Organizations exist either to generate revenue or to perform a service.  The mere thought of securing an environment doesn’t exist until there is something of value to secure.  Once you have gotten to that stage of an organizational lifecycle, people…

Encrypting Ransomware is a family of malicious software (also known as malware) designed to take files on a PC or network storage device, encrypt them, and then extort money in the form of a ransom to unlock the files. This sophisticated type of attack…

Moving data between servers can be a painful process because of the security involved over the data. Moving the same data between servers, which are in different domains, is even more troublesome. Trying to move data between forests/domains which are…

Migration from Lotus Notes to Exchange is not a task to take on lightly. One should adequately pack up their existing Lotus Notes Environment to get ready for the migration to Exchange.  What have you researched in your existing environmen...

As summer comes to an end and the days get shorter, another major thing happens at this time every year… kids go back to school.  It’s not just the kids that dread it, but it’s the parents and teachers too. Every year parents...

This second blog in a series on the impact of GDPR on IT operations examines the IT requirements specified in or implied by the new regulation.

There are three main areas that IT operations must focus on in order to facilitate an organisation's compliance…

Quest is a Platinum sponsor of Microsoft Ignite 2016, September 26-30 in Atlanta, Georgia.  It’s only the second year of the event, but the conference is sold out – which makes it even more exciting to be going, as it’s like h...

Change Auditor now supports Client Certificate Authentication. This is a welcome feature for administrator who prefer a more secure method of Authenticating users connecting with the web client. Introducing Client Certificate Authentication in the client…

To understand why Change Auditor for Exchange requires the Exchange Scripting Agent, it is important to understand the function of the Exchange Scripting Agent. The Scripting Agent is called (if enabled) when a cmdlet runs on an Exchange server. This…

One of the more common areas of inquiry from organizations planning their Office 365 migration strategy relates to large mailboxes and how they should be converted. These concerns typically arise in the form of two questions: 1)  What...