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Three things every SharePoint administrator should monitor

Microsoft SharePoint is one of the most business-critical services in enterprise IT. It acts as a central warehouse that hosts large volumes of business data primarily stored for the purpose of internal collaborations among employees. It empowers users to access this data from anywhere, anytime, and from any device. Hence, any performance hiccup in a SharePoint environment could have major repercussions on the business continuity of an organization. Therefore, it is crucial to monitor SharePoint environments to ensure seamless workflow.

Eliminate the Fog: The Path to Microsoft 365 Monitoring Visibility

I’ll go out on a limb and venture a guess that everybody reading this blog has had challenges adjusting to life in a post COVID world. I certainly have. My latest challenge? Navigating the simultaneous use of a face mask in public venues while wearing glasses to read stuff that’s more than 20 feet away. Just like ski and water goggles, my prescription specs also fog up when simply taking a leisurely stroll through the grocery store.

Updated SharePoint, OneDrive Monitoring

Exoprise recently updated the CloudReady SharePoint sensor for monitoring SharePoint Online and SharePoint 2019 Server. At the same time we separated the CloudReady OneDrive sensor to better segregate the crowd. This was a feature request that customers had been asking for. For both sensors, we upgraded the browser, improved the bandwidth (throughput) tests and a number of other enhancements. Read on for more information about new features and enhancements.

How to integrate Mattermost E20 with Office 365

Many Mattermost DevOps teams work in “Microsoft Shops”—organizations that use Office 365 apps with the Microsoft 365 business plan—and want to tightly integrate with Microsoft tools to more easily collaborate with the rest of the company. Mattermost E20 was architected from the ground up to be highly flexible. As such, integrating with other platforms including Microsoft is easy. Here’s how.

#ITConnections - Building a Collaboration-Focused Remote Work Infrastructure

You’ve adapted your network for the influx of remote work. Your quick fixes to problems that unexpectedly came up, worked out. Now it’s time to build the services-focused IT infrastructure you need to keep remote collaboration working for the long haul. Embracing a hybrid cloud environment, including an Office 365 migration, can pose challenges. There are many ways to prepare your network and IT infrastructure for these changes to avoid downtime and deal with challenges.

Slack vs. Teams Showdown

Slack and Microsoft Teams are two popular remote work collaboration platforms. They’re both cloud-based apps that simplify the process of communicating and sharing between multiple teams of people anywhere in the world. In GetVoIP’s list of the best free team collaboration tools, both Slack and Teams make an appearance. If they’re so similar, how can you choose which one to use? What’s a better fit for your job or working style?