One of the most compelling reasons to switch from an on-premises messaging solution to a cloud based solution is to switch from Capital Expenditures to Operational Expenditures. The ability to…
A client of PEI’s asked if Microsoft Exchange could block outbound emails that included Social Security numbers. We built a transport rule for emails sent to users ‘Outside the Organization’…
One of the benefits of DirectAccess is that it allows an administrator the ability to define, by DNS name, whether traffic should traverse the tunnel to the internal network or…
Microsoft Lync screen sharing always seems so straightforward. If you can IM someone, screen sharing just seems to work. But, on a recent Lync project, that just wasn’t the case….
If any of you have purchased a Microsoft Surface Pro or Surface Pro 2 with the intent of using it with Direct Access, you have been sorely disappointed. Surface Pro…
Issue management seems like one of the easier topics of project management. In fact, when a few fundamental principles are observed this is can be the case. It is always…
Below you will find configuration examples for the Cisco Nexus 5500. These are basic commands on entering in a configuration mode and saving a configuration change. These are the most…
With Microsoft Lync expanding into more and more organizations, companies are looking at more effective ways to have their end users utilize Lync. In a multipart series of blogs, I…
It is no secret the age we live in is based primarily around communication and technology. Technology has become such a crutch to our society that it can directly dictate…
For those running small or medium scale businesses (SMBs), instead of managing their core business efficiently, they frequently end up managing their computer related head-aches more and more. By themselves….