Questions tagged [microsoft-office-365]
Office 365 is Microsoft's subscription based cloud solution for business productivity. All server side components are hosted at Microsoft managed datacentres. Customers that subscribe to O365 have access to the latest business productivity software and can choose to be "entirely cloud based" or have a hybrid configuration where some on-premise servers are retained.
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If a Windows shop moves "everything" to the cloud, does it still need Active Directory?
Taking a spin off of this question: Do I really need MS Active Directory? in a new direction for 2014.
Taking into account a basic Windows infrastructure:
domain controllers
Exchange 2007/2010/2013
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Outlook 2013: how to reset to "first run" status?
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Is there a way via script, powershell, reg delete, via telekinesis, whatever to reset Outlook 2013 as if no profiles ever existed and it was running for the first time ever?
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Multiple SPF records for multiple domains
We have recently started using Office 365 for our email, which requires us to add a DNS TXT record with the value v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all. We already have an SPF record with the ...
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Is it possible to see the login history on Office 365?
I would like to know if it's possible to see the login history on Office 365, and eventually the login attempts as well? Seems like the consumer version of Outlook has this but I can't find anything ...
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Uninstall legacy versions of Office when deploying Office 365 Pro Plus
In volume licensed editions of Office (ones with an MSI deployment), you can use OCT to create a package that will remove previous versions of Office when the new version is deployed.
Office 365 Pro ...
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An error occurred while using SSL configuration for endpoint 0.0.0.0:443
Based on information received from the network team. I have determined that the issue most likely rests with the application servers on the WAN.
After replacing the certificate, I ran the PowerShell ...
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Mails sent to mail.protection.outlook.com are not being received
For few days we have been receiving complaints from many of our subscribed clients that they are not getting daily alert mails. We checked in our logs that the mails are accepted by the servers (MX ...
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Can I use Office365 or Azure AD as master record for Active Directory?
We have a small business and currently don't have a need for a domain within our office. We have a basic network and a single server running Windows Server 2008 R2 with some file shares and 3rd party ...
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All External Mail to Office 365 Fails SPF, Marked as Junk by EOP in a Hybrid Deployment
In short: legitimate emails are landing in Junk folders as EOP (Exchange Online Protection) stamps email messages as junk (SCL5) and SPF-failed. This happens with all external domains (e.g. gmail.com/...
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Office365 SPF record has too many lookups
For some utterly ridiculous administrative reasons we've got a split domain with one mailbox on Office365 which requires us to add include:outlook.com to our SPF record. The problem with this is that ...
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How to export a Full SMTP Log in Office 365
In Office 365, is it possible to export the SMTP log? Maybe in powershell or any other way.
My goal is to have a complete overview of all messages send from and to a specific domain.
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How can I tell if a user has more than one computer logging with Outlook?
I have reason to suspect that a user may be accessing their company email using a copy of Microsoft Outlook (or perhaps another email client) from a personal device for the purpose of data ...
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Microsoft Exchange Federation Trust Broken After Verifying in Office 365
Okay so...this all started during our Office 365 setup. According to Microsoft, you have to delete your on-premises federation trust from Exchange, verify the domain, then add it back...otherwise you ...
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Unable to share calendar free/busy info from O365 to external federated domain
I've got two domains that I'm trying to share calendar free/busy info between through federation. SiteA is an on premise deployment of Exchange 2010 SP2. SiteB is an Office 365 Enterprise deployment.
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I can't map a network drive to sharepoint
On a Windows 8 client.
I can browse to my sharepoint site in 365 without issues: https://myPublicserver.sharepoint.com
But when I try to map a drive to that address I get this error:
"The folder you ...
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Office 365 - how to get a report of Office installs per user?
I'm in need of auditing the number of Office installs each user has installed as well as the computer names where Office Pro Plus has been installed.
I had never noticed a place to run such a report ...
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outlook 2016 (office 365) using incorrect time zone for emails
I have two users in Taipei time zone.
Both are using PCs with system time correctly set to Taipei time.
Both have an Office 365 E3 Enterprise account on the same tenant and have Office 2016 ...
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Postfix Relay to Office365
I am trying to setup a Postfix server on a Linux box to relay all mail to our Office365 (Exchange, hosted by Microsoft) mail server, but, I keep getting an error regarding the sending address:
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Azure AD Connect Password Sync
Windows 2012 R2, fully updated/activated
Roles: ADDS, ADFS
Installed Azure AD Connect latest version (only software installed other than updates)
Other applicable services: Office 365 (Business ...
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How to reconcile user with both on-premise and cloud mailboxes?
We are in the middle of hybrid coexistence migration from Exchange 2010 on-premise to Office 365. That means we have ADFS and "Dirsync" (now called Windows Azure AD Sync) running. We are more than ...
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Office 365 - what is in the "Sensitive Word List" for spam filtering?
In Office 365 you can toggle a few settings to help with spam email filtering.
Among these is a setting to enable a "Sensitive Word List" as shown below:
The problem is...I can't find any list on ...
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How to resolve "The server you are trying to access is using an authentication protocol not supported by this version of Office"?
When I try to synchronize my OneDrive for Business account, I get the error message:
The server you are trying to access is using an authentication protocol not supported by this version of Office
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Is ADFS a must-have, when you deploy hybrid exchange server?
With AADC implemented in our AD and Office 365, we want to deploy a hybrid Exchange next, is ADFS a must? Thanks!
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How to change the associated user license for an Office 365 installation?
Office 365 allows (*) any user to install all Office applications (currently Office 2016) for which he/she has been granted a license on up to 5 devices; if the user installs the applications from the ...
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Send email from server without creating new Office 365 user account/mailbox
We've just moved to Office 365 as it's cheaper than our previous email provider. Email addresses all work for our users, now we need more control.
We need to send automated emails from our backend. ...
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Is there any way to synchronize AD users with Office 365 but still be able to edit them online?
I'm performing a migration to Office 365 from a third-party mail server (MDaemon); the local Active Directory doesn't include any Exchange server, and never had any.
We will need directory ...
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Configuring Monit to Send Mail through Office365
I'm trying to configure monit to send emails through Office365. Here's the relevant configuration:
set mailserver smtp.office365.com port 587
username "username" password "password"
using ...
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Number of Domain Controllers needed?
In the process of migrating 7 school site network from Server 2003/XP to Server 2012/7 and wanted to get some feedback on how many domain controllers would be optimal.
Currently we have 4 DCs. All 7 ...
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Office 365 routing of internal domain messages
Our office uses both office 365 and Google apps. We were on Google apps first, and decided to give office 365 a try. Some folks liked it, some did not, and want to revert back to Google apps for mail.
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Office365 DirSync Active Directory Integration
I am preparing to deploy Office365 for my organization. We have an on premise Active Directory Domain Controller (Windows Server 2012 R2). We would like to leverage our Active Directory for: automatic ...
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Will a mailbox user know their mailbox has litigation hold?
Environment: Office 365 online. Version 15.1.933.16 (2016 CU4?)
We intend on placing a litigation hold on a users mailbox. Prior to placing the hold, I'd like to check if there is any way the user ...
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Setting up a Windows Domain in a O365-only company
My company is quite young and small, but since we're growing, we want to rollout some software deployment solution. We haven’t decided which one yet, but they usually need a Windows Domain, and we don'...
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Is there a way to restore deleted contacts via OWA?
Our users are on Office 365 (Exchange Online) and so I'm hoping this is applicable to those of you using Exchange 2013 as well, but I don't have a way to verify that.
I've never run into this before, ...
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Get rid of Skype for Business warning about Exchange
I'm at a college where we have a campus licensing agreement with Microsoft for licensing Windows and Office that now includes Office 365 online services, which includes Skype for Business. I'm playing ...
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Office 365 Exchange client connection logs
We use Office 365 at our company and I was wondering if it is possible to see Exchange client connection logs in the admin panel anywhere? I want to identify what IP addresses outlook clients have ...
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Bulk License Office 365 Users by OU with PowerShell
I'm trying to do something that I don't think should be too complicated of a fix. My end goal: I have certain users in one AD OU that need to use a certain license in Office 365, and different users ...
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The specified module 'MSOnline' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory
For one of my applications I have a Windows service (on Windows Server 2012 R2 x64) which role is to execute many jobs on differents schedules and triggers. One of them is to reset a user password on ...
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Can't use UPN credentials with New-MoveRequest?
We're on a hybrid setup (Exchange 2013 on-prem), and MRSproxy is enabled and working. We want to archive our user's mailbox when they leave the company. So we want to migrate those mailbox from the ...
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During a cutover migration from Exchange 2010 to 365, how to handle desktop clients?
I am at the point where everything has synced between my on premises exchange server and the office 365 migration batch. The next step is to modify my MX records so that mail begins to be direct to ...
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How do I setup O365 to allow IMAP?
Just migrated some accounts from an on-prem Exchange server to O365. Some of those accounts need IMAP access. IMAP access is turned on for those individual mailboxes in the cloud Exchange control ...
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How to determine if remote wipe succeeded?
Environment: Office 365 online. Exchange v15.1.933.16.
One of our global administrators performed a remote wipe on a mobile device via the exchange admin centre, and then 'deleted' the device from ...
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Meeting room calendar in Exchange (Office 365)
We are using Office 365 but the meeting room is a shared resource between multiple companies with different policies, so we need to support Apple iCal, Gmail etc.
As far as I have understood, ...
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Outlook still connects to on-premise Exchange after migration
After migrating to Office 365, our Outlook clients in the office still connect to the on-premise exchange. Mobile and remote clients already work fine.
What's going on? How do I fix this?
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Unable to add user to Office 365 or rename user because of existing username
When changing a users username from @onmicrosoft.com to real domain you get the following error:
"We're sorry, the user couldn't be edited. Review the user information and try again. Correlation ID"
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Race conditions in account creation script with email account and Office 365 sync--any good way besides time delay to resolve?
I have a powershell script that I use to create new users. Every year we add hundreds of interns, so automation is crucial. Someone in HR runs the script, so the script is supposed to be foolproof.
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Strange non-delivery behavior with Office 365 Hosted Exchange
This is such an odd issue it's difficult to describe, so please bear with me.
I have a client ([email protected]) who has purchased Hosted Exchange services from Rackspace. He has no problems ...
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Local username Windows 10 Azure AD Microsoft 365
Is it possible to change the local username (C:\Users\xxx) on a AAD joined Windows 10 computer?
Long version:
Setup & Info: Windows 10 Business, Azure AD joined computer. Cloud only with "...
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How to mask a website URL transparently redirecting in Windows Server DNS
I am trying to setup a SharePoint intranet site in Office 365. Our DNS provider doesn't support masked redirects like GoDaddy does. Masked redirects maintain the original requested domain in the ...
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Modifying O365 service plan with PowerShell
For the roll out of Office 365, we did not want to give all our users access to all the available applications/plans. So we only enabled Exchange, and Skype.
Now we're at the point where we want to ...
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Cannot connect to Office 365 with PowerShell
I want to connect to Office 365 through powershell, referring to the tutorials a very simple task. But apparently not for me.
I think I missed a simple but important trivia.
Some info:
license is ...
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