Your quick fix of all things Microsoft Cloud
Today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix is that starting shortly #Microsoft will begin the rollout of the “Set out of office within #MicrosoftTeams” capability.
With this update, you can create an out of office message from within Microsoft Teams desktop or Microsoft Teams on the web and the message will sync across your Outlook calendar, presence, and contact card information!
Look for this to appear in #MicrosoftTeams in May 2021!
Your #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix is get your on-premises versions of Exchange Server Updated ASAP!!! Again, part deux!
New to #Microsoft365 or performing some firewall/IPS changes or updates? Your #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix is this landing page which you can share with your network team to ensure your users have the best experience!
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/office-365-urls-ip-address-ranges
Your #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix is a friendly reminder to patch your on-premises #MicrosoftExchange Servers! #Microsoft has released cumulative updates for Exchange Server which include the fixes that were released earlier this month in response to the zero-day vulnerabilities for Microsoft Exchange Server that are being actively exploited.
I had a customer ask if after they were done migrating all their mailboxes and services from their local on-premises Exchange Server to Exchange Online if they could remove their local Exchange server. You certainly cant blame them for wanting to with the recent news of zero-day vulnerabilities for Microsoft Exchange Server that are being actively exploited and that Exchange Online was not at risk.
I remembered a great article posted a few years back by Paul Cunningham on Practical365.com and in it the following:
“If you have directory synchronization in place, then you need to manage the mail attributes of users, groups, and contacts in the on-premises Active Directory, and then allow those changes to synchronize to Azure Active Directory. The only ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ way to manage the mail attributes on-premises is using the Exchange management tools, which requires at least one Exchange server to be running.”
The key word is ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ and sadly no new updates from Microsoft have come since 2017 so for now the answer is no you must keep at least one Exchange Server on-premises and this has been your #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix
Here is your #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix – #MSIgnite may be over but the Microsoft Ignite Cloud Skill Challenge is open until March 30, 2021!
There are 7 challenges to choose from and once you complete a challenge you choose you earn a ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ exam credit for a Microsoft Certification exam on your #MicrosoftLearningย account!!!
#MicrosoftCloudQuickFix #Microsoft #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftIgnite2021 #MSIgnite
Get your on-premises versions of Exchange Server Updated ASAP!
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/03/02/hafnium-targeting-exchange-servers
#MicrosoftCloudQuickFix #Microsoft #MicrosoftExchange
Want a ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ exam credit for a Microsoft Certification exam? Here is your #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix !
Register for #MicrosoftIgnite next week, its all online and a great source of information about #Microsoft products and services, then register for Microsoft Ignite Cloud Skill Challenge. When you complete the free training you will be awarded an exam discount on your #MicrosoftLearning account!!!
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170 days until the Skype for Business Online – End of Life on July 31, 2021 and at that point, access to the service will end. Here is some incredible free learning material onย #MicrosoftDocsย to help you plan your upgrade journey.
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Friendly reminder per #Microsoft365ย Message Center message MC228482 that “๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ด๐๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ, we are turning on Guest access in Microsoft Teams by default for any customers who have not configured this setting.”
If your organization is not ready for this #MicrosoftTeams capability simply take a moment and ensure your guest access setting in the Microsoft Teams admin center is set to “Off”
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