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Best Practices Analyzer: Next Generation 11/16/2018 12:53 PM MNGIN201 Best Practices Analyzer: Next Generation Mark Heneen (Principal Program Manager) Nasir Ali (Principal Escalation Engineer) Microsoft © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Where are we now?

Where are we now? Exchange Server Lync Server SharePoint Server Office 5.5, 2003 (S/A), 2007/2010 (in product), 2013 (N/A) Lync Server OCS 2007, 2010, 2013 SharePoint Server N/A Office OffCat

Exchange Best Practices Analyzer – 2007/2010 Video

Exchange Best Practices Analyzer – 2013 Video

Office 365 Best Practices Analyzer for Exchange Server 2013 (beta) Video

Office 365 Best Practices Analyzer One BPA for Exchange Server, Lync Server, SharePoint Server, and for your PC One experience- on-premises or in the cloud On-Premises Only Scenarios Hybrid/Cloud Scenarios Office 365 Setup “Readiness Wizard” One set of features- across all products One code base- across all products

Office Best Practices Analyzer Readiness and Health Checks Cloud Office 365 On-Premises Exchange Server SharePoint Server Lync Server Office ProPlus and Client Monthly Release for new and updated Rules

Office Best Practices Analyzer Top categories with most number of issues Common across Office 365 and on-premises products Targeted checks to expedite setup and reduce support incidents

Office Best Practices Analyzer Product Shared Checks Targeted Product Checks Exchange Server Domains DNS Active Directory Network Client operating systems / software Critical system and event logs Performance Mailbox configuration and mailbox size Setup and upgrade Lync Server Client configuration/server settings DNS configuration / autodiscover SharePoint Server Interoperability with client Upgrade readiness Office Pro Plus and Client Pre-requisite verification Outlook configuration Bandwidth and latency Office 365 Domain verification DNS record validation Identity - Directory Synchronization / Passwords / single sign-on

Usability Studies

Focus Groups-MVPs

Focus Groups-MVPs

MVP Focus Group

Planned Investments Features Readiness and Health Checks for Exchange, Lync, SharePoint, Office ProPlus, and Office 365 (P0) Seamless user interface integrated with Office 365 Suite experience (P0) Search and filter scan results across suite and Office 365 (P0) Automatic updates of rules and user interface (P0) Awareness of Office 365 configuration and settings (sign-in required) Automatic storage of check results - (sign-in required) Check results automatically made available to support personal - (sign-in required) Scheduled scanning of on premises and/or cloud configuration (sign-in required) Email alerting of health or readiness issues (sign-in required) Text message alerts of health or readiness issues (sign-in required) Historical and trend reporting of health and readiness of environment (sign-in required) Snapshot of configuration and changes to configuration (sign-in required) Topology discovery / remote scanning of machines (sign-in required) Reporting for Office 365 readiness (sign-in required) Community / social integration (sign-in required) Save to file -HTML / XML report (sign-in required)

Where are we now? Office 365 Readiness Wizard Evolution with BPA DEMO

Feedback Send us your feedback! Best Practices Analyzer Feedback <o365bpafeedback@microsoft.com>

11/16/2018 12:53 PM © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.