Unified Communications and Office 365 Talks

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ADFS High Availability – Quick Reference Guide for Administrators. Implement Single sign-on for Office 365.

by Anshuman Mansingh // 9 Comments

  ADFS helps you use single sign-on (SSO) to authenticate users to multiple web applications over the life of a single session. This is accomplished by securely sharing digital identity and rights (Claims) across security and enterprise boundaries. Some of the ADFS uses can be found here.   We can set up a new AD… Read more

Exchange Online Protection – Reporting, Customization and Support Options – Streamlining for Your Organization – Emergency Notes

by Anshuman Mansingh // 6 Comments

Exchange Online Protection provides enterprise-class reliability and protect against spam and malware, while maintaining access to email during and after emergencies. It provides a layer of protection features that are deployed across a global network of data centers, helping you to simplify the administration of your messaging environments. Reiterating our SLAs. Five financially backed SLAs… Read more

Exchange Server 2013 vs. 2010 vs. 2007 – Quick Comparison Notes (New Features & Concepts)

by Siddique Shaikh // 5 Comments

Here is a quick reference table for Exchange Admins of what’s new or improved in successive versions of Exchange, from 2007 through 2013. For a more general comparison, please visit here. Exchange 2007 Exchange 2010 Exchange 2013             Exchange Server Roles DAG Cut down of Exchange Roles   64-bit Architecture RBAC… Read more

Office 365 Message Encryption (& Decryption) – Steps – Understanding, Purchase Options, Configuration, Branding & Use

by Anshuman Mansingh // 4 Comments

  Microsoft has replaced Exchange Hosted Encryption Service with the Office 365 Message Encryption Service. This article is a succession to my previous blog – Exchange Hosted Encryption – Steps for Configuration and Use. This article talks about the ways to purchase, configure and use this service. While doing so, I have included screenshots from my… Read more

OFFICE 365 EXPERT SERIES: SUPPORTING TOP ISSUES

by Anshuman Mansingh // 3 Comments

This unique offering is designed specifically for Microsoft Partners to share some of the known issues encountered during O365 migration. This content has been designed in collaboration with Advisory and Support team where we will take a deep dive into the major components, how to proactively take the necessary actions to overcome hurdles and troubleshoot… Read more

Office 365 Service Description Excel Web Part for feature comparison

by Vivek Vinod Sharma [MSFT] // 2 Comments

The Office 365 Team came out with the “Office 365 Service Description Excel Web Part” which is a one stop location for a quick and easy feature comparison across different Office 365 service offerings. Depending on the selection of the filters, you can do a feature comparison across different services(Across Office 365/on premise and even… Read more

Exchange Hosted Encryption – Quick Reference for Exchange Administrators

by Anshuman Mansingh // 2 Comments

ATTENTION: OBSOLETE CONTENT. (FOR EDUCATION ONLY) EXCHANGE HOSTED ENCRYPTION HAS BEEN PHASED OUT. THE NEW SERVICE THAT HAS TAKEN ITS PLACE IS CALLED "OFFICE 365 MESSAGE ENCRYPTION". PLEASE NOTE THAT BY THE END OF 30 SEPTEMBER 2014, 100% OF OUR EHE CUSTOMERS WILL BE ON THE NEW OFFICE 365 MESSAGE ENCRYPTION. FOR THE NEW SETUP PROCESS,… Read more

About Us…

by Vivek Vinod Sharma [MSFT] // 1 Comments

We are a Team of Microsoft Partner Consultants and work with Gold and Silver Partners on Microsoft Technologies such as Exchange, Lync, Office 365, Active Directory Federation Services, Exchange Hosted Services [Protection, Encryption and Archiving]. By means of this blog we intend to share our learning’s with the wider audience…. Read more

Now Available: PowerShell Modules for Lync Online

by Bibhuti Rath - MSFT // 1 Comments

Finally the PowerShell Modules for Lync Online goes public. After Exchange Online and Windows Azure Services, you can now manage Lync Online using PowerShell. Please download the module and go through the documentation from the below link. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39366. Cheers! Bibhuti Rath  … Read more

Video comes to Lync-Skype connectivity with V2

by Bibhuti Rath - MSFT // 1 Comments

We just announced yesterday the availability of video chat with Lync-Skype V2. Also a much improved audio quality with the use of SILK audio codec. Some of the features include, Video with H.264 SVC Scalable Video Coding (SVC) is the ideal codec for accommodating mixed environments, including devices connected over the public Internet as well… Read more