How to In-Place Upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2019
As you know the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are out of support on January 14th, 2020. Customer will need to upgrade their Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to a newer version of Windows Server or migrate these servers to Microsoft Azure.Skype for Business Online - End of Life - July 31, 2021
Today Microsoft announced that Skype for Business Online will be retiring on July 31, 2021. Though we didn’t know the exact date until today, we have been preparing for this for the past year and are ready to support you however we can as we work together to help you make this transition. We knew this was coming, we have been preparing for this for the past year, now we know the official date. We hope this does not come as a shock to you as MS Teams has taken center stage for Intelligent Communication and Modern Collaboration and Microsoft as an organization is not going to support Skype for Business (SfB) online in the long term. All of our investments and feature enhancements have been in Teams and Teams will continue to receive these investments for the future.Introducing the SharePoint Migration Tool from Microsoft
Taking advantage of cloud services doesn’t have to be difficult or a long-phased migration project. At Microsoft Ignite we announced a new free, simple, and fast migration solution to help you migrate content from on-premises SharePoint sites and file shares to SharePoint or OneDrive in Office 365. Based on the learning and experience from Microsoft FastTrack, using the SharePoint Migration Tool from Microsoft with a few simple clicks you can begin to bring your information to the cloud and take advantage of the latest collaboration, intelligence, and security solutions with Office 365. Whether you’re looking to migrate from file shares on-premises to SharePoint or OneDrive or from on-premises versions of SharePoint, the SharePoint Migration Tool is designed to support the smallest of migrations to large scale migrations with support for bulk scenarios. Using the SharePoint Migration Tool, you can quickly and easily migrate files from file shares, SharePoint sites, or support bulk migrations with a few simple clicks in the intuitive user interface. The SharePoint Migration Tool also provides detailed information on the process of existing and completed migrations and task reports to help identify and resolve issues that may have occurred during the migration process. For additional details and to see the SharePoint Migration Tool in action, check out the video below. While the SharePoint Migration Tool provides support for many migration scenarios, we recognize your needs may differ in scope and complexity. For more complex migrations, support with adoption and usage, or help planning Microsoft FastTrack includes resources, tools, and experts to make your rollout of Office 365 a success. To learn more about Microsoft FastTrack visit https://fasttrack.microsoft.com/office. In addition, consider one of Microsoft’s many partners that can help ensure your migration to Office 365 is both seamless and successful. Getting Started To get started and preview the new SharePoint Migration Tool from Microsoft visit https://aka.ms/spmt. Resources How to use the SharePoint Migration Tool How the SharePoint Migration Tool works How to format your CSV file for data content migration Create a user mapping file for data content migration SharePoint Online and OneDrive Migration Speed SharePoint Online provided Azure containers and queues for SPO Migration API
O365 Online Archiving Not Working
We migrated users to O365 last week. And for the most part everything is good. All using E3 licenses But one users mailbox is not archiving. I've confirmed that is OWA for the user right clicked on user name and Assigned Policy is what we configured right clicked on folders and they are set to use parent Can see the in-place archive folder but nothing is in it From Powershell Get-mailbox user | RetentionPolicy Set, ArchiveDatabase Set, ArchiveGuid set Run Start-ManagedFolderAssistant a few times From Security and Compliance Archive enabled But still nothing is moving to the archiveExchange On-Premises Best Practices for Migrations from 2010 to 2016
We have had some requests for guidance on moving from on-premises Exchange 2010 to 2016. If you have a hybrid configuration, mailboxes, or public folders on Exchange 2010, you should prepare to install Exchange 2016 before October 13, 2020.
