Window 1709 (Fall Creators) has a great new feature called Files on Demand. It is a OneDrive feature that we actually talked to Microsoft about at Ignite in 2015. Basically it makes OneDrive more like other file syncing tools, where the file names and directory structure is always shown but the file content may or […]
Azure Automation DSC Composite Configurations
While working on DSC for a client I came across the need to use Composite Configurations, however it needed to work with Azure Automation. Microsoft did use to say that Azure Automation DSC does not support partial or composite configurations, however composite ones can actually be wrapped up as a module and imported. After that […]
Allowing # and & in OneDrive for Business
At Microsoft Ignite 2017 they mentioned that OneDrive does now allow # (hash) and & (ampersand) but it needs to be configured on the tenant. If your current setting is NoPreference meaning Microsoft will roll it out when it feels like it. If you want these characters accepted earlier then it can be set with […]
Nero Blanco – Gold Cloud Platform
At Ignite this year Nero Blanco has reached another milestone in achieving Gold Cloud Platform status with Microsoft! Thanks to all of those customers that we do Azure work for today, and for all of you who want to but haven’t spoken to us yet 🙂
Nero Blanco – Silver Cloud Platform
Nero Blanco has reached another milestone in achieving Silver Cloud Platform status with Microsoft! Thanks to all of those customers that we do Azure work for today, and for all of you who want to but haven’t spoken to us yet 🙂
Microsoft 365
Microsoft recently released a new subscription called Microsoft 365. It is available in Business, Enterprise E3 and Enterprise E5 variants. The Microsoft 365 Business is effectively Office 365 Business Premium, EMS (simplified for Business) and Windows 10. The Enterprise variants add more configurable options and deeper insight. So why would you want to buy a […]
Office 365 new Inactive Mailbox Licenses
Important: Microsoft has decided not to go ahead with the plan. One of the advantages of gathering at Ignite is the chance to have some in-depth conversations about topics. Microsoft was gracious enough to understand that they need to do some more work to understand how tenants use inactive mailboxes before they should introduce new […]
The Banker Technology Projects of the Year Awards 2017
Did you know, Nero Blanco has a long-lasting relationship with HPe (Hewlett Packard Enterprise), BT (Binary Tree) & HSBC? For the last 4 years we have been the leading technology consultancy, developing and customising the back bone of the migration and coexistence environment for HSBC’s 300,000 mailboxes. From the pilot stage of the Mercury programme […]
Additional Mailboxes in Office 365 – More delegation woes
As at today we have an interesting problem and an open ticket with Microsoft Office 365 that is being escalated to Product Support. The scenario is pretty straightforward. Sharing a Mailbox via Full Access (no automapping) + Send on Behalf of Rights and attaching it in Outlook as a “New Account” (NOT as an additional Mailbox) […]
Outlook Personal Mailbox Delegation Wizard – The ins and outs
Unexpected Results of User Initiated Outlook Delegation Without getting too much into it, all Exchange Administrators have had to deal with this scenario at some stage or another. In my opinion Microsoft still have not address this very well for enterprise or even small customers. The whole end user experience is misleading, it creates the […]
Summarizing GDPR
You may well have heard about GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) but do you know what it means for you? The detailed information is found on the ICO website, but let’s summarize it for you Does GDPR apply to me? That broadly depends on the question “Do you hold or process ‘personal’ or ‘sensitive’ information […]
Introducing a new product Microsoft 365
At Inspire there was the announcement of a new product ‘Microsoft 365’. At the enterprise level this replaces ‘Secure Productive Enterprise’ which has been available in E3 and E5 SKUs. Microsoft 365 includes Office 365, Enterprise Mobility and Security as well as Windows 10 Enterprise. So not much new so far aside from a new […]
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