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This is a map of the current datacenter footprint of Exchange Online, as presented during Microsoft Igite 2017 in Orlando.

There is a difference between Exchange Online datacenters hosting mailboxes and front door endpoint datacenters. Front door endpoints are public peering locations providing client connections with higher reliability and lower latency.

You are interested in OneDrive and OneDrive for Business?
You want to know how you can integrate the OneDrive technology into your IT infrastructure securely? 

Here is the list of OneDrive related sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2017

Monday

• THR1022: Bring your sales team together: Office 365 Groups, Teams & Microsoft Dynamics 365 in the real world 
• THR2039: Explore the mobile options for OneDrive for Business and SharePoint files
• BRK2181: Accelerate productivity with search and discovery in SharePoint and Office 365 
• BRK3382: Securing, governing, and protecting your Office 365 investments
• POD2005: Todd Klindt's SharePoint Podcast

Tuesday

• POD2010: 2 Guys and SharePoint Ignite live stream
• POD1000: Microsoft Cloud Show - live episode
• THR2084: Figuring out Office 365 external sharing in 20 minutes
• BRK2229: Security you can trust, control you can count on with SharePoint and OneDrive
• BRK2310: Speed and scale: Accenture’s Windows 10 journey 
• POD2011: First Ring Daily 
• BRK1015: Office + Everyday AI 
• BRK2184: Accelerate your digital transformation with SharePoint and OneDrive 
• THR1066: Fostering a successful remote worker culture 
• THR1023: Can I get a side of OneDrive for Business with my SharePoint? 
• BRK1013: Collaboration in Microsoft Office Apps 
• THR2097: Developing a blueprint for your data in Microsoft Azure 
• BRK1053: Microsoft Office 365 adoption user group meetup 
• BRK2205: OneDrive - Past, Present, and Future 

Wednesday

• THR2093: Backup strategies for your Office 365 environment and Windows or Linux computers 
• BRK3050: Going from traditional to modern: Moving to cloud-first deployment and management models in schools 
• BRK3382R: Securing, governing, and protecting your Office 365 investments 
• BRK3361: Veeam for the Microsoft Cloud 
• BRK1065: Women in Technology community leaders 
• THR2061: Optimizing Microsoft OneDrive for the enterprise 
• THR3011: Upgrade your organization to the latest OneDrive sync client 
• THR3021: Why Microsoft is updating the new OneDrive sync engine in a different way 
• BRK2243: Understanding your collaboration options in Office 365 
• BRK4030: Learn how SharePoint Online safeguards your data in the cloud 
• THR2171: How to be productive with Microsoft Office 365 
• THR3026: Migrating home folders to OneDrive for Business 
• BRK3227: Office UI Fabric behind the scenes: Open source Design & Engineering in Office 
• BRK3224: Manage and secure Microsoft OneDrive web 
• THR2184: Empowering students for their future 
• THR1020: Tackling Adoption Like A Service With Office 365 
• BRK3039: Integrate OneDrive and SharePoint files 
• BRK2228: Migration to SharePoint and OneDrive in Office 365: Process and options 
• BRK3226: Create beautiful, fast, interactive pages in SharePoint: Deep dive with the product team 
• THR1038: Learn how to consolidate, manage, backup, and secure your cloud collaboration content 
• BRK3231: Deploy Microsoft OneDrive across users and devices: Deep dive with the product team
• THR2181: The impact of digital literacy on Office 365 user adoption 
• BRK3080: Build smarter apps with Office using the Microsoft Graph 

Thursday

• THR4002: Achieving upward mobility: Top 3 strategies for migrating data & workloads from data center to cloud 
• THR1035: Prevent costly data leaks from Microsoft Office 365 
• POD1007: Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast 
• BRK3012: Secure access to Office 365 
• BRK2245: Enable external sharing and collaboration with OneDrive and SharePoint 
• BRK3244: OneDrive unplugged 
• BRK3237: Create and manage sharing and access policies for SharePoint 
• THR2065: Groups and Teams: Friend or foe? 
• BRK2374: Stop data exfiltration and advanced threats in Microsoft Office 365 and Azure 
• BRK2185: Build your personalized and social intranet with SharePoint 
• BRK2365: Service and Support for Microsoft Surface - Built for the Demands of Today’s Enterprise 
• BRK3236: Multi-Geo Capabilities in OneDrive and SharePoint Online 

Friday

• BRK2247: Learn from MVPs: Panel discussion on all things SharePoint and OneDrive 
• BRK3235: Manage SharePoint and OneDrive in Office 365: A field guide for administrators 
• BRK2384: What to use when in Office 365 meetup: Helping you find the answers to this never ending question 

See you at Microsoft Ignite!

It's going to be an interesting week next week at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, FL.

There will be a lot announcements about Microsoft Technologies to come. 

The conference is the best opportunity to learn about new technologies and to extend your IT professional network.

If you want to talk about OneDrive for Business, Exchange On-Premises and Exchange Online solutions, or how you can move to cloud service contact me by email or Twitter to schedule a meeting.

• Email: thomas@mcsmemail.de
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/stensitzki

See you in Orlando.

Starting September 11th 2017 Microsoft Teams supports guest access for external users. 

Guest access for Microsoft Teams uses a separate guest license type that must be activated in the services & add-ons section of the Office 365 Admin portal. 

Office 365 Admin portal notification:

When we make this change, the ‘Pick the license you want to configure’ setting in ‘Settings > Services and Add-ins > Microsoft Teams’, will now have an option for ‘Guest’ with a default value of “off” for the ‘Turn Microsoft Teams on or off for your entire organization’ setting.

When you've not activated guest licenses, external user receive an odd error when trying to access your shared team.

Link

• Expand your collaboration with guest access in Microsoft Teams

Enjoy Office 365!

The PowerShell script to purge Exchange Server and IIS log files has been updated to version 2.1.

The function Copy-LogFiles has been slightly rewritten and there has been a change in the cmdlet parameters.

When using ArchiveMode CopyAndZip or CopyZipAndDelete all copied log files in the EXCHANGESERVER\LOGS folder are added to a compressed archive. The script creates a separate archive for IIS and Exchange logs.

 Code updated

function Copy-LogFiles {
  [CmdletBinding()]
  param(
    [string]$SourceServer,
    [string]$SourcePath,
    $FilesToMove,
    [string]$ArchivePrefix = ''
  )

  if($SourceServer -ne '') { 

    # path per SERVER for zipped archives
    $ServerRepositoryPath = Join-Path -Path $RepositoryRootPath -ChildPath $SourceServer

    # subfolder used as target for copying source folders and files
    $ServerRepositoryLogsPath = Join-Path -Path $ServerRepositoryPath -ChildPath $LogSubfolderName

    $ServerRepositoryPath = Join-Path -Path $RepositoryRootPath -ChildPath $SourceServer

    if(!(Test-Path -Path $ServerRepositoryPath)) {

      # Create new target directory for server, if does not exist
      $null = New-Item -Path $ServerRepositoryPath -ItemType Directory -Force -Confirm:$false

    }

    foreach ($File in $FilesToMove) {
      # target directory
      $targetDir = $File.DirectoryName.Replace($TargetServerFolder, $ServerRepositoryLogsPath)

      # target file path
      $targetFile = $File.FullName.Replace($TargetServerFolder, $ServerRepositoryLogsPath)
      
      # create target directory, if not exists
      if(!(Test-Path -Path $targetDir)) {$null = mkdir -Path $targetDir}

      # copy file to target
      $null = Copy-Item -Path $File.FullName -Destination $targetFile -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

    }    
    
    if($ZipArchive) {
      # zip copied log files
      
      $Archive = Join-Path -Path $ServerRepositoryPath -ChildPath ('{0}-{1}' -f $ArchivePrefix, $ArchiveFileName)
      $logger.Write(('Zip copied files to {0}' -f $ArchiveFileName))
      
      # delete archive file, if already exists
      if(Test-Path -Path $Archive) {Remove-Item -Path $Archive -Force -Confirm:$false}

      try {
        # create zipped asrchive
        Add-Type -AssemblyName 'System.IO.Compression.FileSystem'
        [IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory($ServerRepositoryLogsPath,$Archive)
      }
      catch {
        $logger.Write(('Error compressing files from {0} to {1}' -f $ServerRepositoryLogsPath, $Archive),3)      
      }
      finally {

        # cleanup, if compression was successful
        if($DeleteZippedFiles) {

          $logger.Write(('Deleting folder {0}' -f $ServerRepositoryLogsPath))
          $null = Remove-Item -Path $ServerRepositoryLogsPath -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

        }
      }
    } 
  }  
}

Note

• The script utilizes the GlobalFunctions PowerShell module which needs to be installed first.

Links

• Release 2.1 at Github: https://github.com/Apoc70/Purge-LogFiles/releases/tag/v2.1
• Original blog post: https://www.granikos.eu/en/justcantgetenough/PostId/208/purge-exchange-server-and-iis-log-files

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