1. MEC 2014
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2. Best Practices Analyzer: Next Generation
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MNGIN201
Best Practices Analyzer: Next Generation
Mark Heneen (Principal Program Manager)
Nasir Ali (Principal Escalation Engineer)
Microsoft
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3. Where are we now?

4. 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

5. Exchange Best Practices Analyzer – 2007/2010
Video

6. Exchange Best Practices Analyzer – 2013
Video

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Usability Studies

13. Focus Groups-MVPs

14. Focus Groups-MVPs

15. MVP Focus Group

16. 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)
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)

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

18. Feedback Send us your feedback!
Best Practices Analyzer Feedback

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© 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.