Some Office 365 customers have a requirement to filter the Internet traffic. This filtering can be done at the domain or IP address level. Microsoft strongly recommends that customer enable routing to the root domain names, such as *.Outlook.com, *.MicrosoftOnline.com and *.SharePoint.com instead of routing to specific IP address subnets. It is possible to use…
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Can I use UAG?
Customers are asking if publishing AD FS endpoints using Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is supported when using federated identities in Office 365. In order to answer that question we’ll need to touch on AD FS endpoints. AD FS endpoints AD FS endpoints are used to provide clients with access to federated applications. Endpoints will…
Understanding Identity Federation
In companies with Federated Identity set up, users can sign into Office 365 services using their Active Directory credentials. The corporate Active Directory authenticates the users, and stores and controls the password policy. With federated Identity, credentials are authenticated by on premises Active Directory Federation Services server and a logon token is obtained by the…
Let users know which site collections they can access in SharePoint Online
In Office 365 the first SharePoint site a user sees is called the Team Site, accessible from a link at the top of the Microsoft Office 365 portal site. The site is located at https://YourDomain.SharePoint.com, where YourDomain is the domain name that you use for SharePoint Online in Office 365. By default the Team Site does not display a list…
How to Enable Recording in Lync Online
By default, the following features are available to all your Lync Online users: Sending files to another contact during a Lync instant messaging session Audio and video conferencing Recording of calls and meetings These features are not enabled by default. So how do you enable e.g. the “Recording of calls and meetings”? Typically you make…
How to prevent internal users from autoforwaring mails to external recipients
For reasons of their own, some users create Inbox rules to auto-forward their work mails to their private mail or other external domains. As an administrator thats not necessarily at desired scenario. To prevent internal users from auto-forwaring mails to external recipients you can create a Transport Rule. Log into the Microsoft Online Portal, and navigate…
Administrator roles in Office 365
As an Office 365 global administrator you can help yourself by delegating some of the administrative tasks to other users. To assign administration permissions to a user Log in to your tenant Click the “Admin” tab and select “Users” under “Management” in the left side of the portal Select a user or create a new user…
Multi-language pack for Office downloadable from your Office 365 portal
Customers can now download multi-language packs for their Office Subscription. These lanuguage packs make it easier for users to switch between their preferred languages for Office Subscription. They reduce network overhead as well as the install time for the user. Customers should look for the “Download Language Packs” link under the “Resources” section on the…
SharePoint Online Extra Storage price drop
Since the beginning of March customers are no longer capped at 5TB for SharePoint Online storage and they may consume up to 25TBs. Default SharePoint Online storage for customers is available based on the following equation : 10GB + (500MB * no of users) and customers can buy extra storage up to 25TB – see…
What happens if I empty the Recycle Bin?
SharePoint Online users have a Recycle Bin where deleted content is stored. You can access the Recycle Bin to recover deleted documents and lists if you need to. This is sometimes called the first stage Recycle Bin. If you delete a file from your Recycle Bin the file is taken to a second stage Recycle Bin…