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Office 365 Hybrid Deployment With Exchange 2010 SP2 – Part 4
We have signed up for Office 365 E3 trial, configured ADFS 2.0, installed Microsoft Online Services Module for PowerShell, connected to Office 365 & configured the public domain for SSO &...
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Office 365 Hybrid Deployment With Exchange 2010 SP2 – Part 5
We have configured ADFS 2.0, Microsoft Online Services Module for PowerShell, enabled a public domain for SSO, activated AD synchronization in Office 365, installed & configured Dir Sync tool in...
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Office 365 Exams Available
Office 365 exams are out of beta and are available for everyone! 70-321 Deploying Office 365 and 70-323 Administering Office 365 is out and available via Prometric. Check the 70-321 exam info here and...
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Setting Default Domain In Office 365
By default, the *.onmicrosoft.com is the active and default domain that is configured in Office 365. This means that whenever you create a new user, the default username will always be...
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Using Lync 2010 Client On Your Desktop With An Office 365 Account
This articles tries to clear the confusion about how to setup you desktop so that you can use the Lync 2010 thick client with your Office 365 account. Yes, you can use any machine you want (personal...
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Enable Lync On-Premise To Federate With Lync Online (Office 365)
One of the selling features of Lync 2010 is the ability to communicate with users outside your organization – be it a remote user, federated or PIC. How can we communicate with a company who has Office...
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Configuring External Communications In Lync Online (Office 365)
The title might confuse you, as many of you might have heard that everything is setup correctly in Office 365. I found that the external communications was disabled for my tenant for some reason. While...
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Exchange, Lync & Office 365 Sessions From TechED NA 2012
Exchange, Lync and Office 365 sessions from TechEd NA 2012 are now online in Channel9. Check it out! Exchange Sessions Understanding Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange Best Practices...
View ArticleCan I Upgrade Office 365 Small Business Plan To Enterprise?
I got a question by email about the possibility of upgrading the Office 365 Small Business plan to an Enterprise one. Is it possible? The short answer is NO, atleast at the time of writing. There is no...
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Office 365 Deployment Readiness Tool
Any customer thinking of migrating to Office 365 should use the O365 Deployment Readiness Tool as a prerequisite. It is a “must” to run this tool to gather information about your platform if you are...
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Office 365 One Year Trial For TechNet Subscribers
Microsoft has given all TechNet Subscribers a one year full trial of Office 365. With an Office 365 for TechNet Subscribers trial, you can: Use your Office 365 subscription for evaluation and...
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Verifying & Setting Up DNS Records Automated In Office 365
The new Office 365 (Wave 15) brings in a lot of new features and a nice one is the automation work in verifying the domain and setting up DNS records. The initial Office 365 offering gave steps on how...
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Connect To Office 365 Using PowerShell
How can you connect to an Office 365 tenant and run O365 specific cmdlets from your workstation?This is a question that often gets asked in forums. Let’s assume that you have a tenant in Office 365 and...
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Office 365 Admin App
Microsoft has made it easy to check the service status of your O365 subscription with the release of the Office 365 Admin App.The application is available for Windows, Android & Apple phones and is...
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Exchange Hybrid Server License For Office 365
Many are still confused about the licensing around the Exchange hybrid server required for co-existing with Office 365.Hybrid server is not a “special” version of Exchange, but one with CAS and Hub...
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Switch Office 365 Plans
Office 365 is getting better & better. You can now switch plans very easily from the portal.One of the pain points for admins who were getting familiarized with Office 365 was the lack of option to...
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Network Analysis For Office 365 Deployment
A tool to help you out in Office 365 planning & deployment.One of the steps to be carried out while planning an Office 365 migration or hybrid deployment is to analyze the network between your...
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DirSync (WAAD Sync) For Office 365 – Facts
There is lot of confusion regarding DirSync (the new Windows Azure Active Directory Sync) tool.Following are the points to note when setting up & configuring the tool.Yes, you can install DirSync...
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DirSync (WAAD) Access Denied In Configuration Wizard
How to solve access denied error while configuring DirSync with the wizard?I ran into the following issue while setting up DirSync (WAAD) tool.I installed the latest DirSync tool and when running the...
View ArticleOffice 365 Object Limits
A question that comes up in forums very often is about the object limits in Office 365.The limitations are different based on where you are with your deployment. Following are the points to note.If you...
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