Guest post from Gerald Haigh. Gerald writes regularly for the Microsoft Education series of blogs. One of the first things I did when I decided to learn more about the capabilities of Office 365 Education was to have a meeting with Alex Pearce of BFC Networks. Alex is always good value – generous with his…
Year: 2013
Exchange Online mailbox quotas are now 50GB in size!
Great news we just announced today the new Exchange Online mailbox quotas are now 50GB in size with no price increase. You get double mailbox storage for FREE and it will also be applied to any existing mailboxes you have in production with no extra steps required! It is starting to rollout to tenants today…
SkyDrive Pro storage increases making it even better for storing and sharing class work
For me, Office 365 Education just keeps getting better and better. SkyDrive Pro, part of Office 365 Education Plan A21, is cloud storage for education, and is the place where students and teachers can store, sync, and share their files across multiple devices with ease and security. To date SkyDrive Pro has offered institutions 7GB…
Do you have any bandwidth calculators for Office 365?
Update 3-24-15: Latest Office 365 bandwidth guidance is here: https://aka.ms/tune This is a pretty common question I get with my education customers. The answer is there is not one tool that can calculate everything for your Office 365 bandwidth but there is an Exchange calculator, Lync calculator and some guidance for SharePoint bandwidth. …
Windows Azure Active Directory Connector (Release Candidate)
The DirSync team and the FIM Sync team are pleased to announce that we have released the Release Candidate of the Windows Azure Active Directory (AAD) Connector on Connect for pre-release evaluation. This replaces the Office 365 Connector which has earlier been available only through MCS and partner engagements. This new Connector is based on…
Useful new troubleshooting and analysis tools for Office 365
We have recently released several new tools to help you with analysis and troubleshooting with Office 365: Pre-checking tools: Use the new Onramp readiness check tool – replaces the older Office 365 readiness check tool – helps determine your Active Directory readiness for Office 365 and other areas: Visit Onramp checking tool…
Multi-forest and Multi-tenant scenarios with Office 365
I have had several questions around multi-forest and multi-tenant questions from my education customers. Here is a FAQ I put together: Can you have multiple forests with a single tenant? Yes, with FIM Connector for Office 365 or with the upcoming AADirsync tool. You can grab the beta of AADirsync tool here. Read more…
Office Mobile available for iPhone and Android Phones
Over on the Office blog there have been a couple of announcements. If you’ve got an Office 365 subscription (A3 or A4, or the Office ProPlus subscription and others) then you can now get Office Mobile for Android Phones and the iPhone! Office Mobile is the official companion to Microsoft Office. Word, Excel and PowerPoint…
I cannot upgrade my SharePoint site collections to 2013 after the Wave15 upgrade
I have received this common question for customer’s Office 365 Education tenants who were upgraded to Wave15. They receive this error: Prepare for takeoff! Upgrade is currently disabled for your site collection. Please check back later to see if it has been unlocked for you. The resolution to this issue is found…
The Service Upgrade
Over the course of the year until the end of September 2013, we are going to be rolling out the new Office 365 Education service to existing customers who are on the “pre-upgrade Office 365”. The service upgrade for Office 365 will deliver exciting new features, including: The new Office If you have purchased a…