Microsoft has finally Released the AD Connect Tool for General Availability (GA), the tool has long awaited by many. The tool has been on the way and in public beta (Preview) since late 2014. This new tool is the latest in the generation of identity synchronization tools for Azure AD (Office 365). This new version replaces DirSync and Azure AD Sync Tool. AD Connect will be the tool to integrate your on-premises directories with Azure …
Microsoft has just released Skype for Business today, together with this months patch Tuesday. Skype for Business (Skype4B) was announced a while back and has been expected in April 2015. At least the client to begin with. Next is the rollout in Office 365 with Lync Online being upgraded and renamed to Skype for Business, this is going to happen from now until end of May for all existing Office 365 customers. The Skype for …
A little notes from the field, I recently saw this issue at a customer. Their ADFS Proxy (Active Directory Federation Service) was suddenly not working anymore, It had been running without issues for months. When started to troubleshoot this, we looking at the Web Application Proxy (WAP) service on the ADFS Proxy server and the error we got was: The operation stopped due to an unknown general error. Error code 0x8007520C. We confirmed that the Web Applicaton …
I often get asked about features, both new and upcoming for Office 365. For those interested and those who might not already be aware of it, Microsoft is providing a great and frequently updated Roadmap page for Office 365. This page is your one stop shop – to go for updates on the Office 365: http://aka.ms/Office365Roadmap If you bookmark the Roadmap page above – it’s a great ressources to keep updated on new and upcoming features on …
Yesterday Microsoft Released a new version of the Tool for Synchronizing your AD with Azure AD (Office 365), now the tool have been renamed to Azure AD Connect, previously known as DirSync, AAD Connect, AAD Sync. This version is currently Released as a Public Preview. Azure AD Connect is “new” because it is now one integrated tool that includes all the advances of AAD Sync and the features from the beta release of Azure AD Connect …