Deploying ADFS for use with Office 365 is intended to give users a single sign-on experience. As anyone who has deployed Office 365 will tell you, you don’t really get true single sign-on. Depending on the type of client you are using, your “single sign-on” experience can vary pretty widely. The Lync and CRM online clients do give users single sign-on, but Outlook does not. Sitting in the middle you have the experience of logging into the Office 365 Portal.
Read moreAnnouncing the Portland Office 365 Users Group
Today I am happy to announce the first meeting on the Portland Office 365 Users Group has been scheduled. On January 29th at 10:00 am we will hold our first meeting at the Microsoft office in downtown Portland.
Read moreQuickly Get the Data You Need for Troubleshooting Exchange Server 2013 Problems →
Historically, gathering performance data when troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Server wasn't much fun. You had to figure out what performance counters you wanted to use, then set up Performance Monitor to gather data for several days before you could do any troubleshooting. Thanks to a new diagnostic feature in Exchange Server 2013, that's no longer the case.
Read moreGroups for Office 365
Groups is a new collaboration feature within Exchange Online that is now live on at least some tenants. I have “First Release” turned on for my Office 365 tenant, and I now have Groups available so I figure that means I am free to talk about what this new feature is and what it does.
Read moreChanging user logon domain in Office 365
When syncing your users to your Office 365 tenant via DirSync there are a number of reason that their login ID and primary SMTP address can end up being set to @tenant.onmicrosoft.com. Maybe you started DirSync before the domain was accepted in Office 365, or maybe your users UPNs are set to something other than the domain name you want to use as their primary SMTP address. Whatever the reason, once users are synced and end up with the wrong login ID, it can be a pain to change them especially for a large number of users. One way to fix that problem is with the following PowerShell command run after you connect to Azure AD via the Azure AD module.
Read moreManaging Office 365 licenses with PowerShell
In my never ending quest to make Office 365 migrations as simple as possible for myself, I have written a PowerShell script that should make Office 365 license management easier. Version 1.0 of Manage-Office365Licenses is available on the TechNet Gallery. My goal with this script is to provide a simple interface that will assist administrators in bulk assigning Office 365 licenses to user accounts.
Read moreOutlook update causing security warning for Office 365 users
Last night I received the follow email from a customer…
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My week at the Connections Conference
I just wrapped up a week at the IT/Dev Connections conference in Las Vegas. Connections is the premier conference covering Microsoft technology from a 3rd party perspective.
Read moreAzure Active Directory Synchronization Services (AAD Sync) now available
While Microsoft has designed Office 365 and Exchange Online to support all kinds of organizations, until today there has still been a big hole in the offering for organizations that have multiple on-premises Active Directory forests. With the release of Azure Active Directory Synchronization Services Microsoft has now filled that hole and made it possible for many more organizations to make the move to Office 365.
Read moreKeep your Federation Trust up-to-date →
Moving an Exchange Online mailbox from a AAD account to a DirSync account
Recently I has a customer who suffered a bit of an on-premises outage after moving to Office 365. At the time of the outage the customer was using ADFS and DirSync for their Exchange Online mailboxes, and they ended up losing ADFS and DirSync.
Read moreIf “the cloud” fails it will be because of governments
I try to stay fairly apolitical in this space. That is generally not too difficult because my personal politics tend to be fairly close to “If it’s coming from a professional politician it’s a bad idea and maybe even a dangerously bad idea.”, so I don’t really have a “side” on most political arguments.
Read morepublic folder updates in cu6 improving scale and more →
Coming Soon: Portland Office 365 Users Group
Office 365 user groups are the new thing, so I figure the good people of Portland need to get in on this trend. I’ve started working on organizing a quarterly meeting of the Portland Office 365 user group, and I’m here today to announce my plans and ask for your assistance and participation.
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