Notice the password expiration notification

The Microsoft Office 365 Sign-In Assistant application will display a notification bubble in the Windows tray when the Office 365 password is about to expire. The default duration of the notification bubble is five seconds. If you need to modify the duration (e.g. to increase the chance of the user noticing the notification) you can add a key … Continue reading Notice the password expiration notification →

IP based filtering with Office 365

Some Office 365 customers have a requirement to filter the Internet traffic. This filtering can be done at the domain or IP address level. Microsoft strongly recommends that customer enable routing to the root domain names, such as *.Outlook.com, *.MicrosoftOnline.com and *.SharePoint.com instead of routing to specific IP address subnets. It is possible to use … Continue reading IP based filtering with Office 365 →

Can I use UAG?

Customers are asking if publishing AD FS endpoints using Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is supported when using federated identities in Office 365. In order to answer that question we'll need to touch on AD FS endpoints. AD FS endpoints AD FS endpoints are used to provide clients with access to federated applications. Endpoints will … Continue reading Can I use UAG? →

Understanding Identity Federation

In companies with Federated Identity set up, users can sign into Office 365 services using their Active Directory credentials. The corporate Active Directory authenticates the users, and stores and controls the password policy. With federated Identity, credentials are authenticated by on premises Active Directory Federation Services server and a logon token is obtained by the … Continue reading Understanding Identity Federation →

Let users know which site collections they can access in SharePoint Online

In Office 365 the first SharePoint site a user sees is called the Team Site, accessible from a link at the top of the Microsoft Office 365 portal site. The site is located at https://YourDomain.SharePoint.com, where YourDomain is the domain name that you use for SharePoint Online in Office 365. By default the Team Site does not display a list … Continue reading Let users know which site collections they can access in SharePoint Online →

Multi-language pack for Office downloadable from your Office 365 portal

Customers can now download multi-language packs for their Office Subscription. These lanuguage packs make it easier for users to switch between their preferred languages for Office Subscription. They reduce network overhead as well as the install time for the user. Customers should look for the “Download Language Packs” link under the "Resources" section on the … Continue reading Multi-language pack for Office downloadable from your Office 365 portal →

SharePoint Online Extra Storage price drop

Since the beginning of March customers are no longer capped at 5TB for SharePoint Online storage and they may consume up to 25TBs. Default SharePoint Online storage for customers is available based on the following equation : 10GB + (500MB * no of users) and customers can buy extra storage up to 25TB – see … Continue reading SharePoint Online Extra Storage price drop →

What happens if I empty the Recycle Bin?

SharePoint Online users have a Recycle Bin where deleted content is stored. You can access the Recycle Bin to recover deleted documents and lists if you need to. This is sometimes called the first stage Recycle Bin. If you delete a file from your Recycle Bin the file is taken to a second stage Recycle Bin … Continue reading What happens if I empty the Recycle Bin? →

Create Shared Mailboxes Without PowerShell

In the current version of Exchange Online, you create and configure shared mailboxes using the Windows PowerShell command line. You must create the shared mailbox, configure quotas, and then assign permissions so that users can open and send messages from the shared mailbox. To make this task a lot easier, we created a GUI-based tool … Continue reading Create Shared Mailboxes Without PowerShell →

Office 365 will now support POP and IMAP Connections to Outlook 2003

Many customers have asked us to support Outlook 2003 in order to help accelerate their migrations to Office 365. We have heard these requests loud and clear. In an effort to better facilitate the transition for our customers, we will now offer support for Office 365 customers connecting to Outlook 2003 via POP or IMAP. … Continue reading Office 365 will now support POP and IMAP Connections to Outlook 2003 →