Office 365

Catch-all mail on Office 365

I have gotten the question from time to time, about if it possible to create a catch-all mailbox on Office 365 (Exchange Online). So I thought I would highlight it in a blog post. Unfortunately for those, who have the needs. This is not possible in Office 365 (Exchange Online). This is stated in the Service Description guide: “Microsoft Exchange Online for Enterprises Service Description.docx” from Microsoft: A catch-all mailbox receives messages sent to email …

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How to Remote PowerShell into Exchange Online using Prefix

In my last blog I wrote about how to connect to Exchange Online using a remote PowerShell session. But if your are running your on-premise Exchange 2010 and connecting to Exchange Online at the same time, it would be nice to be able to distinguish between the commands you run in PowerShell against the on-premise or the online Exchange. This can be done using a prefix setting, when you import your Exchange Online session. See …

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How to Remote PowerShell into Exchange Online (Office 365)

As described in my previous blog post last week, it is possible to use PowerShell to manage your Office 365. It is also possible to use Remote PowerShell to manage administrative tasks and Exchange settings within your Exchange Online Tenant (Office 365). You don’t need Office 365 MS Online PowerShell module for managing your Exchange Online configuration with PowerShell. The process is very similar to how you would configure an implicit remote session to an on-premise …

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Office 365 Jump Start Training videos available

Last year I did a blog post about the 3 day Office 365 Jump Start Training, that Microsoft held online at the time. The entire training course “Microsoft Office 365 for IT Professionals Jump Start” has since then, been made available in HD-quality video recordings for free on TechNet Edge and on the Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA), where there is an assessment after each session. The 15 sessions (1 hour each) is divided into three …

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How to connect to Office 365 with PowerShell

As an Administrator for Office 365, you can use PowerShell to manage a lot of your administrative tasks such as user management and domain management. The following is needed: MS Online Services Assistant needs to be downloaded and installed MS Online Module for PowerShell needs to be  downloaded and installed Connect to Microsoft Online in PowerShell Download MS Online Services Assistant Download the OS version needed: Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant – 32 bit version …

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