DIRSYNC can now be deployed on a domain controller

Body: ​ The latest release of DIRSYNC (version 6553.0002) can now be installed on a domain controller according to the release notes at: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/18429.windows-azure-active-directory-sync-tool-version-release-history.aspx   The details on how to go about this are located at: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/17370.best-practices-for-deploying-and-managing-the-windows-azure-active-directory-sync-tool.aspx#A11 DIRSYNC is a stand alone application that copies information from the local active directory (user names, passwords etc) and copies them to Office 365, saving you from having to create these attributes in…

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End user training resources for Office 2013 and Office 365

Body: ​Office 365 training resources are available. You just need to know where to look.   Buried deep down in the TechNet Office 2013  Resource Kit is the following list of training pages and videos. End user training resources for Office 2013 and Office 365 Resources like this need to be consolidated / aggregated / [enter unifying word here] into one place such as the Office 365 for Business Learning…

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Office 365 Network Analysis Tool

Body: ​ With BPOS and the first iteration of Office 365, Microsoft provided the Speed Test web tool to assist in determining if an organization’s internet connection could support Microsoft Online services, mainly focusing on Exchange Online and Lync Online. This tool was available from www.microsoftspeedtest.com.   However, for some reason, this tool has not been available for many months now, leaving organizations and IT professionals without a tool to…

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Office 365 DirSync Filtering

Body: ​ How many of you knew that we never had an option to partially sync your AD infrastructure to the Microsoft cloud using DirSync tool? Until now, one of the problems of DirSync was that it would sync your entire AD to Office 365. This means that if you had 10,000 AD users and only wanted 500 in Office 365, you would have all 10,000 users listed in Office…

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Office 365 DirSync Filtering

Body: ​ How many of you knew that we never had an option to partially sync your AD infrastructure to the Microsoft cloud using DirSync tool? Until now, one of the problems of DirSync was that it would sync your entire AD to Office 365. This means that if you had 10,000 AD users and only wanted 500 in Office 365, you would have all 10,000 users listed in Office…

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The Cloud OS!

Body:    Over the last year, Microsoft have made some incredible developments with Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, and the new release of Windows Intune – and I am incredibly excited for these products to reach general availability today! Leading up to this, Microsoft team has worked incredibly hard to share as much information as possible about this new platform and its vast array of capabilities – and…

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11 Razões para Experimentar o Office 365

Body: O Office 365 é muito mais do que uma coleção de programas de software para utilização profissional. O Office 365 inclui todas as funcionalidades que a sua empresa precisa para criar uma infraestrutura de TI profissional. Eis onze boas razões para experimentar o Office 365: Disponível em qualquer dispositivo: Os empregados têm acesso ao Office Web Apps quer estejam num PC de casa, num PC do escritório, num smartphone…

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Chegada do Windows 8.1

Body: ​ ​ ​     ​ Chegada do Windows 8.1 O Windows 8.1 chega a 18 de Outubro a Portugal! Novidades como a pesquisa única, o novo Internet Explorer e navegação lado-a-lado vão acelerar as tarefas na sua empresa. Tudo isto cada vez mais orientado para o toque e para a cloud, a pensar na sua produtividade. Faça já o download do preview!   ​   Windows 8.1: Funcionalidades…

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Moving Toward the Private Cloud

Body: ​  The private cloud is emerging as an attractive alternative to the public cloud for many IT organizations. Although the public cloud puts the control and cost in the hands of the cloud hosting provider, that’s not the case with the private cloud. The private cloud puts the control and costs of the infrastructure into the hands of your organization. All the concerns about infrastructure availability and data security…

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