Azure Backup for On-Premise Servers: A Complete Guide
A quick guide on how use Microsoft Azure Backup service to backup your physical on-premises Servers (not virtualised).
July 15, 2020
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A quick guide on how use Microsoft Azure Backup service to backup your physical on-premises Servers (not virtualised).
Typically Azure AD Connect is used to sync existing Active Directory users to Microsoft 365 Azure Active Directory, but what happens when your’re deploying a new server and have no users to sync? Or when your Azure Active Directory is already populated and your local Active Directory is empty? We’ll show you how.
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The error can occur when Microsoft attempts to re-authenticate a user. This could be because Microsoft has detected suspicious activity or just because it has been a while since the user authenticated themselves. It is quite easy to resolve.
Sometimes you may need to set an Outlook Out-of-Office message for a user that doesn’t have access to their email. This can be done from the Microsoft 365 Admin Centre.
One of the first steps when moving to the cloud is setting up a network connection from your existing network to Azure. A Virtual Private Network (VPN) between your office and Azure is secure and it’s not too hard to do!
Configure Cisco Anyconnect VPN using real SSL certificates instead of selfsigned. This configuratiobn was done on a Cisco C1111-x router with IOS-XE 16.9.3
The 3CX PBX does not have a built in Calling Class of Service feature so, by default, anything a person dials is sent straight out to the carrier. This means that if you want to restrict calls to certain numbers you have to do it using groups and outbound rules. This is how you can set up classes of service to restrict dialling to local, mobile, national or international calls.
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