Unified Communications and Office 365 Talks

This blog series is maintained by a team of technical consultants working on Microsoft's powerful Unified Communications solutions.

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

  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

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

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

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

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

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