After few months in beta, Office 365 is now available as Gold – ie ready for production. Office 365 is providing all collaborative Microsoft products in the latest version (Exchange 2010, Lync, SharePoint 2010) and will evolved with the time to provide additional services. Go to www.office365.com to start a 30 days evaluation period or […]
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Microsoft has updated the ESDA (Exchange Server Deployment Assistant) to include support for rich-coexistence scenario between On Premise Exchange Server 2010 and Office 365. This scenario was missing since the begin of the Office 365 beta (only coexistence with Exchange 2003 and 2007 was provided). Rich coexistence (“hybrid deployment”) offers organizations the ability to extend
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As you may already know, Microsoft had some trouble with the initial release of the Rollup Update 3 for Exchange 2010 SP1. So, I tried to install the new release of this RU on my Exchange server, which is also protected by ForeFront Protection for Exchange. A first known issue is with ForeFront which has
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As you may already know, with Exchange 2010, Microsoft proposed an online tool to check the configuration of the remote connectivity configuration (Outlook Anywhere, Active Sync, Autodiscover…) – https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/ With the coming Office 365 and Exchange Online 2010, this tool will be updated to include specific function from Office 365, such as Single Sign On.
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Recently, I had an issue with the Windows Phone 7 to install the latest available update (the one related to certificates stolen). The installation always failed with the error code 8018119C, meaning the system was unable to download the update. I finally took some time to resolve the issue and found the MS KB related
The Exchange Team is pleased to announce that in the second half of calendar year 2011 we will be releasing Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2) to our customers. With SP2, the following new features and capabilities will be included: Outlook Web App (OWA) Mini: A browse-only version of OWA designed for low bandwidth
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During the TechEd US, Microsoft has announced some updates regarding virtualization support for Exchange. All the details from the product team blog http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/05/16/announcing-enhanced-hardware-virtualization-support-for-exchange-2010.aspx
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In addition of a previous post which explains how to add Exchange Online on the Exchange Management Console (http://blog.hametbenoit.info/2011/05/06/office-365-add-your-office-365-forest-on-your-exchange-management-console/) you can also do the same with PowerShell To be able to use PowerShell to manage Exchange Online, follow steps provided here http://help.outlook.com/en-us/140/cc546278.aspx
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For those who are using BPOS or Office 365 Beta, you may already A simpler URL is available with Office 365: http://mail.office365.com Or https://outlook.com (thanks to Sean)
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If you already have Exchange 2010 deployed within your organization, you can manage your Exchange organization hosted by Office 365 through the Exchange Management Console. If you don’t have Exchange deployed, you can install ONLY the administration console by customizing the installation of the evaluation version to select only the administration console. So, you have
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