During a session at Microsoft Ignite, I heard a presenter mention that running MSI-installed versions Office products such as Visio and Project was not compatible with the “Click-to-Run” deployment of Office 365 ProPlus. This was something I sort of stored in the memory banks with the intention of researching. One thing I did know was […]
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Office 365 – How to Handle Departed Users (Part 2 of 2)
As a result of a decision made by either the employee or the employer, users will inevitably leave your organization. Whether you call these user “separations”, “terminations” or “offboarding”, the impact to IT is the same: network access needs to be secured and the user’s data needs to be addressed. When using cloud services such […]
Office 365 – Why Your UPN Should Match Your Primary SMTP Address
Since the early days of Office 365, the discussion of changing UPNs has been had between consultants and clients. The discussions range from “what is a UPN” to “this line-of-business application uses UPN for login, the application would need to be reinstalled and the vendor is no longer in business”. During Office 365 deployments, I […]
Office 365 – Is the “Archive Mailbox” Still Relevant?
The practice of email “archiving” probably goes back as far as email itself. Over the years, the reason for archiving emails has changed and as the corresponding technologies have evolved, it brings into question whether this practice even needs to continue. Before enabling functionality that moves email data from it’s original location, it’s worth discussing […]
Exchange Online – After the Migration… Now What?
On June 24th, Microsoft hosted a “Beyond Build and Ignite” event at our local MTC office. The event was well-attended by clients looking for additional information on top of the hours of video content available from the last month’s Ignite event. In addition to Perficient being one of the sponsors of this event, I was […]
Office 365 – When to Consider a Third-Party Identity Provider
Office 365 offers several different identity options. Well known are the options to use “cloud identities” or directory synchronization from your on-premises Active Directory. For authentication, Microsoft offers the option to use “password hash sync” or Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) along with your on-premises Active Directory. There is, however, another option when it […]
Exchange Hybrid – The Unspoken Limitations That You Should Know
During the inaugural Microsoft Ignite conference, I was selected to present a “community theater” session; my session was titled “Exchange Hybrid – The Unspoken Limitations That You Should Know”. The idea around this session was the we should always know the capability of a technology before deploying it into production. The earlier we can identify […]
Office 365 – Using the New PST Import Service
Mention the word “PST” around an Exchange admin and you’ll likely receive the same gloomy expression as if you mentioned “Public Folders”. PSTs, however, cause headaches for many others outside of the Exchange administration world. They’re even a pain for the users that create them as they can be wiped away with the reimaging of […]
Office 365 – How to Handle Departed Users (Part 1 of 2)
As a result of a decision made by either the employee or the employer, users will inevitably leave your organization. Whether you call these user “separations”, “terminations” or “offboarding”, the impact to IT is the same: network access needs to be secured and the user’s data needs to be addressed. When using cloud services such […]
Office 365 – Unable to Activate Directory Synchronization
Between demos, trials and actual production environments, I’ve probably activated Directory Synchronization on a couple hundred tenants at this point. The process is pretty non-eventful, you add a domain, validate it and click the button that says “Activate”; then it’s on to the fun stuff. Just when you start to feel like you’ve seen just […]
Office 365 – Script to Change UPN between Federated Domains
Nothing too fancy in this post, just a quick script that can help make a nuisance of a task easier… There’s been a long-standing issue with Office 365 where you cannot change a user’s userPrincipalName (UPN) from one federated domain to another. As an example, if you have federated the domains “company-a.com” and “company-b.com”, changing […]
Office 365 – Allowing Users to Edit Exchange Groups They Manage
Exchange Hybrid and Directory Synchronization provide for the most full-featured integration experience with your on-premises messaging environment. Users, for the most part, are unaware of whether their mailbox is in the cloud or on-premises. There are, however, a few limitations with Exchange Hybrid and Directory Synchronization. One of these limitations is around distribution groups that […]