Outlook Connectivity with MAPI over HTTP

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Among the many new features delivered in Exchange 2013 SP1 is a new method of connectivity to Outlook we refer to as MAPI over HTTP (or MAPI/HTTP for short). We’ve seen a lot of interest about this new connection method and today we’ll give you a full explanation of what it is, what it provides, where it will take us in the future, and finally some tips of…

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Outlook Connectivity with MAPI over HTTP

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Among the many new features delivered in Exchange 2013 SP1 is a new method of connectivity to Outlook we refer to as MAPI over HTTP (or MAPI/HTTP for short). We’ve seen a lot of interest about this new connection method and today we’ll give you a full explanation of what it is, what it provides, where it will take us in the future, and finally some tips of…

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Top 7 Office 365 Troubleshooting Tools

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ As an Office 365 Partner and implementing project, it’s nice to have a collection of tools to turn to when troubleshooting issues with Office 365. Below I’ve shared a few of my favorites by Microsoft.   1. Office 365 Outlook Connectivity Guided Walkthrough One of the most common problems is troubleshooting Outlook connectivity to Exchange Online. This guided walkthrough is intended for Office 365 Administrators to help diagnose…

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Office 365 Content Delivery Networks

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Using Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) helps keep Office 365 fast and reliable for end users. With CDNs, cloud services like Office 365 quickly download generic content, like icons, to your users’ browser when they’re using the service through a web client. How should I set up my network so that CDNs work best with Office 365?   If you’re planning the network connectivity for your Office 365 setup,…

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Step-By-Step: Migration of Exchange 2003 Server to Office 365

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​   While most of the focus happening this week was centered around end of support for Windows XP, many IT professionals also had Microsoft Exchange 2003 top of mind as it too had official support end on April 8th. Those currently running Exchange 2003 do have Office 365 as an option and preparation around a cut over migration might be in order. Cutover migrations are great as they take advantage of…

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Microsoft Office 365 merger migration guide for Exchange Online and Lync Online

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​This guide is outlines the process for migrating mailboxes and service settings from one Microsoft Office 365 for enterprises tenant to another Office 365 tenant in a business-merger scenario (E and P SKUs only). If you have more than 500 users to migrate or a large amount of SharePoint data to migrate, it is highly recommended that you work with an Office 365 partner. The scenario in this guide…

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Microsoft Office 365 merger migration guide for Exchange Online and Lync Online

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​This guide is outlines the process for migrating mailboxes and service settings from one Microsoft Office 365 for enterprises tenant to another Office 365 tenant in a business-merger scenario (E and P SKUs only). If you have more than 500 users to migrate or a large amount of SharePoint data to migrate, it is highly recommended that you work with an Office 365 partner. The scenario in this guide…

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Meet Office Mix

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Today we are announcing the customer preview of Office Mix – a simple way to turn your PowerPoint slides into interactive online lessons and presentations. We’ve heard from teachers that it can be difficult and expensive to make online lessons. Creating online lessons takes multiple pieces of expensive software, some of which are expensive or require serious technical skills, like complex video editing and timelines. All just to get a…

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Backup and Restore Instructions for the DirSync Database

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ The Windows Azure Active Directory Sync tool (DirSync) is used to provision user accounts from Windows Active Directory on-premises to Azure Active Directory in the cloud. DirSync will synchronize changes to user accounts made on-premises to the cloud so that cloud users have access to directory information and can sign-in. This document describes how to backup and later restore the database and encryption keys required for a DirSync…

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