Moving Exchange Account Source Account
I have a very complex environment I'm hoping someone might jump start my search. We have two domains syncing to Entra ID. One domain is a resource forest where our Exchange environment sits. That domain contains disabled stub accounts synced to our primary domain where the actual user accounts sit. The source for all EXO mailboxes are the stubs in the resource forest. Those accounts are kept in sync using FIM 2008. We're wanting to decom that entire resource environment and move all of the attributes to the primary domain. The resource domain schema is the last version of Ex 2016. The primary domain schema is Ex 2010 SP1. I know my first step is to update the primary schema, however, has anyone encountered a situation like this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Address rewrite not working for Calendar items
Hi, We are running a hybrid environment with 3 active directory domains, 3 on-prem Exchange clusters and the majority of our mailboxes in O365. We have set up a default address rewrite so that emails from everyone across the 3 different legacy domain names appear to come from the new domain name. Emails are sent from O365 back to the on-prem clusters for rewriting. Lets use an example john@oldcompany1.com john@oldcompany2.com john@oldcompany3.com Address rewrite is set up so all emails from the above addresses are displayed to external recipients as: john@newcompanyname.com This works perfectly for all outbound emails, however it does not work with meeting/calendar invites. For example, my own mailbox has the default alias of @oldcompany1.com, and when I send an email to a recipient outside of our organisation, it shows as coming from @newcompanyname.com, but when I send a meeting/appointment to an external recipient, it shows as coming from @oldcompany1.com. Has anyone seen this before, if so - do you have any tips on where to start the troubleshooting process?
Move selected OU from On-Prem AD to cloud only AD
Hi . We have On-Prem AD sync with azure for O365 . Some of OU users are Remote users and so they are not connected to AD. We have business basics license so reset password of mail id from Cloud is not possible due to license limitation. So we are thinking of moving those users to cloud only so they can reset their password. Is there any safe way to migrate them to cloud only?Migrating On-Prem Distribution Groups to Exchange Online in Hybrid Mode
I have come across a number of articles on migrating distribution groups to Office 365 when you're not in hybrid mode. My situation is having hundreds of DLs on my on-prem Exchange environment that I need to move to the cloud. We don't want these converted to Office 365 groups, we want true distribution groups in the cloud. Is this possible with scripting or some other method? I really don't want to have to re-create these by hand.
Purchase Windows 10 Home to Pro upgrade through 365 account
Hi, I have a new laptop for a member of staff but in haste, it has Windows 10 Home installed. When I use the upgrade link in the Windows settings panel, I am required to logon to Microsoft Store to pay for the Windows upgrade on the device in question. My issue - and one that appears widely acknowledged - is that none of my 365 accounts are accepted as Microsoft accounts and therefore cannot access the MS Store to purchase the upgrade. Try as I might, I cannot find an alternate method to purchase this upgrade and I do not fancy purchasing an upgrade through some obscure personal MS account. So is it possible to complete purchases on the MS Store using either the 365 Admin account or a delegated user account on 365? Otherwise, is anyone aware of a method to purchase the W10 upgrade using at least an email address of one of my 365 accounts?
Exchnage Cutover Migration to office 365
Hi there, I am checking the exchange cutover migration from on-premises to exchange online and all the steps are clear for me. I just have one question that i did not find a clear answer for it. when starting the migration batch it will provision the users in office 365, what will be the initial password of the users? Thanks
Default Meeting Duration
Hello, I was recently asked if there is a way to change the default duration of meeting. i.e when booking a calendar event, if defaults to 30 minutes. What I was asked to do is change it to 1 hour. I found the setting under calendar, it works everywhere except when booking directly from the calendar. I found that changing the time scale view accomplishes that, but changes the view of your meetings/calendar too. Is there a way to implement this or time scale is the only way to do that? Thanks!
If AAD Connect is offline for an extended period of time
Hi, I'm runningAzure AD Connect with password hash sync.My current setup is working fine, but I want to know what the impact would be if there's a bad outage that takes on-premises environments offline. Can anyone describe the impact if Azure AD Connect is offline for an extended period? Possibly, a month or more? Will the end users eventually get locked out if Azure AD Connect Connect does not sync for a certain period of time?
WebDAV protocol difference from 2016 to 365
Hey Don't know if this is the right forum but hope you can help. I have a client who uses a custom WebDAV on-premise server together with Saperion as document handler, they do NOT use SharePoint. They wish to upgrade from Office 2016 to Office 365, but we've run into some problemes which I suspect can have something to do with the WebDAV protocol. I have used Fiddler to see how Word communicate with WebDAV and see no big difference other than the order of calls, and that 365 tries to make a POST call to what looks like SharePoint. When we want to edit the document the following sequence of calls are made to the WebDAV server: 2016: OPTIONS HEAD (423 LOCK) OPTIONS LOCK (Response: Lockdiscorvery --- locktoken -- href -- opaquelocktoken) GET PROPFIND HEAD 365: OPTIONS OPTIONS HEAD (423 LOCK) LOCK (Response: Lockdiscorvery --- locktoken -- href -- opaquelocktoken) OPTIONS GET PROPFIND HEAD POST (/_api/web/GetFileByUrl(@v)/ListItemAllFields/GetSharingInformation) <- This I googled is a call to SharePoint, so it is ignored for now In Word 2016 I am now able to do changes and save directly using WebDAV where it calls the following: HEAD LOCK (Refresh lock) PUT If I try and do the same with 365 I get an error saying the it couldn't succesfully save the data to the WebDAV path, and no calls were done using the WebDAV protocol. I also observe that if a leave the document open in 2016 it will constantly refresh the locktoken, where this never happens in 365, which all points in the direction the Word 365 "forgets" that it has gotten a lock or just don't understand the response from the locktoken. Are there any documentation on what exactly 365 wants as a response to the different WebDAV requests. I have found a document the discripte the newest WebDAV protocol in Office, and here it looks like we do forfill the requriments, and as shown this also works just fine for Word 2016. I am more than happy to apply more information if needed.
Standard Operating Procedures in OneNote - Best Method?
Hi, I've been in business for over 18 years, with 6 employees. We have over 300 policies and procedures that have been written and rewritten. They have always been stored on our Sharepoint server in a regular file folder structure that syncs to our computers. Because of it, nobody uses them for they are difficult to find. Sometimes you don't know the name of what you're looking for, other times its an SOP that could be under production or finance. The system has just never worked. I'm currently implementing a system in OneNote. I have it set up where our 9 primary areas are all tabs. There then exists sections for checklists, specific procedures, and then one large 20-30 page manual for that department that discusses in detail everything that needs to be known. An example is in the 23-page Marketing Manual, there are five paragraphs explaining what brand colors are, why they are important, and why we can't stray from them. It then has a few links to reference other documents, one of them is our Branding Sheet that is a Word document, stored inside OneNote. OneNote is also great because it's desktop software that each of our computers has, every single document can be searched at once, you can utilize links to any part that you'd like, you can utilize tags, and you can store the referenced document inside OneNote (so I don't have to deal with somebody changing the file name or somehow breaking the link to the server. I haven't released it yet, but my employees say they would use it if it were easy. As I'm slowly going through and entering the SOPs into OneNote, I'm finding minor issues with my system in OneNote The formatting is VERY limited. So making a great SOP is not as easy as it is in Word Once I have everything in there, I dont think I can get it back out in an editable fashion. I can print the .pdf but it's not like it's a Word document that can be moved around You can't really set permissions on it. I can lock pages, which would work, but I'd prefer permission on different areas Getting everything in there is going to be challenging enough, then I have to go back and link everything. Before I spend too much time organizing these SOPs and copy/pasting them into OneNote, I was hoping that somebody has gone down this road before and can either advise me away from OneNote to another product or offer advice as to why I should keep going down my path. Thanks in advance. Aaron
