Becky Cross

Dec 18, 2023 | blog.quest.com | Tony Redmond |Bryan Patton |Amy Babinchak |Becky Cross

A classic directory and much moreActive Directory is a directory, pure and simple, with deep roots in the original X.500-based Exchange Server directory store. Those moving from on-premises deployments to embrace the cloud, either in a pure or hybrid configuration, are often surprised by the expanded role that Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) plays in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. This article discusses why Entra ID is more than a classic directory. Instead, it is the cornerstone of Microsoft 365.

Oct 4, 2023 | practical365.com | Tony Redmond |Andy Schneider |Becky Cross

Table of ContentsToggleIn a simpler world, we worried about the prospect of terminated employees removing information from companies in PST files generated by Outlook. PST files arrived with Outlook in 1997 as a solution for the limited mailbox storage available in Exchange Server at the time. Most users had 50 MB mailbox quotas.

Sep 24, 2023 | blog.quest.com | Susan Bradley |Bryan Patton |Amy Babinchak |Becky Cross

Why should you be reviewing cloud synchronization? What is the point of synchronization? If you are like any typical organization, you have a robust on-premises Active Directory structure with many uses, groups and customizations. Thus, your initial goal is to not reinvent the wheel, but rather to integrate your on-premises users with the users you intend to allow access to your cloud resources.

Sep 12, 2023 | practical365.com | Becky Cross |Thijs Lecomte |Tony Redmond |Paul Robichaux

Table of ContentsToggleWhen measuring the success of a migration, a common metric is verifying whether users maintained seamless access to their resources throughout the migration project or whether they encountered issues caused by user identity confusion.   If you are simply consolidating resources from one domain to another in the same forest, then you might avoid changing user identities during the migration.

Jul 12, 2023 | practical365.com | Paul Robichaux |Becky Cross |Steve Goodman |Tony Redmond

Back when I was in the Marine Corps, my boss was a salty old staff sergeant named Staff Sergeant Travis. If, at any point, one of his subordinates would admit to not knowing something, his usual sarcastic response was, “If you don’t know, you better ask somebody!” This wasn’t very funny at the time, but I appreciate it more now, and it actually turns out to be a pretty good mantra for recognizing when you need to know stuff.