Option 3 – HCL Directory Sync For AD to Domino, if you are brave, you could battle your way through HCL Domino Directory Sync. You would still need to decommission Binary Tree Coex and DirSync but switch to making your Group updates in AD and then back-sync them to Domino. You need to set up […]
Decommission Binary Tree DirSync and Coexistence – Part 2
Decommission DirSync New Users Depending on how your new joiner process is structured, you are most likely initiating user creation in Active Directory or an HR system that is populating Active Directory and other systems. Therefore, a new joiner request is already most likely being sent to the Notes Admin team or an automation process. […]
Decommission Binary Tree DirSync and Coexistence – Part 1
Now is the time Now would be a good time to bite the bullet and remove coexistence from your environment. Here we will talk about how you could achieve this. Why? Because on 1 September 2024 Quest announced that they will no longer support the Binary Tree Coexistence, Migration and Directory Synchronisation tools for HCL […]
Google to Microsoft 365 Migrations – Part 2
Addressing common issues with Google to Microsoft 365 migrations The migration discovery phase Like all migration projects, Google to Microsoft 365 migrations begin with a comprehensive discovery process – and we employ various methods to examine the Google Workspace when compiling our discovery analysis report. This report includes a comprehensive list of all domains associated […]
Google to Microsoft 365 Migrations – Part 1
Addressing common issues with Google to Microsoft 365 migrations With experience migrating close to a million seats, Nero Blanco specialise in Microsoft tenant-to-tenant migrations – so much so that our team have been described as “world leaders in Microsoft migrations”. We pride ourselves on our expertise in this area. Our projects have ranged from small […]
Working with the on-premises AD Recycle Bin
Generally in day to day identity management you would not often need to resort to the Active Directory Recycle Bin, but when you do, typically it is a high priority request and you find yourself having to reacquaint yourself with the commands you need. Accidental deletion scenarios Where we have seen the need to restore […]
Outlook Rules not running automatically
Recently we received a support request from a client regarding Outlook Rules for a shared mailbox not running automatically – but they would run manually by the end users. The had been running successfully up until now without issue. Being an Exchange Admin and Outlook specialist, I figured I would get this resolved in no time. Well it turned out to be a bit trickier than we had anticipated.
Inherited Full Access to Mailbox via pass-thru Delegation
A user logged into their Outlook and a saw an additional mailbox for a colleague that they had never been granted access to, and should not have had access to. On top of that, they had Full Access + SendAs.
Accessing Shared Mailboxes
Previously I wrote a blog about the ins and outs of connecting a shared mailbox and the benefits of connecting to it in Outlook a specific way. I’ve updated this here with the later versions of Outlook screenshots and a shorter version of just why and how. The original blog is here https://neroblanco.co.uk/2015/04/the-shared-mailbox-dilemma/ and to […]
Guest Account conflicts with Exchange Online
Guest Accounts not receiving email notifications In truth, this blog could have been called anything. Probably the Guest Account dilemma, but I have used that kind of title a few times now, none the less – it is a dilemma. This is a blog I have been wanting to write for ages, because it has […]
Case Study:- HSBC
PDF version of the case study. Otherwise, please continue to find full text below. Improve Productivity and Enterprise Mobility Globally by Building and Supporting Email Migration Systems Nero Blanco partners with HSBC to migrate more than 270,000 mailboxes to deliver improved collaboration EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As one of the world’s largest banking and financial organisations, HSBC […]
When is the right time to cut over your DNS MX record in a migration?
When is the right time to cut over your MX in a Migration? This is a question that is often posed to us, particularly when migrating from Lotus Notes and Domino to Office 365
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