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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 onContent Database Status Error in Central Admin
I recently ran into an issue at a client site where one of their content DB’s was in an “Error” state (Database Status). The Database name below was found to be in “Error” The simple resolution to this was to click on the database name in question, and in the dialog that opens, …
Read onFixing broken Search in the SharePoint Help
Recently we discovered that the help in our SharePoint site was not working properly when performing an online search for content. Below: 1) Enter Content then 2) Press the search icon. Note that by default SharePoint will be configured to search online first. The result we were seeing was similar to this below: The problem …
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 onBye Bye Windows 7! Hello Windows 10!!
We have been advised that Microsoft has instructed its various partners to cease shipment of PC’s with Windows 7 pre-installed or “in the box” and has also advised retailers to stop selling Windows 7 licenses. As of this month, Windows 7 goes into “Extended Support mode” which means the countdown has started on the cutoff …
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 onSharePoint 2013 Moving the Search Index Partition to the WFE
Following up on my last post “SharePoint 2013 Moving the Search Query Component to a WFE“, again, I’ve used a variety of others (blog) posts to do this in the past, some of which have gone offline and as such, I wanted to keep track of how to do this for myself, so I’ve gone …
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