Note
Access to this page requires authorization. You can try signing in or changing directories.
Access to this page requires authorization. You can try changing directories.
All things UC related from Microsoft Consulting Services UK : architecture, best practice, news for Exchange and Lync, both on-premise and cloud
Dirsync Database keeps on Increasing…
Hi Have you noticed the Office 365 directory sync database just getting larger and larger… If...
Date: 07/23/2012
Office 365 – Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW)
Whilst working on a few O365 engagements over the last month or so I have seen various issues that...
Date: 05/23/2012
AD FS Publishing and Policy Rules
I’ve been working with a customer who wanted to lock down access to O365 so users can access all the...
Date: 04/17/2012
Office 365 Migration Issues
Please find a list of migration issues and resolutions that I captured during my last customers...
Date: 04/10/2012
Office 365 FOPE and Credit Card Rules
Whilst working with a customer here in the UK on their O365 project, they asked about using...
Date: 01/12/2012
Using Word 2010 with TechNet Blog Platform
This is obviously not a post about Exchange Server, but as a blogger I wanted to share this since...
Date: 12/20/2011
Database Maintenance in Exchange Server 2010
If there is one area of Exchange 2010 that was poorly documented and poorly understood it has to be...
Date: 12/14/2011
Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack (SP2) is released!
Last week when the internal announcement was made to say that SP2 had been completed and was...
Date: 12/06/2011
Infrastructure Consultant UC Messaging
We are recruiting! For the full role description, see this link. For more about careers at Microsoft...
Date: 11/14/2011
Microsoft Lync 2011 for Mac and Office 365 Fix
Last month I wrote a blog about connecting Office 2011 for Mac to Office 365. This post...
Date: 10/21/2011
A fix for the interoperability issues between Exchange 2007 and 2010 EMC and IE9 is now available
This has been irritating me more and more recently – I am generally quite a tolerant person, but...
Date: 10/17/2011
Outlook Performance Counters are missing–take 2
Back in the summer (remember that?) I wrote an article about viewing the Outlook performance...
Date: 10/12/2011
Exchange Server 2010 Cross Forest Delegation
This has been an interesting bit of work for me. I have been working with a customer who...
Date: 10/12/2011
Exchange 2010 MCM–Rotation 10
MCM Rotation 10 has just completed and was the first rotation that I have been involved as an...
Date: 10/05/2011
Office 365–With Mac OS X Lion, Microsoft Office 2011 and Lync 2011 for Mac
Many of the customers I work with are currently making their way through an Office 365 technical...
Date: 09/15/2011
Office 365 User Community in the UK
Brett Johnson brought this to my attention last week – Way back at the beginning of this century I...
Date: 09/05/2011
Office 365 and Autodiscover
I’ve had a few customers in the last few weeks ask me how autodiscover works for Office 365 so...
Date: 09/01/2011
Office 365 Hybrid Configuration Certificate Planning–ADFS, Exchange Web Services, OWA, OA??
I recently wrote about configuring Office 365 hybrid to get cross premises availability working,...
Date: 08/25/2011
Office 365 Microsoft Office Services Diagnostics and Logging (MOSDAL) Tool 3.2–With ADFS 2.0 Diagnostic tools
The Microsoft Office Services Diagnostics and Logging (MOSDAL) tool has been around for a while,...
Date: 08/24/2011
Office 365 - Non-Federated Identity, Password never expires
The Microsoft Online Services Module allows you manage your tenant directly and in some cases change...
Date: 08/18/2011
Microsoft Certified Master Exchange Server –2 years later…
All the way back in May 2009 I had just completed my Exchange 2007 Microsoft Certified Master...
Date: 08/17/2011
Office 365 Hybrid Deployment / Exchange Rich Coexistence – Sharing Availability (Free/Busy)
I have been working with a number of customers and consultants recently who have been keen to...
Date: 08/14/2011
JetstressCmd has an undocumented /report command
NOTE: This is reposted here from HMLee’s blog back in 2007 – he is no longer posting to the...
Date: 08/10/2011
User Profile Analysis for Exchange Server 2010 (Who needs the Exchange Profile Analyzer?)
I recently wrote about gathering user profile data for Exchange Server 2003 and 2007 by using the...
Date: 08/09/2011
Enabling Retention Policies - Office 365
Steps Action The first step is understand the different types of retention policies you can apply...
Date: 08/09/2011
Performing a Multi Mailbox Search
Steps Action Login to the portal Sign into https://portal.microsoftonline.com as the tenant...
Date: 08/09/2011
Enable a hosted (Personal) Archive for Office 365
Steps Action Configure the ‘Office 365 Tenant’ Organization Relationship...
Date: 08/09/2011
Enable Mailtips - Office 365
Steps Action Enable on-premise Mailtips Set-OrganizationRelationship -id "Office 365...
Date: 08/09/2011
Enable Mailbox Moves–Office 365
Steps Actions Enable move mailboxes for the organization relationship Run...
Date: 08/09/2011
Enabling Calendar Sharing - Office 365
Steps Action Enable free/busy calendar sharing on-premise Run the following command...
Date: 08/09/2011
Adding and Exchange forest to the EMC
Steps Actions Add the online tenant to the on-premise EMC In the on-premises EMC right click...
Date: 08/09/2011
Is 3rd Party Message Archiving Necessary for Exchange Server 2010?
Since Exchange 2010 launched I have had many discussions with customers over the use of archiving...
Date: 08/05/2011
Exchange User Profile Analysis for Exchange 2003 and 2007 (Exchange Server Profile Analyzer How to : EPA)
One thing that I often waffle on about is gathering good quality user profile data before beginning...
Date: 08/02/2011
Office 365 Service Descriptions Released!
So.. with all of the launch fuss I failed to notice that the service descriptions for Office 365 had...
Date: 06/29/2011
Throttling Policies and Exchange Online…
Throttling policies in Exchange Server 2010 have been an often discussed and much misunderstood part...
Date: 06/29/2011
Office 365 Deployment Guide
I have been involved with a number of Office 365 deployments over the last 12 months, one thing that...
Date: 06/24/2011
Jetstress Field Guide
Last Updated : 21/06/2011 The field guide is released at major intervals on the Exchange Team Blog,...
Date: 06/15/2011
Jetstress 2010 – Stress test problem
Recently one of our partner has highlighted an issue in the current version of Jetstress that means...
Date: 06/09/2011
Exchange 2010 - active and passive database IOPS
I have been involved with a few escalations recently (I don't even work in support!), the cases have...
Date: 06/08/2011
Exchange 2010 – Exporting Mailboxes without EXMERGE
I often see customers struggle to make use of the export mailbox features in Exchange Server...
Date: 06/07/2011
Jetstress 2010 and Background Database Maintenance
Last week a colleague from the MCM Exchange 2010 community asked some questions about disabling...
Date: 06/06/2011
Enabling and Managing Federation
Steps Action Configure a remote ___domain to be used with Office 365 Launch on-premises Exchange...
Date: 06/06/2011
Outlook Performance Counters are missing…
I have been working on a number of Exchange projects recently with cloud integration. One...
Date: 05/31/2011
Support for Virtualising Exchange Server 2010 SP1 has changed..?
The support stance for virtualising Exchange Server 2010 SP1 has changed significantly over the last...
Date: 05/17/2011
Office 365 Directory Synchronization
Dirsync is required to support Single Sign On (SSO) and creates Mail Enabled Users (MEU) in the...
Date: 05/13/2011
Adding and Verifying a Federated Domain
Steps Action Launch Microsoft Online Services Identity Federation Management tool At the PowerShell...
Date: 05/11/2011