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Renamed AD user’s UPN not syncing with Office 365 via DirSync
Renamed AD users UPN not syncing with Office 365 via DirSync I recently renamed an existing users account and forced DirSync to push the changes to the cloud. Since the user was already Synced I had to add the old users email as a proxyAddress in the attribute editor etc. Everything synced up pretty well, …
Read onMultiple Office 365 profiles on a shared PC & Security
Multiple Office 365 profiles on a shared PC I had a client that I replaced their PC and upgraded them to a new one with an Office 365 version of Outlook 2013. There is about 5 of them and they all share one PC and they all have separate email accounts that they open via …
Read onOffice 365 — MOWA, OWA and Outlook
Microsoft released “Outlook” for iOS and Android yesterday (January 29, 2015). iPhone/iPad/Android and others have traditionally connected to Exchange services via ActiveSync. Depending on the phone/tablet vendor’s implementation, ActiveSync can “sync” email, calendar and other info between the phone/tablet and an Exchange backend. Most phone/tablet “native” apps rely on ActiveSync for their connection to Exchange. …
Read onMy handy checklist for troubleshooting Hybrid user migrations to 365 with DirSync.
My handy Office 365 checklist for troubleshooting Hybrid user migrations to 365 with DirSync Were running a Exchange 2013 Hybrid setup with Office 365 and Dirsync. I find this short list of items handy when creating users and troubleshooting issues with them getting moved/synced into the cloud. 1. Run DirSync. Make sure the user created …
Read onA great Server/Cloud combo for small business
I’ve written in the past about Server 2012 R2 Essentials in combination with Office 365 and I’d like to circle back again and revisit the value statement for the combination. But, first, let me do a quickie Windows Server licensing refresher as it is relevant to the discussion … There are four levels of Server …
Read onOffice 365–Enhanced Email Protection
Microsoft is rolling out improved email protection for the Exchange Online component of Office 365. Specifically, they are expanding the use of DKIM and DMARC technologies inside Exchange Online and Exchange Online Protection (EOP). The idea behind all of this is to expand the ability to authenticate email as coming from “trusted authenticated senders” so …
Read onOffice 365 – Leveraging Sites and OneNote
If you have followed any of my bleating’s on this blog you will know that I am a great fan of OneNote. I think it is an amazing piece of software and it has become the defacto tool in our office for pretty much all of our writing and data capture. I think I heard …
Read onUpdate to the DirSync Logon failure post
DirSync Logon failure I initially posted about re-installing DirSync to fix the login service issue for the Forefront Identity Manager Synchronization Service. While that fixed it initially I found further updates and reboots still caused the service to fail to start. I even installed the new Microsoft Azure Active Directory Sync Services tool and that …
Read onOffice 365– community.office365.com
Microsoft is putting a great deal of effort into improving and expanding the Office 365 Support Community site to make it the place to go to for help and support for Office 365. The site is http://community.office365.com and it is brimming with all sorts of support information, including forums. Fawad Khan is the Microsoft manager …
Read onOffice 365 – App Switcher
The upgrades and add-on’s just keep appearing in Office 365. The Office 365 App Switcher has started to roll out to tenancies as of this week. This is nothing earth-shattering but it is a welcome feature being added to Office 365’s feature set. In a nutshell it replaces the “ribbon” of apps that was laid …
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