DirSync Change: Forcing/Manual Syncs

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ With the latest version of the DirSync tool, the method for how you perform a manual synchronization has changed. So up until the latest version of the DirSync tool (at the time of this writing version 6862.0000), in order to force a sync, we first had launch a Windows Powershell 2.0 console on the respective server and then navigate to “C:Program FilesMicrosoft Online Directory Sync” or “C:Program FilesWindows…

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DirSync Change: Forcing/Manual Syncs

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ With the latest version of the DirSync tool, the method for how you perform a manual synchronization has changed. So up until the latest version of the DirSync tool (at the time of this writing version 6862.0000), in order to force a sync, we first had launch a Windows Powershell 2.0 console on the respective server and then navigate to “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Online Directory Sync” or “C:\Program Files\Windows…

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How to obtain an Exchange Hybrid Edition product key

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​How to obtain an Exchange Hybrid Edition product key for your on-premises Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2003 organization.   If your on-premises Exchange organization is running Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2003, and if you want to connect your organization to Office 365 and your Exchange Online organization, you must install at least one on-premises Exchange 2013 or Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 (SP3) server. This server is used for…

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Released: Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 5

Nuno Árias Silva

Body:                                 The Exchange team has anounced the availability of our most recent quarterly servicing update to Exchange Server 2013. Cumulative Update 5 for Exchange Server 2013 and updated UM Language Packs are now available on the Microsoft Download Center. Cumulative Update 5 represents the continuation of our Exchange Server 2013 servicing and builds upon Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1. The release includes fixes for customer reported issues, minor…

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Synchronizing your directory with Office 365 is easy

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ If you’re just getting started with Office 365, you’re probably considering how to extend the user directory that you use for accessing internal resources for connecting to cloud resources. The simplest way to achieve this is with the Windows Azure Active Directory Sync Tool (DirSync). This tool runs on a Windows Server machine on your network and synchronizes users to the cloud. DirSync has a wizard-driven install and…

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TechEd 2014: What’s new in Exchange and Office 365

Nuno Árias Silva

Body:   Microsoft TechEd 2014 is in full swing and this is the first general session that I’m attending. It will cover what’s new in Exchange, both in Office 365 and on-prem. As usual during conference this is live blogging, directly from content presented in the session. So editing is minimal, and please excuse any grammar issues. Email Challenges Too much stuff in my inbox Important emails get buried People…

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Microsoft reveals new enterprise services and products at TechEd 2014

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ TechEd North America 2014   As promised, Microsoft launched its TechEd North America 2014 conference in Houston, Texas today with a keynote address led by Brad Anderson, the company’s Corporate Vice President for its cloud and enterprise businesses. Anderson also wrote a blog post that reveals some of what he discussed during the keynote address.   Anderson told the attendees at TechEd this morning that Microsoft is working on a “mobile-first”…

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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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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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