Office 365

Azure / Office 365 – Azure AD Connect now support proxy authentication

If you are working with Office 365 and/or Azure services, you already know that you can synchronize your Active Directory to Azure Active Directory services with the directory synchronization tool Azure AD Connect. It has been a very long wait (since the first version of the MS cloud services, BPOS) to get the synchronization tool […]

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Exchange Online – Manage Save sent items into the Sent Items folder and Automatic Reply of the Shared Mailbox from the admin portal

As you know, it has been possible to save all sent items to the Sent Items folder of a shared mailbox instead of the Sent Items folder of the user sending since Exchange 2013 CU9. Off course, this is also available on Exchange Online but for both (On Premises or Online) you had to use

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Office 365 – Guest access to Office 365 Groups

The evolution of Office 365 features continues with the ability to give guest access to Office 365 Groups. With this update, you can now grant access to Office 365 Groups to people which are external to your organization. Adding guest to an Office 365 Groups can only be done by either an Office 365 Administrator

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SharePoint Online – Change the default sharing link type

As you may know, you can share content stored on SharePoint Online by getting a link (depending of the settings enabled by your administrator, you may get different options). Now, SharePoint Online administrators can define which sharing link type (direct, internal or anonymous – again depending of the sharing configuration settings defined) will be the

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Office 365 – Advanced Security Management

Microsoft has added a new service into Office 365 called Advanced Security Management. This new service allows administrators to setup alerts for various activities, from users to administrators activities, anomalous or suspicious behavior and define action to these issues, such as suspending user account. Activation To start using this new service, you need first to

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Office 365 / Exchange – Convert your distribution lists to Office 365 Groups

A new feature is being rolled out to allow you to convert your distribution lists to Office 365 Groups.   What can be converted to Office 365 Groups The following table defines what can be converted (as of today – August 5th, 2016) Distribution Group Types Eligibility Mail enabled security group. Not eligible On-premise managed

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Office 365 – Office 365 Admin Universal App is GA

The Office 365 Admin Universal App has reached general availability.             If you have been running the beta version (Office 365 Admin Universal Beta) you need to install the released version. If you have been running the ‘old’ version of the Office 365 Admin app on Windows 10, the app will be updated - 

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Skype for Business – Getting MAPI unavailable message after switching to UCS

If you have configured you Skype for Business infrastructure to use UCS (Unified Contact Store) or if you have requested to get it enabled on Office 365 (yes, you do not have UCS activated by default on Office 365 and you need to open a SR to get it), you may face the following issue.

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Azure / Office 365 – Conditional Access is now available in preview

Azure AD Conditional Access policies for Office 365 (Exchange and SharePoint Online) is now available in preview; additional services may be supported (see at the end of this post). This will make it easier to request multi-factor authentication when accessing Office 365 services. Until then, either you had to manage it at the ADFS level

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