Tools for validating a hybrid deployment

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ As described in the Office 365 CON 2014 Virtual Conference sessions, “Stairway to heaven – Best practices for Hybrid Deployments”, it is very important that you validate your on-premises environment before getting started with the hybrid bits. The reason why this is so important has to do with the many interactions between Office 365 [the cloud] and your on-premises environment. Let’s take a look at what components are…

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How to use a free SSL certificate for Exchange testing

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​   Occasionally you’ll need to test a specific Exchange functionality in the real world, and that demands a publicly registered domain, MX records, a public IP address and so on. You may already have a publicly registered domain, or you are probably using a service such as DynDNS or FreeDNS that gives you automatic and *free* DNS registration and a public (sub)domain name that is valid on the…

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Office 365 Message Encryption — now rolling out!

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: In November 2013, Microsoft has announced Office 365 Message Encryption, a new easy-to-set-up-and-use email service that allows you to send encrypted mail to anyone. Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Office 365  Message Encryption. To start using the message encryption service today, you can purchase a subscription for Windows Azure Rights Management, which  also includes Information Rights Management capabilities, giving you a comprehensive solution to help protect your…

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Converting ADFS domains to DirSync with Password sync, step by step

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​  In this post I’m not going to cover the advantages of dirsync with password sync. You can find a lot of articles on this blog to help you with that. But what do you do when you are convinced that you want to transition from ADFS to DirSync with password sync. First you have to realize is that it’s a completely different user experience. So make sure your…

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Converting ADFS domains to DirSync with Password sync, step by step

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​  In this post I’m not going to cover the advantages of dirsync with password sync. You can find a lot of articles on this blog to help you with that. But what do you do when you are convinced that you want to transition from ADFS to DirSync with password sync. First you have to realize is that it’s a completely different user experience. So make sure your…

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Overview on the types of Migration of Office 365

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​   This content elucidates the topic of Office 365 migration and of its various types. An individual can use the dashboard migration thing in the Exchange Administration Center to migrate mail content as well as the mailboxes from an on-premises messaging system to Office 365 organization. The migration services of Office 365 are divided in two types: Service and Hybrid migrations.  Service migration comprises:  1.    PST Migration:…

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Work like a network! Enterprise social and the future of work

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ As customers gather this week for the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas and Convergence in Atlanta, I want to update you on our enterprise social vision and road map—including several new announcements. The world has become a giant network Over the last few years, the world has become a giant network, and social media has rewired the way we connect with people and information. Today we build relationships…

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One place for all your work files — introducing OneDrive for Business

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​                Earlier today at the SharePoint Conference 2014 in Las Vegas, Jeff Teper made some exciting announcements regarding OneDrive for Business.  I wanted to share some additional details about them with you.   OneDrive for Business (formerly SkyDrive Pro) is personal online storage for a company’s employees.  It’s the place where people can store, sync, and share their work files across multiple devices with ease and security.…

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Microsoft Adds Connectivity for SAP BusinessObjects to Power BI for Office 365

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Last month, Microsoft has released Power BI for Office 365, our cloud-based business intelligence service that gives people a powerful new way to work with data in the tools they use every day – Excel and Office 365. We continue to add capabilities to Power BI and today at the SharePoint Conference we’re announcing the public preview of Power BI connectivity to SAP BusinessObjects BI, a joint business…

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