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Why Businesses Choose Rackspace to Office 365 Migration
Businesses are increasingly adopting Rackspace to Office 365 Migration to improve collaboration, scalability, and security in modern work environments. As organizations grow, they require cloud platforms that offer advanced communication tools, centralized management, and seamless accessibility across devices and locations. One major reason companies prefer Rackspace to Office 365 Migration is access to Microsoft’s integrated productivity suite. Applications such as Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Excel, and Word provide businesses with powerful collaboration capabilities. Employees can communicate, share files, and manage projects efficiently from virtually anywhere, supporting both remote and hybrid work models. Another advantage of migrating from Rackspace to Office 365 is enhanced security and compliance. Microsoft 365 includes advanced threat protection, multi-factor authentication, data encryption, and compliance management tools that help businesses secure sensitive information. These features are especially valuable for industries with strict regulatory requirements. Scalability is also a key factor driving Rackspace email to Office 365 migration projects. Organizations can easily add users, expand storage, and integrate additional Microsoft services as business demands evolve. This flexibility helps companies avoid costly infrastructure upgrades while maintaining operational efficiency. Businesses also benefit from improved reliability and uptime with Microsoft’s global cloud infrastructure. A properly planned migration ensures minimal disruption while transferring emails, contacts, calendars, and other business-critical data securely. For organizations seeking professional migration assistance, Apps4Rent provides expert support to ensure a smooth and secure transition with reduced downtime. Overall, Rackspace to Office 365 migration enables businesses to modernize communication systems, strengthen security, improve collaboration, and build a scalable foundation for long-term growth and productivity.
Web-signin 3rd party IDP not working
We have a working Entra ID SAML federation to a third-party IdP that uses FIDO2/WebAuthn (IdP as Relying Party) for browser sign-in, and we are trying to use the same federation through Windows Web sign-in on an Entra-joined Windows 11 device — but the IdP page loads blank in the WebView and Microsoft-Windows-WebAuthN/Operational records zero events, while the same security key works fine for FIDO2 sign-in with login.microsoft.com as RP on the same device. Questions: - Is WebAuthn brokering to third-party Relying Parties inside the Web sign-in WebView supported? - If not, is it on the roadmap? - What is the supported architectural path for delivering passwordless Windows sign-in using a federated IdP's own FIDO2/WebAuthn credentials, given Graph API passkey provisioning is Beta-only?
MS Word and Excel Mail Merge Certificates (advanced)
I need to run a mail merge (using Word and Excel) for certificates where per Course each student has a unique number of competencies they have achieved, example code attached. I cant manipulate or add data to the excel content with additional columns. I need one certificate per student each with their related competency achievement(s). Has anyone else found a solution without having to use an add in? Ive seen a template where the creator used the "next if" rule and the "if" condition is if the student ID is equal to, but i cant recreate it.
Export mixed text and tabular Excel to PDF
I have a sheet that I need to export from Excel to PDF. The sheet contains text and tabular data. Ideally, I'd like large bold text to export as heading tags, text as paragraph tags, and the tabular data as a table. Currently, any group of cells containing data that are surrounded with blank cells export as a table, even if they don't contain what a human would consider tabular data. I haven't selected the tabular data and chosen Import > Table. I'm not sure if that would help or not. How can I export mixed text and tabular data from Excel and have it be tagged as desired in the resulting PDF?Using the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK to Update User Profiles
Now rolling out to Microsoft 365 tenants is the ability to update user profile cards with details of awards and certifications held by users. Usually, HR departments would provide the source data and probably arrange for the data to be ingested into the Graph through a Copilot connector, but it’s possible to add awards and certifications for individual users using Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets. All explained in great detail with working examples here. https://office365itpros.com/2026/05/08/user-profile-card-awards/An Explosion of Audit Events for Legacy SharePoint Online Authentication
Microsoft phased out the legacy IDCRL authentication mechanism from SharePoint Online on May 1, 2026. Sounds good, until you notice the explosion of IDCRLBlockedDueToSoftEnforcement events created by SharePoint Online in the unified audit log. The events are associated with Microsoft Office apps like Word, which SharePoint appears to think are still using IDCRL. For whatever reason, the audit log is now cluttered with unwanted events generated by the interaction between SharePoint and Office. https://office365itpros.com/2026/05/07/idcrl-audit-events/
Prevent Microsoft 365 meeting invites from automatically appearing in users’ calendars
Hi All, We are trying to prevent Microsoft 365 meeting invites from automatically appearing in users’ calendars as Tentative until the user explicitly accepts the invite. Setting for Outlook Classic, New Outlook and Windows or Outlook Web. Need Microsoft recommendation on this one.
Embedded Excel sheet in Word Doc not showing all rows
I have a Word Doc with an embedded Excel sheet. After I add rows to the sheet, the Word Doc cuts off the new rows. I tried stretching it in the Word Doc, but that doesn't work, the Excel sheet just gets stretched. I've changed the print area and cleared the print area in the Excel file. I unhid all the rows as well. I've searched Google and here and I couldn't find an answer. Is the Word Doc or Excel sheet I'm working on corrupted? I've attached some screenshots.Agent 365 adoption resources now available
We've created a Getting Started Guide for Agent 365! You can find it on our new Agent 365 Adoption Resources page, as well as links to articles for getting started with Agent 365 in Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Microsoft Defender, Entra, and Purview. Would love to hear what you think -- or what we've missed! Please leave a comment on this post. Thank you! -- Nichole Microsoft Agent 365 – Microsoft AdoptionTues, May 12: Live AMA with Agent 365 Product Team
How to Participate Register/RSVP/Add to Cal at: Live AMA: Microsoft Agent 365 | Microsoft Community Hub Visit the AMA page on Tuesday, May 12 at 9am Pacific time to join the conversation. You can post your questions in the comments, and product team members will respond live during the AMA. Live AMA: Microsoft Agent 365 | Microsoft Community HubGranular Restore for Microsoft 365 Backup Reaches General Availability
Eighteen months after the product became generally available, Microsoft 365 Backup has delivered granular restore for SharePoint Online and OneDrive sites. It’s the kind of feature that most tenant administrators might have assumed is already in the program, but at least it now is. The next step is apparently the ability to restore files in place. That isn’t available yet. https://office365itpros.com/2026/05/06/microsoft-365-backup-granular/Excel .xlsm files showing “We found a problem with some content” after saving
Hi everyone, Good day. I’m currently experiencing an issue with Microsoft Excel involving macro-enabled files (.xlsm) that contain VBA code and are stored in Microsoft OneDrive. Scenario: I open an .xlsm file (with VBA), make edits or even just open and save it. When I reopen the same file, I get the error:“We found a problem with some content… Do you want us to try to recover as much as we can?” Additional details: This issue started happening on April 15, 2026. Files created in 2023 were working before, but now they are no longer working even if I did not make any changes. The issue now happens consistently even without modifying the file. What I’ve tried: Opening and repairing the file Saving as a new file Checking OneDrive sync Has anyone encountered this issue recently, especially with OneDrive syncing and .xlsm files? Any suggestions or fixes would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help.Running engagement surveys through M365 without buying another tool?
HR asked me if we can run quarterly employee engagement surveys using our existing M365 stack. We have E3 licenses. I tried setting up something with Forms but the analytics are super basic and theres no way to track trends over time or slice by department without a bunch of manual Excel work. Before I go back to HR and tell them we need to buy a dedicated survey tool, has anyone gotten something workable going with just M365?Best way to enforce manager check-ins across the org using M365 tools?
Our CHRO wants every manager to have at least bi-weekly check-ins with directs and wants visibility into whether its actually happening. Right now theres zero tracking. Some managers do it, some dont, and leadership has no idea. I looked at Viva Insights but it only shows meeting frequency, not whether there was an actual structured conversation. Is there a way to get reporting on this through admin center or do we need something separate?
Data Loss: automatic safety labels in a file opened from WhatsApp
Hi everyone! I made a huge mistake... I sent myself a word file from WhatsApp, I opened it (without saving it, dumb I know) and started working on that file. I didn't know that Word couldn't save the file due to safety labels, I mean there was no pop up, no Alert, nothing, I just continued pushing the button save and then when I closed the window there was no special alert, no message, so I thought it was all fine... My file disappeared, I couldn't find any .TMP to restore, it wasn't in the driver or somewhere else. I swear it was like writing with invisible ink! Of course I spent this night writing everything again, but I was wondering if there's a way to suggest adding a message to make the user aware of the label. I really don't know why there wasn't any message when I pushed X button even if the file wasn't really saved.
No More All-or-Nothing: Smarter, Granular Data Recovery in Microsoft 365 Backup
Data recovery has long carried a kind of quiet dread in the IT world. When something goes wrong whether it’s a user accidentally deleting an important file, a sync error wiping out folders, or a security incident compromising data the recovery process often feels like a blunt instrument. Historically, administrators have had to choose between restoring everything or nothing, even when the problem affected only a small portion of the environment. That kind of all-or-nothing decision isn’t just inefficient it can be disruptive, time-consuming, and, in some cases, risky. https://dellenny.com/no-more-all-or-nothing-smarter-granular-data-recovery-in-microsoft-365-backup/What type of chart please
Hi guys, I am looking some help. Can anyone advise on what type of chart is needed (if at all possible) to present the below set of data exactly in the way I have created the below mockup. I have tried various bar/cluster/waterfalls, etc but I cannot get the data to be in the same axis format as below. Thanks Clarke
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