Category: 4-Ideas

Body: ​ With so many Microsoft Azure solutions available, it’s possible that one solution might have gone by unnoticed: Windows Azure Backup. As its name suggests, Windows Azure Backup allows Windows to make backups to Azure. No surprises there. However, what might surprise you is what’s going on under the hood. Before I discuss how Windows Azure Backup works, though, I’ll give you a high-level look at when you can…

Body: ​ Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is a service which you can buy from Microsoft. They also offer a 1 month trial. You can use EOP with your on-premise Exchange as a mail gateway solution in and out. However, if you have Office 365 with Exchange Online, this uses EOP already. So you can make use of its features and relay mail through it using an IIS SMTP server. Why…

Body: ​ Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is a service which you can buy from Microsoft. They also offer a 1 month trial. You can use EOP with your on-premise Exchange as a mail gateway solution in and out. However, if you have Office 365 with Exchange Online, this uses EOP already. So you can make use of its features and relay mail through it using an IIS SMTP server. Why…

Body: ​A guide to where all your favorite admin tasks went in the new Modern UI                     Windows Server 2012, and now Windows Server 2012 R2, have added a huge variety of capabilities to the Windows Server operating system. In my opinion it’s a must-have upgrade. But like the first time I encountered the Windows 2000 Server interface after years of working with Windows…

Body: ​     Despite what the industry marketing monkeys will tell you, actual customers are more interested in the Private Cloud than any of the other offerings such as hybrid and public. Cloud concepts and processes are a huge value bringing cost-savings, performance, and better reliability, but customers want to build their own Clouds, in their own datacenter, instead of outsourcing much of their operations. Microsoft is one of…