A shared mailbox is a great way to implement department mailboxes, shared calendars and lots of other things. On the web you'll find several detailed step-by-steps for setting up shared mailboxes: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_cloud/archive/2011/11/18/set-up-shared-mailboxes-in-office-365.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/ptsblog/archive/2011/12/07/set-up-a-shared-mailbox-in-office-365.aspx http://help.outlook.com/en-us/beta/ee441202.aspx?sl=1 Update March 26th 2012 - new GUI based tool for creating Shared Mailbox - link Before you go through those steps you should … Continue reading A couple of tips for setting up Shared Mailboxes (updated)
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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
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
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?
Search and Destroy PST files (updated Apr 2013)
Many Exchange customers wants to move away from PSTs and take advantage of the expanded storage and compliance capabilities in the latest version of Exchange. A new, free and downloadable tool called the "PST Capture tool" is (hopefully) entering (maybe private) beta soon. With this tool you as an administrator will be able to scan repositories such as your … Continue reading Search and Destroy PST files (updated Apr 2013)
Free/Busy Viewing and Calendar Sharing in Office 365 Hybrid Environments
We often get the question: "For Office 365 organizations in a hybrid Exchange deployment (some users on-premises, some users in Exchange Online), what Free/Busy viewing and Calendar sharing options are available?" In the below table you'll see whats avaliable in an organisation with a mix of Exchange Server On-Prem (2010 SP1 or 2007 SP2 or … Continue reading Free/Busy Viewing and Calendar Sharing in Office 365 Hybrid Environments
How to create auto signatures centrally in Office 365 Exchange Online
Many are asking if they can make use of centralized auto signatures in Exchange Online in Office 365. The answer is yes - and its done using Disclaimers. To automatically apply disclaimers to e-mail messages, you use Transport Rules. You create Transport Rules in the Exchange Control Panel - just click Manage My Organization > … Continue reading How to create auto signatures centrally in Office 365 Exchange Online
Understanding Shared Mailboxes in Office 365 (updated)
Many potential customers are asking about departmental mailboxes in Office 365. How can a department, a team etc share a mailbox, and does it involve a license? Shared mailboxes in Office 365 Exchange Online allow a group of users to view and send e-mail from a common mailbox. A shared mailbox: doesn’t have a username and … Continue reading Understanding Shared Mailboxes in Office 365 (updated)
Understanding Recipient Rate Limits in Office 365 (updated Nov 2012)
To discourage users from sending unsolicited bulk messages, Exchange Online has restrictions that prevent users and applications from sending large volumes of email. Customers who send a lot of e-mails will need to understand the limits to how many messages can be sent from a single account in a period of time in the different Office 365 … Continue reading Understanding Recipient Rate Limits in Office 365 (updated Nov 2012)
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