2013

Office 365 – Directory Synchronization tool updated

With the release of the new Office 365 version, the directory synchronization tool has been updated. Now, DirSync is only available in 64 bits version and can be installed on Windows Server 2012. You can go http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj151800.aspx for install and upgrade process.

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Office 365 – Use Right Management Services

With the new Office 365, Microsoft has introduced a new functionality to secure document sharing: Right Management Services. This service is (should be) well know as this is available since Windows Server 2003 as additional component for internal deployment. See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771234(v=ws.10).aspx for more details about RMS. So, going back to Office 365 and Windows Azure

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Office 365 – Use Excel to view Exchange Online reports

UPDATE March 8th: to know more about Office 365 Reporting Web Service (and maybe build a solution) go there http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj984325.aspx Following my previous post presenting the new Office 365 administration portal UI, I will explain with this post how to use Excel for viewing (and analyzing) Office 365 reports. The Office 365 reports are covering

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Exchange – New Exchange Deployment Assistant for Exchange 2013

Few months after releasing the latest major version of Exchange, Microsoft has published a new deployment assistant to help customer in their Exchange 2013 deployment. This new version will provide guidance to deploy Exchange 2013 On Premises, in hybrid mode with Office 365 or on a cloud based only deployment. Additional scenario for customers with

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Office 365 – Add email aliases with Exchange Online 2013

With the new Office 365 there is some actions which have changed to manage user properties. As part of this, adding an email alias is now more simpler. Logon to the Office 365 administration portal with an administrator account Then go to the Users and Groups section from the left menu On the Active Users

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Office 365 – Simpler mail protection management with Exchange Online

With the new Office 365 version running Exchange 2013, Microsoft has provided a simpler way to protect your email flow, including spam quarantine management. With the new Office 365, all security email options are now available directly through the Exchange Control Panel. To manage these security options, log on using an Exchange administrator account on

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Office 365 – Enable and use SharePoint Site Mailbox on SharePoint Online

With SharePoint 2013, a new feature called Site Mailbox has been delivered by Microsoft. This feature allows integration between SharePoint 2013 and Exchange 2013. It is available for both On Premises and Online (Office 365) deployments. Email and documents are traditionally kept in two unique and separate data repositories. Most organizations collaborate using both mediums.

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Office 365 – The new administration portal

With the release of the new Office 365, running 2013 product version, the administration portal has changed. The user interface is now reflecting the Modern UI, formerly called Metro, which is now shared between all Microsoft products (Windows 8, Exchange 2013, SharePoint 2013…). This new administration interface is more clear and more simple, even if

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Office 365 – Office 365 for Business now available, compare features

With the commercial availability of Office 365 for Business since yesterday, you can now evaluate RTM version of Office 365 for Business running latest Microsoft product: Exchange 2013, Lync 2013 and SharePoint 2013. To compare each plan with which features are available go to http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/business/compare-office-for-business-plans-FX102918419.aspx If you already have Office 365 subscription (running 2010 product

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ForeFront UAG – Service Pack 3 now available

Finally, the service pack 3 for ForeFront UAG is now available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36788 As usual, you must have deployed the previous SP available;in this case, the Service Pack 2. As part of this update, you will have: Windows 8 support Support for the built-in Mail app to connect to Exchange server Remote desktop

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