Overview of The Exchange 2016 Transport pipeline services
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Overview of The Exchange 2016 Transport pipeline services

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Overview of The Exchange 2016 Transport pipeline services: Front End Transport service on Mailbox servers   This service acts as a stateless proxy for all inbound and (optionally) outbound external SMTP traffic for the Exchange 2016 organization. The Front End Transport service doesn’t inspect message content, doesn’t communicate with the Mailbox Transport service, and doesn’t queue any…

Bulk add users to Distribution Group
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Bulk add users to Distribution Group

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Bulk add users to Distribution Group I was ask recently to simplify a task for support staff to bulk add users to a distribution group. So i created the following script to add user from csv. The script will ‘prompt’ for ‘Distribution Group’ name and will add users accordingly. The script has the ‘WhatIf’ added…

Set UPN Suffix using PowerShell
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Set UPN Suffix using PowerShell

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To Prepare for Office 365 Migration you need to add the missing ‘UPN Suffixes’. The following example demonstrates how to create a new UPN suffix for the users in the ThatLazyAdmin forest: Lets Start by running: Import-Module ActiveDirectory   Then run : Get-AdForest | Set-ADForest -UPNSuffixes @{Add=”ThatLazyAdmin.com”}   Lets verify the new UPN in Active Directory…

Express installation of Azure AD Connect
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Express installation of Azure AD Connect

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Express installation of Azure AD Connect Tool Can be downloaded from Here Sign in as a local administrator to the server you wish to install Azure AD Connect on. You should do this on the server you wish to be the sync server. Navigate to and double-click AzureADConnect.msi. On the Welcome screen, select the box agreeing…

Exchange Deployment Assistant Quick Overview
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Exchange Deployment Assistant Quick Overview

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Exchange Deployment Assistant Quick Overview Exchange deployment tool creates a custom step by step checklist to help you deploy Exchange in different types of scenarios. The tool can be found Here. Click on Launch the Deployment Assistant. From the next screen you will have 3 different options to choose from On-Premises ,Hybrid ,Cloud Only. Details…

Peer behind the curtain – how Microsoft runs Exchange Online
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Peer behind the curtain – how Microsoft runs Exchange Online

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Peer behind the curtain – how Microsoft runs Exchange Online Speakers: Eddie Fong (Microsoft), Karim Battish (Microsoft) For full session details, click here. ABSTRACT: For 75 minutes, you’ll give you a virtual Microsoft blue badge and enter the world of Microsoft Exchange Online operations. See how it’s done with a rare look behind the scenes…

Microsoft Exchange RBAC Manager
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Microsoft Exchange RBAC Manager

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RBAC Manager for Exchange and Office 365 RBAC Manager puts all efforts to simplify the RBAC administration. Basically it provides the missing GUI to edit RBAC settings on Exchange 2010,2013 and Office 365 systems; including adding/removing cmdlets, cmdlet properties, assignments etc. RBAC tool is written in C# and using Powershell behind the scenes For Release…

How to Set Up a Domain in Office 365
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How to Set Up a Domain in Office 365

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Setting up your email domain is a first step when establishing your Office 365 tenant. After you subscribe to Office 365, by default, your new email addresses appear as email@companyname.onmicrosoft.com until you set up your custom domain. To add your domain name, it takes a quick three steps to verify your domain name, select users who need a domain update…

How to Create a Wiki Page in Office 365
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How to Create a Wiki Page in Office 365

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Most of us are familiar with the wiki style of organizing and collaborating on content; if you’re not, check out this Wikipedia article about wikis! (Wiki-ception?) But did you know that the default type of page on a SharePoint site is considered a wiki? Your admin may not have chosen to maintain the wiki style of all SharePoint pages,…

What’s the Difference Between OneDrive and SharePoint?
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What’s the Difference Between OneDrive and SharePoint?

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OneDrive for Business (ODfB) and SharePoint Online (SP) are related components of Office 365, with overlapping architecture and features. If you use both OneDrive and SharePoint at work, it can get a little confusing. The basics The first thing to keep in mind is that there is a consumer version of OneDrive that is very…

Creating new users in an Office 365/Exchange 2010 Hybrid Deployment
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Creating new users in an Office 365/Exchange 2010 Hybrid Deployment

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I got asked a question the other day on how to handle new User Mailbox creation in a Hybrid Deployment. I have seen some users go the wrong way and create the AD object and add the Attributes but they forget about the Exchange portion and then focus on adding the license in Office 365….