Office 365

Microsoft has released a preview of the two factor authentication feature for Office 365, Windows Azure, Windows Intune or Dynamics CRM Online. Enable Two Factors Authentication Sign in to Windows Azure (https://manage.windowsazure.com/) with an administrator account Go to the Active Directory section from the left and choose Active Auth Providers Then create a new Active […]

As part of the latest post about directory synchronization with Office 365, here is a small trick to manage the schedule for directory synchronization. This is not new with the latest release. By default, DirSync is synching your AD with Office 365 every 3 hours. But you may want to manage this schedule in order

As you may already know there 2 way to manage user accounts on Office 365: From the cloud, using Office 365 administration portal (https://portal.microsoftonline.com) or using PowerShell From your on premises – so your own AD, using the Active Directory Synchronization tool, called DirSync The latest release of DirSync is now including a long waited

With BPOS and the first version of Office 365, Microsoft has provided a web tool (Speed Test) to assist customer to determine if their internet connection can support Microsoft Online services, from messaging to collaboration [covering Exchange Onlnine but more important Lync as it may consume important bandwidth]. This tool was available from www.microsoftspeedtest.com Since