Based on the Office 2016 update model, that Microsoft released last year, Office 365 is now introducing the option to control how often updates are introduced to the Office 365 Client apps. Note that the ability to change the update channel only applies to 2016 editions of Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Business, Project Pro… Read More »
As the use of Office 2016 has started to gain momentum, a number of organizations have experienced cases where Outlook 2016 take extraordinary long time to setup a new profile with a hosted Exchange 2010/2013 solution, like Exchange Online. The situation is furthermore complicated when the option to manually enter the Exchange server settings is… Read More »
In order to ensure that specific emails are marked as spam or not, Exchange Online or Exchange Online Protection (EOP) support the use of transport rules, to make whitelists or blacklists, and control how messages are processed, whether if you need to bypass spam filtering in order to prevent good email messages from getting marked… Read More »
Yammer identities and the profile updates have been decoupled from the identity management and synchronization in the other Office 365 services, and setting up synchronization of identities to Yammer has required deploying and configuring the Yammer Directory Synchronization (DSync), a separate tool from the Azure AD Sync/Azure AD Connect used for Office 365. After the… Read More »
Yesterday Microsoft released a new version of Azure AD Connect, which is the first new release since the Azure AD Connect was initially released to GA in August 2015. Azure AD Connect is the main tool for integration of your on-premises identity system, like Active Directory, with Azure Active Directory. Using Azure AD Connect you… Read More »
As announced during the WPC conference, Microsoft replaces the Office 365 Enterprise E4 plan with a new Enterprise E5 plan, before the end of 2015. The E5 plan will include the features from E4, plus a range of collaboration, real-time communication and security features, such as: New Skype4B communication features: Cloud PBX PSTN Conferencing New… Read More »
For delivering a more secure and integrated experience for access to corporate applications and services, across all sorts of mobile devices, the MDM for Office 365 and Microsoft Intune solutions provide excellent tools to manage the challenge many organizations face when they intentionally or unofficially adopt a “bring-your-own-device” (BYOD) approach. To get access tools for… Read More »
Microsoft have started the technical preview of their three new Skype for Business capabilities in Office 365. The Preview is available for Office 365 user, with either an Office 365 Enterprise E1, E3, E4 plan or a Skype for Business Plan 2. Office 365 subscribers can signup and perform test of the following features: Skype… Read More »
Shared mailboxes in Office 365 provides a flexible and simple solution for multiple users to manage and communicating using a common mailbox – and as an added benefit, shared mailboxes in Office 365 by default does not require a license. Access to a shared mailbox require a standard Exchange Online mailbox, where delegation can be… Read More »
Many organizations that move mailboxes to Office 365, still need to use a SMTP relay to route mails from on-premise applications, scanners (print-to-PDF) or multifunction devices to either internal or external recipients. Using Exchange Online in Office 365 for mail relay can be accomplished in three ways; SMTP client submission Here you configure the devices… Read More »