Author name: Benoit HAMET

SharePoint 2013 – Web Browser Mobile getting mobile view access error

I have been getting this issue for some time now and finally took time to take a look on it. Here is the case: I have upgraded my SharePoint platform from 2010 to 2013 by deploying a full new server and performing the data migration using the database detach/attach method as I don’t have any […]

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Office 365 / SharePoint Online – No need to be worry of site storage quotas

This has always been a pain for SharePoint Online administrators: setting up correct storage quotas when creating a new site (to get the longest time before being asked to extend) AND indeed extending the quotas when the site start reaching his limited storage. This is (or will be soon) no longer a pain as Microsoft

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Office 365 – Office 365 Admin mobile app updated

As announced some time ago the Office 365 Admin mobile application has been updated with a brand new interface and features which provide more administration stuff than the previous version which was more providing health services than anything else (see http://blog.hametbenoit.info/2015/03/15/office-365-office-365-admin-mobile-application-has-been-updated/) Even if almost everyone was happy to get this new version, there was still

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Office 365 – Mobile Devices Management is now available

It has been announced some time ago, Microsoft has now delivered a first release of the mobile devices management for Office 365. You can now define complete access rules for mobile devices to access your Office 365 resources. This feature is currently being roll out on Office 365 for all Office 365 commercial plans (Business,

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Windows 10 – Do not install the latest Surface firmware if you have Bitlocker enabled and running Windows 10 10041

UPDATE 30/03/2015 – After disabling BitLocker to solve the issue, you can re enable it Today, I have installed the latest updates available through Windows Update on my Surface Pro 3 running Windows 10 Technical Preview build 10041: KB 3050653 and System Firmware Update. My Surface has Bitlocker enabled. Unfortunately, after the usual system restart

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Office 365 / Exchange Online – Changes in the Clutter feature

Since last November and the introduction of the Clutter feature (see http://blogs.office.com/2014/11/11/de-clutter-inbox-office-365/ for more details), Microsoft has updated the Clutter feature to allow better management of this feature by administrators. Now, administrators can define retention policies, define rules to bypass Clutter or personalize the message received by end-users. See http://blogs.office.com/2015/03/03/making-clutter-office-365-even-better/ to know more

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Office 365 / SharePoint Online – Important change with document library

Starting March 24th, SharePoint Online has been updated by enabling by default document versioning on Document library. This impact all new document library created since then, as well as new site. The document versioning enabled is the Create major version So be aware of this change has some impact in the storage consumed as well

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Office 365 – Compliance Center

Following my previous post to announce the new Office 365 Compliance Center (http://blog.hametbenoit.info/2015/03/13/office-365-new-compliance-center-is-coming/), here is a quick post on how to go with it. Access to the compliance center is allowed to global administrator and based on the RBAC (Role Based Access Control) permission models, the same than the one used by Exchange (either online

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Office 365 / Azure – Installation of the AAD Connect March Preview build

Following the announcement of the availability of a new AAD Connect preview build (March 2015 build), here is the some details regarding the installation and configuration steps for this build. I may not have covered everything here yet but will do new post if needed. As quick reminder, if you already had the previous build

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Office 365 / Exchange – Now with latest Exchange CU, ActiveSync devices will be automatically reconfigured

With the release of the CU 8 for Exchange 2013 and the RU 9 for Exchange 2010, ActiveSync devices will be automatically reconfigured when the mailbox has moved from on premises to Office 365. Previously, the device had to be reconfigured (either by deleting the EAS connection or by manually setting the URL to outlook.office365.com).

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