Category Technology

Export Office 365 Mailbox to PST

If you’re used to using an on premise Exchange server you’ve probably run the Export-Mailbox command to archive a mailbox now and again. Unfortunately, there is no officially supported method for exporting mailbox contents in Office 365 to PST via powershell.…

IT Policy is Not a Daycare

Bad IT policies are like Band-Aids on bullet wounds. They don't solve the root cause of problems, which is often bad management decisions.

IT Infrastructure: A Business Foundation

IT infrastructure is the foundation for executing business strategy in today’s rapidly changing business world. An ill-planned, aged, or under-developed IT infrastructure will hamper a business, forcing employees to continually work harder while the business loses ground. A well designed IT infrastructure is a platform from which businesses grow…

Finding the Server Address in Office 365

When Microsoft upgraded Office 365 from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013 they also changed Outlook profile server addressing. In the older version of Office 365 your Outlook profile server address was the same as the URL for Outlook Web Access.…

3 Project Management Lessons to Live By

During my tenure as a project manager, I have learned many valuable lessons about managing successful projects. Some of these lessons I’ve found to apply to my life outside of projects and information technology. Here are three project management concepts…

Create 100s of Email Aliases in Office 365

Occasionally I receive the request to have hundreds of email aliases added to a user’s Office365 email address – typically for software product testing. Creating the aliases using the web interface would be tedious and time consuming. Luckily we have…

RDP stops working on Server 2008 R2 after SP1

RDP Stops working on Server 2008 R2 after SP1

If you’ve recently upgraded Microsoft Server 2008 R2 and found that RDP has suddenly stopped working, you may want to check out security patch KB2667402. Apparently, if you’ve already installed this security patch, then install service pack 1, RDP will…