Backup and recovery Recovering a virtual machine from a backup in Azure The backup policy we apply in most cases (ie our default policy): Backup schedule commencing 2000hrs (local time) Instant restore retained for 2 days Daily backup retained for 30 days Weekly backup made on Sunday and retained for 12 weeks Monthly backup, week based, made on the first Sunday of the month and retained for […] Written by luke August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Staff Welcome to Charlie Mac Welcome to a world of interesting work and inspiration working with Charlie Mac. First thing, let’s take care of some housekeeping. All you need is a computer able to run Office 2019 and a reasonable internet connection. Working with clients Relationships and trust are really important to us. This means that you must: Respect and […] Written by luke August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Migrate mailboxes Moving mailboxes from a GoDaddy 365 tenant to a MS managed tenant Sometimes migrating mailboxes from on-prem to Exchange Online is easy. But when it comes to moving mailboxes from a GoDaddy managed tenant, getting Admin access to perform the export is almost impossible. Here’s one way that seems to work. Export mailbox contents Log into the Compliance Centre as an account admin (https://compliance.microsoft.com/) Select eDiscovery | […] Written by luke August 31, 2021September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Add users Add a guest to an Office 365 tenant To enable users to add guests within the tenant Sometimes you need users to add guests on their own. Normally, this can only be done by Admins. To enable this: Log into the Office 365 admin portal (https://admin.microsoft.com/) Go to Settings | Org settings (left blade) | Security and Privacy (menu bar) | Sharing Check […] Written by luke August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
IT strategy Good IT strategy I put a lot of effort into getting an IT strategy right, because it sets the scene for the future. And I want people to get excited about the future and the opportunities for growth that it will bring. Good strategy, as Richard P. Rumelt describes in his book Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference […] Written by luke August 31, 2021September 1, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
It’s bigger on the inside… Building a customer portal can be tricky. In the heat of the dot com bubble, I was a consultant working on the telstra.com team – Telstra’s first shot at a one-stop-shop for customers. I was working for Accenture at the time as a Manager in the UAT team. It was a goliath of a project, […] Written by Olivia Morgan February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Low Cost eLearning 📝 Learning in my uni years was fun and not because of the lecturers or the material, but more so of the antics we got up to. Engineers with too much idle time and all that. In an auditorium full of people, a group from up the back launched a massive paper plane (I reckon 5ft […] Written by Olivia Morgan February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
It’s bigger on the inside… Building a customer portal can be tricky. In the heat of the dot com bubble, I was a consultant working on the telstra.com team – Telstra’s first shot at a one-stop-shop for customers. I was working for Accenture at the time as a Manager in the UAT team. It was a goliath of a project, […] Written by Olivia Morgan February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Low Cost eLearning 📝 Learning in my uni years was fun and not because of the lecturers or the material, but more so of the antics we got up to. Engineers with too much idle time and all that. In an auditorium full of people, a group from up the back launched a massive paper plane (I reckon 5ft […] Written by Olivia Morgan February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Future is Calling ☎️ Do you remember the grungy dens that were public payphones? Before the days of mobile phones, I’d have to push my way past McDonalds wrappers so I could call Mum to let her know I was going to be late for dinner. My uni friends talked of all sorts of scams to get free phone […] Written by Olivia Morgan January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Office 365 backup and archive have landed In the beginning, there were no backup solutions for Office 365. I mean, there were some limited recovery options. Microsoft now has a retention and recovery function that is good for up to 30 days for Exchange Online. SharePoint fairs a little better with a 93-day retention period after deletion (exc hard deletes), and the […] Written by Olivia Morgan February 8, 2024February 8, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Simplify IT security with zero trust 🚫 My first job out of uni was as an Electronic Systems Engineer in the RAAF designing solid state replacements for SURAD, the ATC radar of the day. One of the hardest things to recreate was Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) tags. In a target rich environment, IFF tags help air defence officers filter good aircraft […] Written by Olivia Morgan June 13, 2023June 13, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Securing IT Systems in Freefall ✈️ Stalling an aircraft, intentionally, was never fun – but necessary to feel the effects of when you lose control. The procedure was to 1) ascend to 4000ft AGL over farmland, 2) jam the throttle control in to idle, 3) as airspeed decreases, keep pulling the stick back to raise the nose and maintain altitude, 4) […] Written by Olivia Morgan June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Strengthening Security with MFA 🔍 We all have customers in some form or another and identifying them can be tricky. Mid last year ACMA brought in regulation to make it mandatory for telcos to use a second factor in verifying a customer attempting to perform a high risk transaction (for example, adding an account holder). Many telcos adopted this second […] Written by Olivia Morgan May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
