MS-Exchange & Office 365, Create Mailboxes and Dummy Emails for Testing

mailbox-lockI was recently testing a new email backup product that pushed me to a new test requirement. I needed to create a huge number of mailboxes, and then send dummy emails to fill the newly created mailboxes to simulate a production email system.

Luckily, I have been working with Microsoft Exchange for the last 16 years; but in recent years my path diverted from designing, deploying, configuring, and managing MS Exchange environments. Continue reading

Your last stop before applying your RPO/RTO

new-Integration-test-image-3.pngThe decisions you make when you are selecting the best solution to protect your mission critical data will determine if you are going to be making your business data safe and secure. But, did you ever ask yourself what service you are protecting? Are these SLAs, Data availabilities, data protection strategies, all looking the same when you are considering the service you want to protect?

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