In this post, I will quickly show you show of the options when connecting the DS920+ to Azure. Something to bear in mind, it connects directly to the blob store and does not need the Azure files option with SMB. This is great because it can save complexity on permissions etc… Step 1. Create Azure […]
I was super happy when I learnt that the Synology DSM had a “App Store” called package center, I got started straight away and started installing all the different apps I needed. But what about the ones that weren’t there ? The Synology has docker, which is great, but what about getting packages that are […]
I have always thought of a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device as a backup device or a file server. But with the up rise of fiber internet connections in our homes, streaming services, and cloud storage, we have stopped storing a lot of data on-premises. However, it goes deeper than that. The Synology DS920+ has […]
Message transport in Office 365 “Just works” and is often considered to be the plumbing of the service. Despite the rise in popularity of social messaging apps, 62% of business professionals prefer email for business communications and the number of emails delivered daily worldwide is forecast to grow 18% by 2023. In this episode we […]
Outlook for Mac has come a long way since it’s humble beginnings as Microsoft Entourage. As avid Outlook for Mac users ourselves, Nic and I were excited to sit down with Alessio and Jessica to talk about the history, the much anticipated new version of the product and how important your feedback is to the […]
A move to the cloud is almost always accompanied by change. Sometimes these changes are pretty obvious and easy to grasp while other times they are more of paradigm shift – one such shift is in the way we monitor out deployments. Monitoring your tenant and supporting services won’t prevent a service problem, but it […]
Microsoft Teams has seen some incredible growth in recent months as many organizations worldwide adjust to a new normal that involves a remote, work from home workforce. In late April, Microsoft announced that it had seen a 70% increase in Teams usage, increasing to more than 75 million daily active users and seeing 200 million […]
It’s almost time for Microsoft Ignite 2020, but this year things are going to be a little different. In this special episode, Anna Chu (a.k.a The Community Khaleesi) gives us some inside info about what to expect this year and how you can get involved! If you’re interested in being part of Ignite this year, […]
docs.microsoft.com is the new home for all Microsoft documentation and Microsoft Learn is a free, online training platform that provides interactive learning for Microsoft products – There has been significant investment in these platforms in recent years. We caught up with Erin Rifkin to talk about these platforms, the success of Microsoft Learn and how […]
Azure AD business-to-business (B2B) collaboration allows organizations to securely share applications and services with guest users from any other organization, while maintaining control over their data. In this episode we chat to returning guest Elisabeth Olson about some of the improvements in the B2B experience, the new bring your own identity functionality and she even […]