Exchange Online

Cloud‑managed Remote Mailboxes: Manage Exchange attributes in Exchange Online (and finally retire the last Exchange server)

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TL;DR: Microsoft shipped a new per‑mailbox capability that transfers the Source of Authority (SOA) for Exchange attributes to the cloud. Flip a switch (IsExchangeCloudManaged) and you can manage aliases, GAL visibility, custom/extension attributes, and many mailbox flags directly in Exchange Online for directory‑synced users, without keeping an on‑prem Exchange server (or EMT VM) just for recipient admin. Identity fields (name, title, UPN, etc.) remain mastered in on‑prem AD. Phase 2 adds write‑back of selected attributes …

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New Release of the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer (ORCA) Module (version 2.5)

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Microsoft has recently released a new and updated version (2.5) of the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer (ORCA). What is Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer (ORCA) Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer ORCA is a report that you can run in your environment which can highlight known configuration issues and improvements that can impact your experience with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (formerly Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection). The ORCA …

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How to enable Plus Addressing in Exchange Online

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One of the Exchange-related announcements from this week’s Microsoft Ignite 2020, was that Exchange Online now supports Plus Addressing, also known as “sub addressing”, “+ address” or “dynamic email aliasing”. It is a long-awaiting feature by many and it is now available in all tenants. So What is Plus Address ? Plus addressing allows you to add a suffix to the local-part of your email address to create a dynamic child address or disposable address …

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Next CoLabora User Group Meeting–this friday

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The team behind CoLabora are super excited to announce the agenda for March Meetup. The March meeting will focus 100% on Microsoft 365 and related services. All sessions will be delivered by MVP’s and SMEs with each individual area. All sessions will be delivered in English. Event Info Event date: 15. March 2019 Event time: 9.00 to 11.30 Event Page : https://www.meetup.com/CoLabora/events/258464608/ Agenda 09.00 Welcome and Introduction, Ronni Pedersen & Peter Schmidt 09.05 Don’t get phished!, …

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How To Change The Language and TimeZone Settings on Mailboxes in Office 365

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Recently I have had a few scenarios, where we had to change the Language and Time Zone of all or certain specific user Mailboxes in Office 365. So I thought, I might as well write up, this blog post, to collect all the information needed, to change setting on Language and Time Zone on Mailboxes. This would also work for Exchange (on-premise), it is the same cmdlets. If you need to do this, you need …

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