Revamped Connectors GUI in Exchange Online

Microsoft has recently pushed an update to the Connectors GUI in Exchange Online. It now uses a wizard-like interface which guides you through every step of the process and provides additional information along the way. It will also validate the settings before allowing you to save the connector (you can …

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Be careful when converting Room mailboxes, or why are messages automatically deleted

Another interesting issue I encountered on Experts Exchange: messages sent to shared mailbox were being deleted immediately after arriving in the Inbox. None of the common suspects were the cause (rules, add-ins, mobile devices, etc). The only thing left uncertain (and unverified by the author) was the automatic processing options, the …

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Assigning multiple administrative roles to a user in Office 365

This question popped up on Experts Exchange recently. The answer is that you can indeed assign multiple roles to the same user, however you will need to use the WAAD module for PowerShell to do so. Here are the steps: Login to the service using Connect-MsolService Get the Role object …

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Changes around handling of mail users in Exchange Online

​Over an year ago, a blogged about the need to reconfigure mail users addresses due to directory sync only allowing for aliases from verified/accepted domains. Well, Office 365 is a constantly evolving system, and things have now changed. Synced objects will now preserve all their aliases, even external ones, and …

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