• DNS geolocation for Office 365, connecting you to your nearest Datacenter for the fastest connectivity

    One of the main things we need to get right to ensure the most efficient and speedy connectivity to O365 is where in the world your DNS call is being completed. You'd think this wouldn't matter, you do a DNS lookup for your O365 tenant, get the...
  • Checking your TCP Packets are pulling their weight (TCP Max Segment Size or MSS)

    This is a quick one to check to ensure your TCP packets are able to contain the maximum amount of data possible, low values in this area will severely affect network performance. Maximum Segment size or MSS is a TCP level value which is the largest...
  • Ensuring your TCP stack isn’t throwing data away

    Fw In my previous blog post , I discussed checking the MSS to ensure full sized packets are used. Well, whilst you're digging around in the TCP Options of the SYN-SYN/ACK packets, it's worth checking another option SACK or Selective Acknowledgement...
  • Ensuring your Proxy server can scale to handle Office 365 traffic

    Proxy servers are often in place at customer sites, happily ticking away handling Internet traffic for years before Office 365 came along. As Office 365 generally travels over port 443 (for Outlook and SharePoint at least) then what's to think about...
  • Top 10 Tips for Optimising & Troubleshooting your Office 365 Network Connectivity

    Having performed numerous Office 365 Network assessments and reactive visits to resolve issues for customers, its apparent that the vast majority of issues are seen time and time again. So from this experience, here are my top 10 tips for you to optimise...