Author name: Benoit HAMET

Exchange Online – New options available to schedule a migration

An update has been deployed on Exchange Online which introduces 2 new options for the migration to Office 365 / Exchange Online using ECP These options allow you to schedule when the synchronization will start and when to autocomplete the migration. The corresponding PowerShell parameters are –StartAfter and –CompleteAfter; to be honest, I’m not sure […]

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Office 365 – Workplace Analytics, get more insights on how your collaborate

Microsoft Workplace Analytics has been delivered in GA (general availability) on July 6th. Workplace Analytics is available with Office 365 E5 subscriptions and as an add-on for some other subscriptions. Workplace Analytics use the power of Delve (and other services) to gather data and metadata on how your organization collaborates to highlight potential collaboration improvements.

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Windows Server 2016 – First Windows Server Insider build available

After announcing last June that Windows Server 2016 will also have his own Insider program and builds, Microsoft has released the first Windows Insider build (build 16237). As for Windows 10, Preview builds are not aimed to be production ready, so you may expect some glitch. To start running your own Windows Server preview you

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Azure – Public preview of Network Watcher

New feature is now available in public preview on Azure called Azure Network Watcher. This feature will help you troubleshooting/validating network connectivity. To start using it logon to your Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com) and search for Network Watcher Then you can start using Network Watcher to troubleshoot/validate your network. You can get the network topology, try

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Office 365 – Visio Online is now in public preview

After being in private preview for few weeks/months, Visio Online is now available in public preview. After getting GA later this year, Visio Online will require a paid license to create new Visio file; the viewing experience will be free. This will be available on per user basis. To start using Visio Online preview you

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Office – Presentation Translator is now available for download

It has been presented during the Build conference, and now this is available for download: the Presentation Translator You can download it from https://aka.ms/translatorpowerpoint and if you want to know more about it go aka.ms/PresentationTranslatorLearnMore     Once installed the add-on is available in the Slide Show tab If you hit the Translate slide or

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Office 365 – You can now pin Apps to the navigation bar

An update is currently being deployed (as usual First Release tenant first) to let you pin your Apps from the App Launcher directly to the navigation bar To do so, just open the App Launcher and right click (or click on the ellipsis …) to get the contextual menu and choose More\Pin to nav bar

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Azure – Azure Backup reports are available

In the continuity of my posts about Azure Backup Server, this one is related to setting Azure Backup reports (in preview currently). Azure Backup Reports will help you to aggregate backup reporting from different backup vault if you use the same storage account to give a global insights for your backup saved in Azure. Configure

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Azure – Azure Backup Recovery Services and Site Recovery will be upgraded

If you have Azure Backup Recovery services and Site Recovery services created with the ‘old’ Azure portal (https://manage.windowsazure.com), these services will be automatically upgraded to the new portal (ARM) at the following date: Azure Backup Recovery Services will be upgraded by October 31 Site Recovery service will be upgraded by September 1st You can also

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