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MFA - Everywhere. All the time. For everyone. - Nero Blanco

Conrad Murray — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This is a hill I will die on.

Entra App Registrations, Enterprise Apps and Service Principals - Nero Blanco

Conrad Murray — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

A practical engineering guide to owners, assignment, consent, credentials and risk

Understanding migration tool nuances during Domain moves in Microsoft 365 - Nero Blanco

Ismail Sokolaj — Tue, 19 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Domain migrations in Microsoft 365 are rarely as simple as shifting email addresses from one namespace to another. The doDomain migrations in Microsoft 365 are rarely as simple as moving email addresses from one namespace to another. Before a domain can be reassigned to a target tenant, that domain must be fully removed from every object in the source tenant, including:

How Mailbox sizes and OneDrive data has exploded over the last 10 to 15 years - and the knock - on affect for Microsoft 365 Migrations - Nero Blanco

Ismail Sokolaj — Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Over the past 10 to 15 years, Microsoft 365 has fundamentally reshaped how organisations store, manage, and retain data. What began as modest mailbox quotas and limited personal storage has evolved into enterprise‑scale cloud repositories frequently holding hundreds of gigabytes per user. This unprecedented expansion has materially increased the complexity of tenant‑to‑tenant and cross‑platform migrations, requiring more rigorous planning, orchestration, and technical control than ever before.

From valve radios to artificial intelligence and self driving cars! - Nero Blanco

Conrad Murray — Thu, 07 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Yesterday we had an all company meeting and I thought it would be cool to kick it off with a quiz to keep everyone engaged.

Lessons learned from large tenant‑to‑tenant migrations - Nero Blanco

Ismail Sokolaj — Thu, 07 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

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The Importance of Translation tables for migration tools - Nero Blanco

Ismail Sokolaj — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

In tenant-to-tenant (T2T) and Google-to-Microsoft 365 migration projects, maintaining accurate identity relationships is essential for ensuring data integrity, continuity, and security. Migration tools such as AvePoint rely heavily on mapping files (sometimes called translation tables) to link source objects to their target equivalents. Without accurate mappings, permissions break, content fails to align, and migrated users may lose access to their own data.

Restore Exchange Online Archive Mailbox to Primary Mailbox - Nero Blanco

Conrad Murray — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

You’d think this would be easy and not an uncommon request. There are genuine use cases for restoring an Exchange Online Archive mailbox to the primary mailbox.

Fundamental Differences Between Google Workspace and Microsoft Tenant: A Migration Perspective – Part 2 - Nero Blanco

Conrad Murray — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Managing Google to Microsoft Migration with GAM7 and PowerShell

Manage and restore deleted and inactive mailboxes in Exchange Online - Nero Blanco

Conrad Murray — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

When a user leaves an organisation in Microsoft 365, administrators have several options for how to handle the user’s mailbox. The approach chosen determines how long the mailbox data is retained and how it can be recovered in the future.