When a server is purchased with an OEM Windows Server license, it should come pre-activated. If you create Windows VMs on that server the licenses may not automatically activate. (Microsoft Windows Server licensing model allows for one instance of the Windows OS installed on the physical host, plus 2 more copies of the OS on […]
Ran into odd issue with a non-Azure AD joined computer (in this case, it was an RDS server) and signing in to Microsoft Apps on just ONE user’s profile would not work, I couldn’t figure out why. When trying to sign in to Outlook it would fail with this error “Something went wrong and outlook […]
ProTek IT Solutions has migrated hundreds of mailboxes to Microsoft Office 365 from every possible email platform like Google, Plesk, CPanel and much more. In implementing each Office 365 account we configure best security practices to prevent a compromise of any of the email accounts. One of the key security measures is implementing MFA. SET […]
Barracuda’s cloud-cloud backup service has three ways you can access the backed-up Office 365 email data: • Export to file(s) • Restore to original location • Restore to new location STARTING EXCHANGE RESTORES/EXPORTS: 1. Open Barracuda cloud-to-cloud backup portal: https://eastus2.cloudbackup.barracudanetworks.com/ 2. Go to PROTECT>EXCHANGE 3. Select the date from which you want to restore/export the […]
A confusion that has come up many a time regarding how to license Windows Servers when adding virtual machines on the Per Core licensing model as opposed to the old school deprecated method when you just had to license virtual machines and there was no thought about cores. Specifically when adding on top of the […]
Microsoft Office 365 Power Automate has 2 different pricing models, a fixed monthly price or a Pay-As-You-Go per flow pricing model. See the article below and scroll down to see the per flow prices: Pricing | Microsoft Power Automate The fixed monthly pricing model is very easy to setup and assign to an Office 365 […]
ProTek IT solutions can help you navigate the potential problems and pitfalls when trying to properly use Dropbox for Business. When using Dropbox a business needs to be fully aware of the caveats, potential data integrity and security issues present when Dropbox is not properly implemented, make sure to consult a Cloud Security Expert at […]
We ran into the oddest scenario when trying to just apply an Office 365 Online Archiving Retention Tag to just the Deleted Items folder. The customer has about 5 years of history in the Deleted Items folder and he was very diligent about cleaning up his inbox and so nothing needed to be archived except […]
ProTek IT Solutions has migrated countless customers from multiple email platforms to Microsoft’s Office 365 for Business Email and Productivity Cloud Solutions. Such as various cPanels, Plesk, Google Apps for Business, Godaddy Workspace Email, Godaddy Office 365, 1&1 Email and much more. Done correctly this can be done with next to no downtime for a […]
Issue: Problems with Outlook crashing which due to mailboxes growing to the point where their OST was about 85GB and continuing to increase. Summary: With email being one of the primary means of sending files in today’s business environments and file types getting larger and larger, some organizations are suffering from a) performance issues with […]
