Microsoft has released the latest increment of Azure AD Connect, which is used to integrate your on-premises directories with the Azure AD. The latest release contains a significant number of fixes and improvements, including changes to the *-ADSyncSyncCycle cmdlets. Full set of fixes: Changes to sync interval does not take place until after next sync… Read More »
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 »
In a recent support case, the migration of mail boxes from an on-premise Domino platform to Exchange Online was started, but the migration got stuck because the on-premises accounts, enabled as Mail Users, did not appear in “Contacts” in the Exchange Online Admin Center. Also, in the on-premises environment Azure AD Connect was present and… Read More »
Although Azure AD Connect has been released for some time, both DirSync and Azure AD Sync are still supported for performing synchronization from an on-premises Active Directory to Azure AD/Office 365 – although Azure AD Connect is definitely the recommended solution. Microsoft recently announced that DirSync and Azure AD Sync are now deprecated and both… Read More »
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 »
Although the binaries was released prematurely a couple of days ago, the most recent version of Azure AD Connect, version 1.1.119.0, has just been officially released. Among the fixes is a check to ensure Azure AD Connect with password synchronization only accepts supported platforms, which is Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or newer. The remaining… Read More »
If you experience issues when performing in-place upgrades of Azure AD Connect from previous releases, or discover that the synchronization scheduler does not work as expected, these issues can be caused by issues in version 1.1.105.0. Fortunately, these issues have now been fixed in the recent 1.1.110.0 release of Azure AD Connect. Full set of… Read More »
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 »
A new version of Azure AD Connect has just been released; 2016 February, build 1.1.105.0 This version introduces a series of new and highly sought out features, including the option to configure Domain and OU filtering during the installation wizard process, an automatic upgrade feature (only for Express configuration), and a reduction of the default… 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 »