I’ve said it before, I haven’t been a huge fan of bots. I don’t have anything against them, I’ve just never found any of them to be particularly useful. There hasn’t been one that’s saved me a lot of time or helped me in my day-to-day activities. This could be due in part to my company being small, just a … Read More
Office 365 Certification Overview Webinar
Interested in getting your Office 365 Certification? Great, on June 7th, Opsgility will be hosting a webinar where I’ll present “Office 365 Certification Overview”. In this webinar, you’ll get an overview of the topics you’ll need to know to get certified in Office 365. It will cover both Microsoft exams 70-346 and 70-347 and cover the three primary pillars: SharePoint, … Read More
Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Episodes 3 and 4
I missed posting and update on our Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast last week, but just wanted to update everyone that follows me, we’ve released Episodes 3 and 4 of the podcast! Scott and I are a month into this adventure as of the day I’m writing this (May 13) and we’ve been excited with the results. We’ve managed nearly … Read More
Office 365 includes MileIQ Premium
MileIQ Premium is Included with Office 365? I little known (at least to me) tidbit of information I ran across today that I wanted to share with everyone. Who knew that Office 365 includes MileIQ Premium if you have either and E3 or E5 license in Office 365? I certainly didn’t, until today. I honest can’t even remember where I … Read More
Office 365 Groups – Podcast Episode 2
Want to dive into Office 365 Groups? In episode 2 of the Microsoft Cloud IP Pro Podcast, Scott and I dive into Office 365 to help bring some clarity. We talk about what Groups are, how they work and how you can provision them. We also talk about things you as an Office 365 Admin should be aware of and … Read More
The Confusion of Office 365 Task Management and how I would like to see it changed
Don’t get my wrong, I love Office 365, I use it every day and am in it every day working with clients. There are a TON of really good things about the product, a few things that make you scratch your head, and then when that just makes you say, what the heck is Microsoft thinking? Or maybe they just … Read More
Speaking at the Global Azure Bootcamp in Jacksonville
This coming Saturday, April 22 I’ll be join a few other speakers in Jacksonville, FL and hundreds of speakers around the globe to take part in the 2017 Global Azure Bootcamp. I’ll be speaking on using ARM to provisioning Azure Virtual Machines. So, if you want to come get introduced to creating ARM templates for Azure VMs, come join me … Read More
A recent Office 365 update and it’s effect on ADFS and CSOM
I have yet to get a confirmation from Microsoft that this was the result of an update. But considering it worked a week ago (the week of April 3, 2017), and doesn’t work this week (April 10, 2017) I can only assume that’s what it was. They also had several users with issues logging into Office 365 via ADFS starting … Read More
Keep up to date on Office 365 and Azure IT Pro Topics and News
There’s a new Podcast on the horizon focused on the Office 365 IT Pro! I’m excited to announce that Scott Hoag (@ciphertxt) and I (@benstegink) are starting a new podcast focused on the Microsoft Cloud from the perspective of a couple of IT Pros. We’ve already recorder our first episode and are planning to record a few more over the … Read More
SharePoint Online, Modern UI and Required Metadata … or not
If you’ve used SharePoint at all, hopefully you’re familiar with metadata within lists and libraries. One nice aspect of such metadata is that you can set certain fields to be required and other fields to be optional. Required metadata simply forces you to fill in these fields before the file can be checked in to SharePoint and available for others. … Read More