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Azure – Use Azure Backup Server to backup your Exchange On Premises

To perform the following steps you must first have installed and configure Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS); you can check http://blog.hametbenoit.info/2017/07/03/azure-install-and-configuration-of-azure-backup-server/ to do so Define a protection group for Exchange server The MABS agent must have been deployed first on all Exchange servers Once the agent has been deployed you can create the protection group […]

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Azure – Azure Backup Server adding Azure Recovery Vault to the console

Once you have installed and configured Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MBAS) and started to define protection groups to perform backups and save it to the cloud, you will need to add the Azure Recovery Vault used to save the backups to your MABS console. First you need to re download the credentials file as the

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Azure – Install and configuration of Azure Backup Server

With the release of the v2 of Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) which supports Windows Server 2016, here is post to install and configure it – on Windows Server 2016 of course. Azure Configuration Connect to your Azure tenant with a global administrator account to create a Recovery Vault Browse to reach the Recovery Services

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Yammer – Integration with Skype for Business

Starting now for first release tenant and then mi July, Yammer is integrating with Skype for Business. Finally Microsoft is really integrating Yammer with his own product and start replacing duplicate features with the best. So the Yammer IM chat is going to be removed and you will get the Skype icon in the navigation

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Azure AD Connect – You can now update ADFS certificate, change the Source Anchor and grant SendOnBehalf permissions

After installing the latest version of Azure AD Connect (1.1.553.0), you will have the ability to update use it to update your ADFS Certificate (if you use AAD Connect to configure ADFS) as well as the ability to change the Source Anchor without having to reinstalling. Also a good news for Exchange Hybrid configuration, the

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Azure AD Connect – You need to upgrade your Azure AD Connect if using password write-back

Microsoft has released a security bulletin related Azure AD Connect. If you are using password write-back you need to upgrade it to the version 1.1.553.0 (released this June) urgently as you are vulnerable to a vulnerability which could allow attackers to reset passwords. Details about the security bulletin here: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/4033453.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396 Download the latest version of

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Exchange Online – A new PowerShell command to cancel all future meetings

A new PowerShell command has been made available on Exchange Online only. This command allows you to cancel all future events (meetings) for a mailbox (user or resource). This will automatically cancel the invitation to all attendees; this can be quite helpful when somebody leaves the company and did not cancel the meetings (especially the

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Azure – New version of Azure Backup Server

A new version of Azure Backup Server (v2) has been made available for download. Azure Backup Server allows you to backup On-Premises services like SQL, Exchange, SharePoint or Windows clients to Azure. This version now supports Windows Server 2016 workloads and ReFS (Resilient File System). You can download it from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=55269

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Office 365 – Microsoft Forms is now available to non Edu tenant

Microsoft Forms, the solution to create web forms, is now available (or will be soon to those not yet enabled) for all Office 365 Enterprise plans. Initially this was only available to Office 365 Education tenant. To check if you are enabled, go to the Office 365 Admin portal to the Settings\Services & Add-ins section

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