Use partner benefits in other tenantNew!!
Lesedauer 5 MinutenMicrosoft partners are not only allowed to provide licenses to their customers but also receive free licenses for their own use—known as Partner Benefits—depending on their status. These licenses may be used not only in the partner’s tenant but in all tenants owned by the company. Accordingly, some of the licenses can also be used […]
Microsoft 365 Migrations | Part 7: Choose the migration solutionNew!!
Lesedauer 15 MinutenThe migration process has been decided. Now we need the right tools to carry it out. There is a wide range of providers and solutions, but as always, it comes down to the details: This article provides an overview of some solutions I’ve encountered in my projects. Accordingly, the article should not be viewed as […]
Microsoft 365 Migrations | Part 6: Choose the migration approach
Lesedauer 13 MinutenIn the previous post, I outlined various approaches for planning a migration in general and discussed the key factors involved. However, in my projects, I’m repeatedly asked a specific question about the actual process: So how exactly should we go about this? Do we move everything over in a single weekend, or do we need […]
The Microsoft Cloud can't handle mass emails! ...Or can it...?
Lesedauer 9 MinutenEmail remains a widely used means of communication—even though it has since been surpassed by instant messaging solutions such as Teams, Slack, and many others. Many companies use Exchange Server, Exchange Online, or a combination of the two (known as a hybrid deployment) for this purpose. At some point, the need to send bulk emails […]
Microsoft 365 Migrations | Part 5: Technical Target Design
Lesedauer 7 MinutenOnce all organizational and legal requirements have been clarified, we can finally get started on the technical side. And this is no small task—depending on the scale, the systems and applications involved, and the planned approach, it can become very complex! Typically, adjustments to the project plan are made at this stage, if not earlier. […]
Scrooged - effective protection against Ghost Sender in Exchange Online
Lesedauer 8 MinutenExchange Online is quite flexible when it comes to message flow. For example, emails can be delivered directly to Exchange Online from external sources or routed through an upstream email gateway. The latter is not uncommon in companies. In the past, a third-party filtering solution may have been purchased and deployed for Exchange Server, since […]
Watch out! How sending from aliases can cause email filter policies to fail
Lesedauer 4 MinutenSending from an alias is a great feature! Gone are the days when users had to use multiple mailboxes (or set up a workaround via the IMAP protocol) if they wanted or needed to use multiple sender addresses for their own mailbox. This might be necessary in the following scenarios, for example: While Exchange Server […]
Should my Microsoft Cloud Administrator account be licensed? If so, when?
Lesedauer 5 MinutenOver the years, several best practices for managing administrator accounts have become established, particularly in connection with the Microsoft Cloud: “Security-related licenses” typically refer to licenses for Entra ID features, such as conditional access, Privileged Identity Management, etc. However, if your own productive user account already has such a license, the administrator account does not […]
Windows Server Summit 2026 | Part 19: Failover clustering: heart of the private cloud and datacenter
Lesedauer 4 MinutenAs a rule, servers are not deployed individually but in clusters to ensure high availability and to be prepared for the failure of individual systems. In addition, such clusters allow the load to be efficiently distributed across multiple systems. The core of such clusters is typically the “failover clustering” server feature. This allows multiple servers […]
Windows Server Summit 2026 | Part 18: Let's talk storage: NVMe, ReFS, and what's coming next
Lesedauer 3 MinutenThere have been significant developments in the area of storage for Windows Server. Microsoft is finally responding to the enormous performance gains in this area and now offers modern connection protocols. In addition, there are also several new features related to file systems. This article presents all the new features in the area of storage […]
