Mike O'Neill's TechNet Blog
Technology information from a Microsoft Senior Premier Field Engineer (PFE)
Life in a post 2003 world part 2
That’s correct, as of July 13th, 2015, one of the most popular Windows Server versions has...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 07/15/2015
Protect OU's from accidental deletion
Here is a quick and easy one line PowerShell script to set all of the Organizational Units...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 04/12/2015
Updated OffCAT v2
The OffCAT team just unveiled the most exciting, capable, and modern version of the Microsoft Office...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 04/10/2015
Safety Net has a limit
Exchange 2013 introduced another mechanism to help ensure that e-mail gets delivered to users:...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 03/13/2015
RunAs Radio: Tips and Tricks
I was interviewed on ‘RunAs Radio’ which was posted on March 4th, 2015 with a 30 minute...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 03/06/2015
Where is OMA?
Some of you may ask, what is OMA? Back in the day, Exchange 2003, mobile devices were starting to...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 02/20/2015
RunAs Radio: Exchange blog site
I was Interviewed on RunAs Radio on May 7th, 2014 with a 30 minute discussion about the Exchange...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 02/16/2015
Support for Exchange 2013 File Share Witness Server in Azure
The Exchange product group has announced support for putting your Exchange 2013 File Share Witness...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 01/29/2015
Exchange 2013 impact on legacy OAB settings
Much has been written about the new and changing ways OAB (Offline Address Book) generation in...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 12/31/2014
Using PowerShell instead of cmd to keep a transcript
Ok, so all of you that use Command Line (CMD.exe), it is probably time to stop and just use...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 10/01/2014
Load Balancer design options
As I visit companies, I run into many that are doing different designs when it comes to leveraging...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 09/12/2014
To archive or not to archive…
This article is about choice and how ‘it depends’ for different environments. The...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 09/04/2014
Life in a post 2003 world
That’s correct, as of April 8th, 2014, several extremely popular Microsoft products have ended...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 04/09/2014
No one received the certificate expiration notification!
Exchange Certificates Prior to Exchange Server 2013, the Exchange application did not automatically...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 10/09/2013
Outlook 2013 vs. OWA 2013
I have had a few customers ask for a comparison table of the differences between Outlook (OL) 2013...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 08/29/2013
Pin virtual guests to specific physical hosts
This is a common discussion, who should be in charge of High Availability (HA), the host...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 06/01/2013
Do you have Lingering Links in your AD?
I had posted a blog about what happens if you do have Lingering Links in your environment about a...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 05/15/2013
DAG DB’s flipping all the time randomly for no apparent reason
I have run into this issue several times in the past few months and want people to be aware of this...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 05/01/2013
How to create consistent signatures and send them from other mailboxes
I have recently created a description process on how to create signatures for Outlook, how to deploy...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 04/05/2013
Migration from Exchange 2003 to 2013 a NO GO!
Just over 40% of all EXRAP’s (Exchange Risk Assessment Programs) performed last year (2012) by...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 04/03/2013
Exchange 2013 co-existence is now supported
Released today, Exchange 2013 RTM CU1 is now publically available for download. You can now co-exist...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 04/02/2013
Documentation made easy
I’m going to tell you a way that you can make change management documents with ease, build...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 03/20/2013
First Post - Introduction
Hello, my name is Mike O’Neill and I’m a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) working for...
Author: Mike_O'Neill Date: 03/14/2013