Category Archives: Microsoft 365

Organizational messages in Microsoft 365

As part of the Microsoft 365 Roadmap (ID 392847), Microsoft have introduced a preview for Organizational messages. The preview rolled out during May 2024, with expected general availability by mid-December 2024. Organizational messages offers a new way of enhancing information to the Microsoft 365 end-users, through targeted, branded and customized messages within apps, ensuring important information… Read More »

License assignment moving to Microsoft 365 Admin Center

Effectively 01. September 2024, Microsoft removes the options to do license assignment through the Microsoft Entra ID and the Microsoft Azure portals. From this date, administrators must instead use the Microsoft 365 Admin Center to manage license assignments for users and groups. Note:This change is limited to the graphical user interface, and access to do… Read More »

Microsoft Office is rebranded as Microsoft 365 – Introducing the new Microsoft 365 app

As announced during the Microsoft Ignite conference, during the coming months “Microsoft Office” is rebranded as “Microsoft 365”. This include Office.com, the Office mobile app, and the Office app for Windows that will become Microsoft 365 app, with a new icon, a new look, and more features. Change for Office.com will begin rolling out in November 2022 and changes to the… Read More »

How to fix “Create Powershell Session is failed using OAuth” EXO v2 PowerShell error

Connecting to the Exchange Online service using the recent Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module presents a series of new features, including the option for using modern authentication and have the sign-in protected by Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). The added support for modern authentication in Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module (EXO V2) include all cmdlets and replaces… Read More »

How to get ExtensionAttribute values from Azure AD

Recently I received an interesting question regarding extracting extensionAttribute data from Azure AD. Apparently this seems simple, but the information is not available through standard Azure AD PowerShell not the Azure AD portal. In Azure AD Connect, by standard the extensionAttribute# values gets synchronized from the on-premises Active Directory to Azure AD via the following… Read More »

How to resolve “An error occurred” in CRM for Office 365 with ADFS

This error can occur in a topology where an ADFS server is used for authenticating to Office 365 and the CRM Online service. When starting the CRM for Office 365 plug-in, the users receive the following error message during the ADFS authentication: An error occurred An error occurred. Contact your administrator for more information. Error… Read More »

How to resolve OFFCAT “must be installed with elevated permissions on Windows Server” error

During a recent Office 365 troubleshooting scenario I needed to install the Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OFFCAT), but noticed that OFFCAT cannot be installed on Windows Server 2012 R2 using the default installation process. In this case OFFCAT throws the following error: The cause of issue is User Account Control that does not grant… Read More »