Office 365

Office 365 – Two factors authentication is now available as preview

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

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Office 365 – You can now define Yammer as your default Enterprise social network

Starting today, Office 365 customers with Enterprise plan can enable Yammer as the default social network in replacement of the SharePoint newsfeed. To do so: Logon to your SharePoint Administration portal either using the administration menu on top right or using the direct URL (https://<your tenant>-admin.sharepoint.com/) Then go to the Settings option available on the

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Office 365 – Change the schedule directory synchronization

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

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Office 365 – Directory Synchronization now includes password sync

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

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SharePoint 2013 – Can not embedded HTML code

As you may already know, if not this is done , you can now embedded some HTML code on your SharePoint pages (available on SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online); especially on blog post. To do so, just create a new blog post (or page) and use the Insert tab and Embed Code button. However, there

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Office 365 – Use Azure Active Directory Right Management with Office 365

I have uploaded a presentation about right management services on Office 365, called Azure Active Directory Right Management (AADRM). Use AADRM (Right Management Services) with Office 365 from Benoit HAMET Enjoy

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Office 365 – Speedtest replacement

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

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SharePoint – SkyDrive Pro is now available as standalone and for download

In case of you missed it, SkyDrive Pro is the “professional” SkyDrive client to keep offline your SharePoint content. It has been introduced with SharePoint 2013 and Office 2013 and so was only available through Office 2013 editions (Office 365 Pro Plus, Office 365 Small Business Premium or Office 2013 Pro Plus). Since yesterday (May

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Office 365 – Backup your SharePoint Online content

UPDATE 09/05/2013 – new features are coming soon, such as mutilple site collection backup or scheduling. Stay tuned As you may already know, there is no way to backup by yourself your SharePoint; it’s Microsoft team charge’s. However, in some case, this may be a good idea to have a backup of your SharePoint Online

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