Author name: Benoit HAMET

Windows 10 – Black Screen on startup Part 2

Some days ago, I made a post about getting black screen on startup with Windows 10 and I was saying I may have found this was due to the Graphics Tools feature (see http://blog.hametbenoit.info/2015/09/14/windows-10-black-screen-after-starting/) Today, I made new discovery. In fact, it seems it has nothing to do with the Windows features but with the […]

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Windows Phone – Groups app is now available for Windows Phone

As you may already know, Microsoft has started to deploy a new feature called Groups on Exchange Online – and which will be also available with Exchange 2016. To simplify a little bit, the Groups feature is aimed to replace Site Mailbox and Distribution List by allowing end users to create a SharePoint site to

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Office 365 – Trust and Compliance Center

Regulatory compliance and business risks management are becoming more and more important; particularly when you use cloud services like AWS or Office 365. To make your risk manager or compliance officer a better life, Microsoft is now delivering a dedicated portal called Office 365 Service Trust Portal. This portal will give relevant compliance reports for

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Exchange – Cumulative Update 10 for Exchange 2013 is now available

I usually did not post this information as this pretty simple to get it; however, I’m making exception for this one as this is a really important one. As you may be aware, Exchange 2016 is coming soon. So, what about the relation with this Exchange 2013 CU10 and Exchange 2016? Well, if you are

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Windows 10 – Black screen after starting

UPDATE – September 24th – see http://blog.hametbenoit.info/2015/09/25/windows-10-black-screen-on-startup-part-2/ Since last September 11th, I have been running into a major issue with Windows 10. No matter what, always got black screen after startup. I tried all recovery methods – including what was found on the internet and which was mostly related to the preview builds. The only

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Conference – I’ll be speaking at the Collab365 Global Conference

I have the pleasure to be one of the various speakers around the globe which will speak during the Collab365 Global Conference on October 7th with session both live and pre recorded. 24 Hours of Office365, SharePoint, Azure and more!! This is the event for 2015 if you want to gain in depth insights from

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Windows 10 – Remote Desktop Client Logon attempt failed

Since the upgrade to Windows 10 RTM (and even with the new 10525 build for Fast update users), the remote desktop client keeps using MicrosoftAccount as domain when you use UPN format to logon (user@domain) – as you can see in the screenshot below So off course, you always get The logon attempt failed error,

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Windows 10 / Office 365 / SharePoint– SharePoint does not like Edge

As you know, Microsoft has released about a week ago his new client operating system, Windows 10, which includes a new web browser called Edge. You have to be aware that Edge and SharePoint do not like each others. Many of the features available on SharePoint (both On Premises and Online) are not available with

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Office 365 – Phantom mobile device

I have been playing with the Mobile Device Management feature for Office 365 for some time already – since it has been in technical preview. I registered many devices running on different OS (Windows, Windows Phone, Windows 10 Tech Preview, Android..) but recently I discovered a rogue/phantom device in the Office 365 Mobile Device Management

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Intune – Azure Authenticator App will be mandatory for Android devices

If you are using Microsoft Intune as client and/or device management solution, you have to be aware that Microsoft will make the Azure Authenticator app a requirements for Android devices in September 2015. You can opt out this requirements using the Intune management portal through the Mobile Device Management\Android If you opt out you need

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