Record your Lync Online meetings

Thanks to the recent update of Lync Server 2010, Microsoft Lync Online users can now record meetings, conferencing sessions, and calls. To take advantage of this new feature, your Lync Online administrator must enable recording for your organization. The cumulative update for Microsoft Lync Server 2010 – January 2012 includes changes to the administration of Microsoft … Continue reading Record your Lync Online meetings

Calculating bandwidth required for Exchange clients

Maybe you are considering moving to Exchange Online in Office 365 and would like to know how much Internet bandwidth will be required to support your Exchange clients after the migration is completed? The new Exchange Client Bandwidth Calculator Beta is now available for download. The Calculator predicts the client network bandwidth requirements for a specific set … Continue reading Calculating bandwidth required for Exchange clients

Transitioning? You need to read this document!

The Microsoft BPOS–S to Office 365 Transition Guide for Enterprises is intended to help you understand the requirements and work streams for transitioning your organization from Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS–S) to Microsoft Office 365 for enterprises, using the automated Microsoft transition process. This transition of your production tenant moves user data and … Continue reading Transitioning? You need to read this document!

Identify Yourself – One or Two Passwords?

To be allowed into Office 365 a user needs to be authenticated. Authentication means verifying that the user is who he/she claims to be. Once authenticated we can decide what actions the user is authorized to perform in Office 365. Identity management deals with identifying individuals in a system and controlling access to the resources … Continue reading Identify Yourself – One or Two Passwords?

The essential Office 365 documents

Finding your way around the vast amount of information sources can be time consuming. The below list of documents is what I would call the essential documents if you want to start your Office 365 journey. Service DescriptionsA complete description of each service, whats in and whats not. In these documents you’ll will find the … Continue reading The essential Office 365 documents

Save time planning meetings – share your calendar externally

If you - like me - spend a great deal of your day doing calendar juggling, you might be interested in the Calendar Publishing feature in Office 365. There is a lot of time saved if your external contacts can check your calendar for available time slots before they go on and send you a meeting … Continue reading Save time planning meetings – share your calendar externally

Want to get certified in Office 365?

Certifications are a great way to verify and document your skills. To help you certify your Office 365 skills we're releasing two exams soon (expected in april 2012) Exam 70-323: Administering Office 365 intended for IT professionals who administer Microsoft Office 365 in an environment that may include Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Lync, and/or Microsoft SharePoint … Continue reading Want to get certified in Office 365?

Need to archive your Exchange Online mailbox in the Cloud?

Perhaps you are looking at the Cloud (Office 365) for a convenient place for email archiving. With the introduction of Office 365, Exchange Hosted Archiving (EHA) was replaced by Exchange Online Archive (EOA). EOA is a solution for associating a cloud-based archive with an on-premises primary Exchange mailbox. So what if you are an Exchange Online (Office 365) subscriber and want a … Continue reading Need to archive your Exchange Online mailbox in the Cloud?