entra Connect
Synced accounts showing “AttributeValueMustBeUnique” in Entra Connect Recently I was asked to troubleshoot an Entra (fka Azure AD) Connect Sync issue. There were about 50 users account that were not syncing with a “AttributeValueMustBeUnique” error. Looking into the error the user ObjectID was conflicting with a device ObjectID. The user account was syncing from Active […]
Zero Trust FAQs – Summary of Three Webinars with Microsoft
Zero Trust FAQs – Summary of Three Webinars with Microsoft eGroup | Enabling Technologies and Microsoft completed a trilogy of webinars on Zero Trust. Several questions were covered live, but due to time constraints, this blog reviews and answers all that were asked. The blog also reviews the survey data from our attendees, which show […]
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 […]
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 […]
Is Microsoft 365 E5 Worth It?
Is Microsoft 365 E5 Worth It? The short answer…Yes! Microsoft 365 E5 is the “Cadillac” of licenses. It provides the most capabilities and features within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. That also means it comes with the highest cost. For a lot of organizations, cost is a top factor in determining which licenses to procure and looking […]
Mass Migrations to Teams Phone System
Mass Migrations to Teams Phone System Introduction When it comes to migrating to Teams Phone System, there are a number of different approaches. Some are slow and steady, some are by site or location (if there are multiple locations in play), and some are big-bang flash cuts. Slow and steady is often the preferred approach, […]
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: Licensing and Requirements
Microsoft 365 Deployment: Licensing and Requirements Microsoft introduced Windows Virtual Desktop (now called Azure Virtual Desktop or AVD) in three years ago and released it into General Availability two years ago. AVD allowed for a fully customized virtual desktop and application infrastructure in the cloud providing clients with multiple scenarios for deploying applications, personal desktop assignments, and multi-session desktop capabilities. However, it […]
