blogging about…… Microsoft, Cloud Computing
In: Uncategorized
11 Jan 2010MessageOps has released a nice script which you can use to notify your BPOS users when their Online Passwords are about to expire. Hereby a copy of the script. Original source here #Microsoft Online Password Expiration Notification Script # #Written By:Chad Mosman, MessageOps, www.messageops.com # #This script notifies users via email when their Microsoft Online [...]
In: BPOS|Group Policy
21 Oct 2009If your want to manage the settings inside de Microsoft Online Sign-In Client (used with BPOS) through Group Policies, you can download a Active Directory Group Policy Object here. As stated on the Microsoft Online Services Team Blog: This file is provided as-is and is not supported. It has been tested and works properly, however [...]
In: BPOS
21 Oct 2009Something I found by following Peter de Haas via Twitter. A brief video presentation from IT Strategists about BPOS.
In: BPOS|Cloud Computing
2 Sep 2009According to the BPOSitive blog, SMTP is now enabled for BPOS. If you have some clients who require to send email through your online exchange environment, you can do so now (all info below thanks to BPOSitive). To connect to the Microsoft Online Services SMTP server, open your SMTP client application and provide the information [...]
In: BPOS|Group Policy
28 Aug 2009A Group Policy Object for managing the users sign-in Client Application (used in Microsoft Online) http://blogs.technet.com/msonline/archive/2009/02/09/microsoft-online-sign-in-client-adm-group-policy-object.aspx /* 26.05.2010: I just got noticed in the comments that the link isn’t working anymore, thx Darren*/ Some things it can manage: Enables Sign In to remember the username of the last signed in user. This policy should be [...]
In: BPOS
5 Aug 2009The Microsoft Online Services Service Update for August 2009 begins deployment into production data centers this week and is scheduled to be available to all customers by the end of August; updates to the release deployment status will be posted to the comment section of this blog post. No scheduled downtime is planned for the [...]
This morning at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans, Microsoft Online Services announced several new features that enable partners to assist and manage their customers who trial and buy the Business Productivity Online Suite. Two key features are available today as part of the newly announced Microsoft Partner Network: · Partner Order on [...]
Two new tools for BPOS (or to say it correctly, 1 new and 1 updated tool). The Microsoft Online Services Diagnostics and Logging (MOSDAL) support toolkit The MOSDAL support toolkit performs network diagnostics and collects system configuration, network configuration, and logging information for service-based products. The logs that the tool generates provide data that helps [...]
In: BPOS
18 Jun 2009The Microsoft Online Services Monthly Service Update for June 2009 is currently in deployment and will be available to all customers by June 30. No scheduled downtime is planned for this release deployment. The release delivers two important capabilities: · Exchange Online attachments are now supported up to 30MB. Previously, Exchange Online attachments were limited [...]
In: BPOS
11 Jun 2009To synchronize your AD Domain with your BPOS environment, follow the steps below. Log in on your Microsoft Online Services Administration Center, Click the [Migration] tab and then click the [Configure] button in the “Directory Synchronization” Section. Read the “Plan for Directory Synchronization” and check the checkbox, confirming that you read it. Press the [...]