In my previous blog post I reviewed how I’ve seen a trend in organizations migrating to the Microsoft 365 platform with the requirement of maintaining a consistent mapped drive experience for users. Before reading this blog, I’d recommend reading that blog post here to gain an understanding the difference between the past on-premises and Microsoft […]
Month: May 2022
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Understanding The SharePoint Online “Mapped Drive” Experience
As organizations migrate core services such as email, chat, and files to the cloud one of the most common requests that I’ve received during design sessions comes in regard to moving file repositories to SharePoint Online. “How do we maintain our mapped drives and the user experience?” Past Experience and Configurations In the past a […]
Bookings Personal Pages are Coming!
Outlook calendars have quickly become critical for organizations to operate as hybrid work has boomed in the last few years. The requirement to share calendar details has also increased as individuals and teams responsible for booking appointments require more information to make important decisions about meeting importance, double-booking, and meeting overlap. While this is somewhat […]
Microsoft Remote Help Add-On for MEM/InTune
Given that a remote assistance tool is built into the Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager solution (formerly SCCM), many customers have asked me whether similar functionality exists in InTune. Up until this point, third-party Teamviewer integration was the only option. While having the ability to integrate with TeamViewer is nice, not all customers have the required […]
Microsoft launches new Cyber Security services to help fight ransomware
If you had asked me 5 years ago what I thought of Microsoft’s security capabilities I probably would have answered with “mediocre at best”, but since then I have seen what can only be described as a change in mindset and a massive investment in security from our friends over at Microsoft. As a matter […]
Co-management from Microsoft Windows Autopilot
In my weekend reading, I found a post that talks about a new feature which is in development for Microsoft Intune. Enroll to co-management from Windows Autopilot With this feature, you will be able to configure device enrollment in Intune to enable co-management, which happens during the Windows Autopilot process. This behavior directs the workload […]