Office 365

Office 365 – Multi AD Forest synchronization with Office 365: installation and configuration

UPDATES: May 12 – error after assigning license and synchronization frequency Following my previous post regarding the coming multi AD forest synchronization feature for Office 365 (http://blog.hametbenoit.info/2014/05/06/office-365-multi-active-directory-forest-synchronization-is-coming/), this post will detail steps to install, configure and manage the directory synchronization tool currently in preview (beta). The preview is available for download from the Connect website […]

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Office 365 – Enable password writeback

Since few months, the directory synchronization tool for Office 365 allows password synchronization – see http://blog.hametbenoit.info/2013/06/05/office-365-directory-synchronization-now-includes-password-sync/ While this feature is greatly appreciated – as it simplify SSO deployment and configuration for example, there was still a missing feature: the end user was not able to change his password from Office 365 services. So, with the

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Office 365 – Multi Active Directory Forest synchronization is coming

After almost 2 years on production, the long waited multi AD forest synchronization is coming for Office 365. For those who don’t already know, Office 365 can be synchronized with only ONE Active Directory Forest (multi domain within one forest is not a problem). This limitation was source of lot of nightmare for company with

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Office 365 – Manage RMS templates

As you may already know, Microsoft has provided Right Management Services capabilities on Office 365 – if you are not aware, check this post to see how to enable and configure RMS for use with Office 365 http://blog.hametbenoit.info/2013/03/07/office-365-use-right-management-services/ In this post, we will see how to manage RMS templates. An RMS template is a defined

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Office 365 – Change management guide from Microsoft

Microsoft has published a change management guide for enterprises moving/implementing Office 365. This guide contains communication templates (emails, print…) as well as some document to assist the local support team, train the users or help to define enterprise policies to apply on Office 365. You can download it from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40187

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SharePoint 2013 – SharePoint 2013 SP1 includes settings to configure Office 365 integration

As part of the SharePoint 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft has starting to provide some way to implement a sort of hybrid mode – as we can already have with Exchange – with Office 365. If you go to the SharePoint Central Administration soon after the installation of the SP1, you will see an important

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Office 365 – Update your DirSync to take advantage of the new S/MIME feature

As you already know, Microsoft updates frequently the DirSync tool used to synchronize your on premises directory with Office 365. Also, as Microsoft has announced the availability of the S/MIME feature on Exchange 2013 SP1 – and so also for Exchange Online on Office 365, you will have to update your DirSync currently installed. Download

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Office 365 – Sample PowerShell scripts to manage Office 365 and Lync

Microsoft has published some sample PowerShell scripts to help you managing Office 365 and Lync. These scripts will connect to your Office 365 tenant, display your users list, manage user settings or manage domains and more. As prerequisite, you must have installed Microsoft Online Sign In Assistant, PowerShell Module for Windows Azure Active Directory, Lync

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Lync – New Lync Connectivity Analyzer

Microsoft has released a new version of the Lync Connectivity Analyzer, a tool which helps to determine if the deployment and the configuration of Office 365 (Lync Online) and Lync On Premises match the prerequisites to support connectivity. Go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=277056 to download the tool. As part of the improvements: support for Windows 8.1 improved

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Office 365 – Moving online mailbox to on premise failed with error Resource ‎’CiAgeOfLastNotification‎(System)‎‎’ is unhealthy and shouldn‎’t be accessed

Recently, I went to an error when moving online mailboxes from Office 365 – Exchange Online – to on premises – Exchange 2013. Strangely, these mailboxes have been moved multiple times in both direction – on premises to online and online to on premises – without any issue. The migration batch starts and content is

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