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By Mark
Microsoft Copilot cannot see archived SharePoint content in either Microsoft 365 Archive or standard third-party archives. Here's why - and how to close the gap.
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By Mark
Microsoft 365 Backup, M365 Archive, Purview retention, EOA, and inactive mailbox - what each one actually does, and where third-party archivers fit.
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By Mark
Audit OneDrive and SharePoint Online sites over their licensed storage quota with PowerShell - useful for MC1310684 remediation and routine storage management.
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By Mark
From July 2026 Microsoft will put OneDrive users over their licensed quota into read-only state. What MC1310684 means and how to prepare before the cutover.
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By Mark
What is SharePoint document lifecycle? A guide to the stages a SharePoint document moves through, the Microsoft Purview tools that manage each stage, and where Squirrel handles the archive tier.
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By Mark
What is Exchange Online Archiving? Microsoft's EOA gives users an in-place archive mailbox - here's what it costs, what it covers, and where it leaves gaps.
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By Mark
When an employee leaves your organisation, a clock starts ticking. Microsoft begins deleting their data — OneDrive files, Exchange Online emails, Teams conversations — within days of their account being disabled. For most large enterprises this is happening continuously, quietly, and without IT teams necessarily knowing until someone asks for data that no longer exists.
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By Mark
If your SharePoint Online storage costs are climbing, your document libraries are slowing down, or your compliance team is asking hard questions about where your data is — you need a SharePoint archiving strategy.
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By Mark
Most executives assume that moving to Microsoft 365 simplifies cost control. Storage is “in the cloud”, usage is elastic, and governance is handled through policy. In reality, many organisations face a very different experience. They invest heavily in retention policies to meet legal and regulatory requirements, yet their SharePoint storage costs continue to rise year after year, even after large cleanup programs.
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By Mark
And How Squirrel’s Recycle Bin Monitoring Stops Storage Blowouts Without Breaking Retention.
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By SmiKar Software
See how you can gain insights in to your Azure Blob Storage with Cloud Storage Manager. Want to Know Why Your Azure Storage costs have increased?
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By SmiKar Software
Azure Management Tools by SmiKar Software. See how our Azure Management tools can automate your daily tasks.
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By SmiKar Software
Schedule snapshot creation and deletion of single and multiple VMs easily with SnapShot Master.
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By SmiKar Software
See how Carbon can automate the migration of your virtual machines from Azure IAAS back to your on premise HyperV environment.
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By SmiKar Software
SnaPatch Patch Management Addon for SCCM. Schedule, then snapshot your VMs before deploying your updates automatically.
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By SmiKar Software
Is Patch Management causing you stress? Worried the latest round of Microsoft Updates are going to cause you an issue? See how SnaPatch can help.
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By SmiKar Software
See how SnaPatch can help alleviate your patch management stress. SnaPatch, the perfect addon for Microsoft's SCCM. Dont let your monthly patch deployment stress you out.
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By SmiKar Software
See how AVMD (Azure VM Deployer) can easily and quickly automate your VM deployment in Azure.
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By SmiKar Software
If you have the need for further functionality while scheduling the shutdown and power on of your Azure VMs with orchestration.
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By SmiKar Software
Do you need to migrate your VMs within Azure from Azure Service Manager to Azure Resource Manager? Maybe you need to clone one of your Azure VMs fast and easily? Perhaps you need to create a clone of your VM (to be used like a snapshot) while you patch or upgrade components of your server and avoid having issues with a risky upgrade?
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SmiKar Software was founded with one thing in mind – creating tools that would make it easier to administer an ever growing, risk adverse, complex environment.
We pride ourselves on customer service and developing tools to help people manage their environment. We are constantly developing further tools to aid the Administrator.
Our Products:
- Cloud Storage Manager: With Cloud Storage Manager you will be able to instantly see where all your storage is going, allowing you to take back control and save money.
- Carbon: With Carbon you can easily migrate your Azure virtual machines to your on-premise environment quickly and easily.
- SnapShot Master: View Snapshot information for your virtual environment, Schedule Snapshot creation or deletions, receive email notifications and more.
- SnaPatch: Automate and Schedule a Snapshot of your virtual machines prior to the deployment of updates.
- Azure VM Scheduler / Orchestrator: AVMS automates scheduled startup and shutdown of Azure Virtual Machines and can perform multiple granular power schedules.
- Azure VM Cloner: AVMC connects to your Microsoft Azure subscriptions and allows you to view all of your virtual machines within Azure.
We live by our motto, AUTOMATION is the KEY to our SOFTWARE.