Skype for Business

                                Lync will be merged as Skype for Business  Next release of Lync is being released as  Skype for Business, Here is the video from Skype Blog introducing Skype for Business. Here is the update from Skype blog: Skype Blog: Also their are few...

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Posted in Lync next release, New Skype, Skype for Business

Exchange Versions, Roll UP's, Cumulative updates Build Numbers

                 Exchange Versions, Build Number, Roll UP's and Cumulative updates When a exchange disaster happens or whenever you want to perform some proactive health check of Exchange servers you will look to find a way to check which version of Exchange server you are using and which update roll up \ Cumulative update it is running. Now let us see...

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Posted in Cummulative Update, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Exchange Update Roll up, How to check Exchange Service Pack Level, How to check Service Pack, Service Pack

Disable automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 10 - Automatic Updates

        Disable automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 10 - Automatic Updates So you are seeing that most of the applications are not compatible with IE 10 now a days and you users will face many issues while they trying to access application via IE 10. But you noticing that IE 10 is automatically getting installed via Windows Updates and as an administrator you want to control...

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Posted in How to block IE 10 installation, IE 10 Blocker, IE 10 Issues, IE compatibility Issues, Internet Explorer 10, Internet Explorer issues

Disable automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 11 - Automatic Updates

        Disable automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 11 - Automatic Updates Administrator will always receives complaints form users when ever IE is upgraded to latest release, problem most of the legacy or third party application might be compatible with latest IE versions But you noticing that IE 11 is automatically getting installed via Windows Updates and as an administrator...

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Posted in How to Block IE 11 Installation, IE 11 Blocker, IE 11 issues, IE compatibility Issues, Internet Explorer 11, Internet Explorer issues

How to Export Message Tracking logs from Office 365

     How to Export Message Tracking logs from Office 365 Moved your exchange organization to cloud ? it's good news :-) . You received most of your On-premise Maintenance & Staff cost for your Exchange server. What about message tracking logs ? what if we need to trace a email or to submit a log report in any Audit. No worries in general Exchange...

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Posted in Office 365, Office 365 Administration, Office 365 Issues, Office 365 Tips

Outlook clients are still pointing to On-premise Exchange server - Office 365

    Office 365 Migration  - Internal Outlook clients are pointing to On-premise exchange server The migration was completed successfully, all the MX and auto-discover records are set to office 365 in our DNS portal, We tested that the Outlook clients are connecting from outside the organization are able to auto-discover the mailbox settings and able to connect to their Office365 mailbox. Now...

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Posted in Office 365, Office 365 Administration, Office 365 Issues, Office 365 Tips

How to create users , Groups , Contacts after implementing Azure Active Directory Sync to Office365

                       Azure Active Directory Sync - Creation of new objects Hey... Directory sync was implemented to Office 365 and you see everything is synced to your Office 365 tenant. Now , you got a doubt whats next, how to manage and create the objects ? No worry its simple. :-) Do it in your Active Directory and it will sync to...

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Posted in Office 365, Office 365 Administration, Office 365 Issues, Office 365 Tips

Distribution Groups are not syncing with Azure Active Directory Sync tool - Office 365

                                     Office 365 - Distribution groups are not Syncing Recently we have a Office 365 migration, where we implemented directory synchronization where we noticed that Distribution Groups created with in Active Directory are not syncing to office 365. Finally we got a solution,...

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How to set an Office 365 user passwordto Never expire

                                  Office 365 User Password - Never Expire This applies to Office 365 Enterprise or Office 365 Midsize organization. Let us see how can we set a office365 user account password to never expire, Firstly we need to connect to our office 365 Tenant account: Open Azure power shell,...

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Posted in Office 365, Office 365 Administration, Office 365 Issues, Office 365 Tips

Install Office365 Pro Plus\Office2013 using Click-to-Run installation

                  Click-to-Run installation of Office 2013 / Proplus Click to run is a best approach of office installation, it is a mainly introduced to reduce the installation time as well as the the time taken to download of the software. Let us see the step by step process on how to setup of New office with click to...

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Posted in Office 365, Office 365 Administration, Office 365 Issues, Office 365 Tips

How to perform Metadata cleanup on windows 2008/2012

                                                             Metadata cleanup on windows 2008/2012 Let us take windows 2003 and windows 2008 DC’s as an example, you have migrated from 2003 to windows 2008 and moved all...

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Posted in Active Directory, AD cleanup, MetaData Cleanup, Microsoft Windows, Remove Legacy Active Directory server

Message Encryption On Office365

                           Office 365 - How to configure Message Encryption Let us see how to enable the Message encryption on Office 365, you just need to subscribe for Microsoft Azure Rights Management. 1. Enable IRM Licensing: Go to Office365 Admin portal and Service setting to enable Right Management service. Once you...

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The migration service failed to detect the migration endpoint using the Autodiscover service - Office 365

                                         Migration Error - Office365 Started the Cutover migration and every thing went well for a day, all of the sudden started receiving the below error when migrating the mailbox data to Office365. Error: AutoDiscoverFailedConfigurationErrorException: AutoDiscover...

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How to create a Generic password for all the office365 users

                            Create a Generic password for all the office365 users If we go with a migration of 50 + or 100 + users, it would be difficult to distribute the password which were generated by office 365 directly during migration is a big head ace for the It departments. So let us see a solution where...

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Posted in Office 365, Office 365 Administration, Office 365 Issues, Office 365 Tips

How to connect to Office 365 using Power Shell

                                         Connect to Office365 using PowerShell You want to perform administrative tasks of office365 using power shell ? then you are at the right place now. First you need to know, how you need to prepare your power shell environment to connect to O365 and let...

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Posted in Office 365, Office 365 Administration, Office 365 Issues, Office 365 Tips

How to Reset Built-In Admin Password on Azure Virtual Machine

               Reset Built-In Admin Password on Azure Virtual Machine We got to a scenario , where we forgot our Administrator password for Azure virtual machine and their is no other account to login now. No Idea on how to proceed ! :-o  Are we stumped ? No after some research we got to find a solution which made us to reset Azure VM Built-In Admin...

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Posted in Microsoft Azure

How to find the list of Mail Enabled Public Folders on Exchange 2003

 Find the list of Mail Enabled Public Folders on Exchange 2003 Did you any time got a situation where you need to get the list of all the mail enabled public folders? I got it and I followed below active directory query provided information for me in an easier way:    Open Active Directory users and computer snap in.      Right...

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Posted in Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Exchange