On The Wire
Office 365 and Network Connectivity hints and tips
Office 365 Connectivity Guidance: Part 4
- Assess bypassing proxies, traffic inspection devices and duplicate security technologies The...
Date: 06/18/2019
Office 365 URL categories to help you optimize the network traffic which really matters
Updated 21st May April 2019 As part of the improvements Microsoft announced in 2018 to the way the...
Date: 04/06/2018
URL & IP Provisioning Service for Office 365
Updated 21 May 2019 In late 2018 Microsoft made some significant updates in the connectivity space...
Date: 04/06/2018
Office 365 Connectivity Guidance
Updated 23 May 2019 Whilst our official guidance around Office 365 connectivity can be found at...
Date: 03/22/2017
HTTP Flood Mitigation causing slow Exchange Mailbox Migrations to Office 365
It's been a while since I've updated this blog as I've been busy rolling out content...
Date: 05/27/2015
How to analyse Application level performance for Outlook and SharePoint online
If we've stepped through all the network level checks and all looks good from that perspective,...
Date: 07/08/2014
DNS geolocation for Office 365, connecting you to your nearest Datacenter for the fastest connectivity
IMPORTANT UPDATE - This method of connectivity for Exchange Online is no longer in effect. Microsoft...
Date: 06/27/2014
Checking your TCP Packets are pulling their weight (TCP Max Segment Size or MSS)
This is a quick one to check to ensure your TCP packets are able to contain the maximum amount of...
Date: 06/27/2014
Ensuring your TCP stack isn’t throwing data away
Fw In my previous blog post, I discussed checking the MSS to ensure full sized packets are used....
Date: 06/27/2014
Ensuring your Proxy server can scale to handle Office 365 traffic
Proxy servers are often in place at customer sites, happily ticking away handling Internet traffic...
Date: 06/18/2014
Top 10 Tips for Optimising & Troubleshooting your Office 365 Network Connectivity
Having performed numerous Office 365 Network assessments and reactive visits to resolve issues for...
Date: 06/18/2014
Checking your DNS performance isn’t delaying your O365 connections
One of the initial things which should be checked is name resolution, a point which is often...
Date: 06/17/2014
How to measure the Network Round Trip Time to Office 365
One of the jobs I do fairly often is to help customers work out the performance of their network...
Date: 05/08/2014
Ensuring your Office 365 network connection isn’t throttled by your Proxy
One of the things I'm regularly running into when looking at performance issue with Office 365...
Date: 03/28/2014
TCP Offloading/Chimney & RSS…What is it and should I disable it?
Having decided to start this blog to convey my experience with network analysis and troubleshooting,...
Date: 01/21/2014