Find Objects In Dirsync: Search The Metaverse

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ DirSync, for the people that are new to Office 365 and have no idea what DirSync does, a small recap: DirSync syncs User, Groups and Contacts from a local Active Directory with the identity source of Office 365 called Windows Azure Active Directory. DirSync uses a software program engine called Forefront Identity Manager in a stripped version to do the job. If we go to C:Program FilesWindows Azure Active…

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Find Objects In Dirsync: Search The Metaverse

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ DirSync, for the people that are new to Office 365 and have no idea what DirSync does, a small recap: DirSync syncs User, Groups and Contacts from a local Active Directory with the identity source of Office 365 called Windows Azure Active Directory. DirSync uses a software program engine called Forefront Identity Manager in a stripped version to do the job. If we go to C:\Program Files\Windows Azure Active…

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Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft System Center 2012 R2

Nuno Árias Silva

Body:                Introducing Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 by Mitch Tulloch with Symon Perriman and the System Center Team. DOWNLOAD LINKS Download the  PDF – here Download the Mobi file for Kindle – here Download the ePub file – here   Introduction Microsoft System Center is one of the three pillars of Microsoft’s Cloud OS vision that will transform the traditional datacenter environment, help businesses unlock insights in data…

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Setting up ADFS 3.0 (Server 2012 R2) for Office 365

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ This blog post will detail the steps to setup Server 2012 R2 ADFS 3.0 for use with Office 365. Many new things have happened with ADFS 3.0 compared to 2.0. The biggest one being that 3.0 does not require IIS, the new ADFS is now built with IIS components it needs. Another big change is that Server 2012 R2 includes a new role for Proxy for ADFS call…

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Setting up ADFS 3.0 (Server 2012 R2) for Office 365

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ This blog post will detail the steps to setup Server 2012 R2 ADFS 3.0 for use with Office 365. Many new things have happened with ADFS 3.0 compared to 2.0. The biggest one being that 3.0 does not require IIS, the new ADFS is now built with IIS components it needs. Another big change is that Server 2012 R2 includes a new role for Proxy for ADFS call…

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Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​     While a lot of businesses are hesitant to jump into the cloud with their production workloads because of trust, security, performance, and availability concerns, there are some places where using the cloud can make a lot of sense. Two of them are in the area of backup and disaster recovery. First, let’s have a look at some of the Windows Azure options for backup and recovery…

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Introducing Curah!

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Introducing Curah! Curah! is a new way to stop searching and start finding great technical content. Become a curator and get started today. Curah! is a way for experts in a particular technology to share the best links on the web that help answer specific questions. Curators can add their own advice about each link and by doing so enhance their own reputations in the community. Follow this…

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Identity and Authentication in the cloud: Office 2013 and Office 365 (Poster)

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Identity and Authentication in the cloud: Office 2013 and Office 365 (Poster)     ​​This poster illustrates and explains the new world of identity and authentication in Office 2013 and Office 365. Two scenarios illustrate how identities are provisioned and how those identities are authenticated completely in the Microsoft cloud or in a hybrid (on-premises and Microsoft cloud) topology. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38193  Category: Servers; How to do Published: 12/20/2013 10:25 ]]>

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Windows PowerShell Command Builder

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​Free tool and of the best little tools you can get for Office 365, SharePoint Online is the Windows PowerShell Command Builder. This free tool lets you build scripts for a number of products like: SharePoint Online SharePoint Foundation 2013 SharePoint Server 2013 SharePoint Foundation 2010 SharePoint Server 2010, and Office 365 Windows PowerShell Command Builder   It is super simple to use as well. You select your desired action (verb)…

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