Backing up and restoring data is a critical function that needs to be understood well. In this post, I’ve outlined the basic scenarios to get you started.
Category: Cloud
How to Backup Microsoft 365 Data to Azure Easily
Everyone knows you need to back up your data, right? Most folks do a fair job of backing up their local or “on-prem” data, either to an offline storage device or the cloud. But what about all the data you have in Microsoft 365? All of the emails, OneDrive files, Teams files, and SharePoint sites?…
Migrating to Exchange Online
Migrating from an on-premises Exchange 2016 server to Exchange Online can seem overwhelming, but doing it in ‘chunks’ makes it easier to plan and execute. Having done this a few times, I’ll show you how to overcome the tricky parts and avoid some ‘gotchas.’ Key Steps Prepare your environment Before beginning any migration, ensuring that…
Migrating to Intune – Mobile devices
Here we go on the next step on the M365 journey, and probably the first item to be done. Intune. Intune may seem like a small item, right? Certainly not as big as email or SharePoint right? Not so fast. Intune, is not just a Mobile device Manager, but rather a Modern Device Manager. This…
M365 Migration – Preparation
If you’ve been following along, you know we talked about planning your migration last time. Now let’s talk about the preparation that should happen before you start migrating things. A lot of the “how” of this depends on the size of your environment, the tools that you have available, or the budget to buy tools….
M365 Migration – The Planning Phase
We’ve all heard the old saying, “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail, ” etc. Yep, it’s true. There should be an addition that mentions planning well and thoroughly. The biggest obstacle to a good plan (besides laziness) is a lack of information about the existing environment. If you don’t know what you have, it’s…
Microsoft 365 Migration – The Beginning
There are lots of reasons to move to Microsoft 365. You can apply most of the same logic to Google’s Workspace (formerly G Suite) or Zoho Office, but we’ll focus on Microsoft’s Office 365 portion of the larger M365 product. There are many extras in the margins between Office 365 and Microsoft 365, and we’ll…
How a cloud service pays for itself in one emergency
Imagine this scenario: It’s Friday evening and a storm that was going to hit a nearby town veers off toward your corporate HQ. Suddenly you are looking at torrential rains and flooding of biblical proportions at your corporate HQ. Oh, and to top it off it’s your major stocking location for your national distribution business….