During a recent Exchange 2019 deployment I come across an issue where Exchange 2019 setup kept failing on Windows Server 2019 during the readiness checks. The Readiness checks fails on the Web Management Solution Service that fails to start. The post will walk you through some steps on how to resolve this issue. The error…
Securing Azure Active Directory from PowerShell abuse Malware attacks are evolving and once common tactics are becoming a thing of the past. Attack strategies, like using a third-party hacking program or injecting viruses from external sources, are almost obsolete as they leave a distinct footprint. Most antimalware tools can now detect the presence of a…
Azure Conditional Access Policy to Allow access to Office 365 from a certain Country only In this post, we will go through the setup of an Azure Conditional Access policy to Allow access to Office 365 portal and apps only from allowed location. To get started we need to navigate to the Azure Admin Portal:…
How to allow users to Create Teams Public Live Event In this quick post, I will run though the steps to create a new Live Events Policy to allow certain users in the organisation to create a Public Live event in Microsoft Teams. You also have users saying they Public Live Event is greyed out…
How to create Tags in Microsoft Teams What is tags in Teams? a tag will allow you to use the @mention in a channel to reach a wider audience other than to use the @mention for the individuals name. You can add multiple people to a single tag. You can set a tag for a…
How to do a Forceful Domain Admin take over in Office 365 You can use the following process to do a forceful domain Admin take over if your domain has been added to an Office 365 Tenant and you have lost the details or a previous admin added your domain to a tenant and has…
How to run Multiple Copies of Microsoft Teams if you are part of multiple tenants In this short post we go through the process of how you can run Multiple instances of Microsoft Teams. This is especially useful is you are working with multiple customers. To gets started install Microsoft Edge Browser, Login to the…
Create an Azure Point to Site VPN using Azure AD Authentication. In this quick guide, we will run through the process of creating an Azure Point to Site VPN with Azure AD Authentication. These type of VPN requests are becoming more and more frequent as users are working from home. To get started, I will…
Stellar Repair for Exchange – Best Tool to restore the mailboxes with minimal downtime When an Exchange Server disaster strikes you need an application or a rescue tool that will make your and the user’s life easy and get back to your normal duties with minimal impact to your business. There are many tools on…
How to prepend Office 365 email subject when email is received from External sender. In this post I will look at how you can quickly append a warming when an email is sent from an external sender to safeguard your users from unknown senders. To get started, login to the Office 365 Admin Portal. https://portal.office.com…
How to request your Office 365 tenant data to be migrated to the South African Data Centers With the launch of the Office 365 services in South Africa, customers in this region can now request that their Office 365 core data at rest be moved to the data centre in South Africa. All new organizations…
Create an Azure Storage account using PowerShell In this short post, I will show you how you can create a new Azure Storage Account using PowerShell. To get started, you will have to establish a connection to your Azure account by running the following. Before we continue, you will need to know the following information….