Office365Steven (aka SharePointSteven)

Office 365 and PowerShell

Filed under Office 365 , Office 365 Grid

I've seen a number of questions from Office 365 users about issues with performing administrative tasks such as managing domains, users, groups, and subscriptions via the normal web user interface. If you should ever have an issue with Office 365 be sure to consider using the PowerShell cmdlets provided by MSFT to resolve your issues.

Click one of the following links to find the cmdlets for a particular Office 365 management task, or to learn more about Microsoft Exchange Online cmdlets.

• Manage users 
• Manage group and role membership 
• Manage domains 
• Manage single sign-on 
• Manage subscriptions and licenses 
• Manage company information and service 
• Manage Exchange Online 

Every Lync in a chain of updates

Filed under Office 365 , Office 365 Grid

Subscribers of Microsoft's office 365 services can review upcoming planned maintenance through the support tab of the administration console. Although they do not communicate the specific updates being rolled out they do provide you with a job id ex "LY1299. The details allow you to assess the impact if any that you may experience. This is something we don't always get from our on premise IT service.

Looking at the maintenance for January you will see Microsoft's focus on enhancing the Lync user experience and functionality.

Be sure to visit the Office 365 Technical Blog for details that are associated with these recent updates.

Office365 Saturday - Redmond

Filed under o365s , Office 365 , Office 365 Grid

 

Office365 Saturday is pleased to announce that that registration is now open for our inaugural event: o365s - Redmond

Want to start an event? Office365 Saturday is here to help.

Join Architects, Developers, Administrators, and Users of Office 365 for a FREE educational and exciting day of sessions from Office 365 professionals covering Exchange, SharePoint, Office, and Lync Technologies!

Microsft Online Services Diagnostics and Logging Support Toolkit

Filed under Office 365 , Office 365 Grid

Microsoft has created MOSDAL a support toolkit that collects system configuration, network configuration, and logging information for service-based products that are installed on the system. The logs that the tool generates provide data that helps technical support professionals troubleshoot. MOSDAL collects log files, registry keys, and configuration settings that would otherwise require time-consuming and labor-intensive collection by using separate tools.

Download Microsft Online Services Diagnostics and Logging Support Toolkit (MOSDAL)

 Data collection

The data collection component of MOSDAL collects data about the user’s system configuration, the network configuration, and the following applications:

• Microsoft .NET Framework
• Microsoft Online Services Sign In Application for Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite
• Microsoft Live Meeting 2007
• Microsoft Live Meeting Conferencing Add-in for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
• Windows Internet Explorer 7 and later versions
• Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2
• Microsoft Lync 2010
• Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
• Microsoft Online Services Outlook 2003 Connector
• Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
• Microsoft Outlook 2010
• Microsoft Online Services Directory Synchronization tool
• Microsoft Online Services Migration Tools
• Microsoft Office 365 Desktop Setup
• Microsoft Online Services Sign In Assistant
• Microsoft Office Professional Plus
• Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell
• Active Directory Federation Services v2.0

Office365 Jump Start Videos

Filed under Office 365 , Office 365 Grid , Training

MSFT has a new Jump Start program to help Business Users, Administrators, IT Pros, and Developers to better understand the Office 365 Plateform.

Click HERE to learn the entire series

• Office 365 Jump Start (01): Microsoft Office 365 Overview for IT Pros
• Office 365 Jump Start (02): Deploying Clients for Office 365
• Office 365 Jump Start (03): Microsoft Office 365 Administration & Automation Using Windows PowerShell™
• Office 365 Jump Start (04): Microsoft Office 365 Identity and Access Solutions
• Office 365 Jump Start (05): Microsoft Office 365 Directory Synchronization
• Office 365 Jump Start (06): Exchange Online Overview for IT Pros
• Office 365 Jump Start (07): Microsoft Exchange Online Administration
• Office 365 Jump Start (08): Microsoft Staged Exchange Online Migration
• Office 365 Jump Start (09): Hybrid Options with Exchange Server & Exchange Online
• Office 365 Jump Start (10): Exchange Online Archiving & Compliance
• Office 365 Jump Start (11): Lync Online Overview & Configuration for IT Pros
• Office 365 Jump Start (12): SharePoint Online Overview
• Office 365 Jump Start (13): SharePoint Online Administration
• Office 365 Jump Start (14): SharePoint Online Extensibility & Customization
• Office 365 Jump Start (15): Office 365 Deployment Overview

Online Services: Groundhog Day

Filed under Cloud , Office 365 , Office 365 Grid

Cloud Services clients might feel a bit like Phil Connors stuck in a loop of product launches. If you’ve seen the movie “I Got You, Babe” is the song that played over… and over… and over again in the 1993 hit Bill Murray movie, Groundhog Day. With recent announcement of Office 365 this past week, and with Google+ in Beta. Somehow we’ve seen this before. Microsoft announced that Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS) was the end-all cloud solution when it was available for purchase Nov 17, 2008. Even after expanding its capabilities in Nov of 2009, it really never took off. With Office 365 existing BPOS customers will have to migrate. Google Wave was all the rage not too long ago. It was just May of 2009 at the Google I/O Conference that Lars Rasmussen presented a new Google application called “Google Wave” that should have revolutionized the way to communicate and collaborate on-line. The new Google immediately took positive comments and was poised as one of the most promising tools of 2010. But the initial enthusiasm was short lived and Google waved goodbye to this initiative. There are exactly 38 days depicted in the movie either partially or in full. Let’s hope that it will not take that many iterations of cloud services for someone to get it right. PS: Office 365 does not have +1 Button

Migration form BPOS to Office 365

Filed under Office 365 , Office 365 Grid

Today was Microsoft's launch of office 365. For Those organizations that are invested in BPOS Microsoft has provided a site with resources for transition. in reviewing the planning phases of transition - Microsoft anticipates the planning and preparation activities to take anywhere from 3 to 6 months. It's not clear if this takes into account the backlog that will be produced as existing BPOS clients embark on this endeavor. It will also be interesting to see how the 12th largest state and public sector organization is to move forward with BPOS for 33,000 state users.

Office365Saturday.org

Filed under o365s , Office 365 , Office 365 Grid , Training

Our mission

The Office365 Saturday (aka o365s) program provides tools, resources, and support needed for local event leaders to organize and host a free day of office 365 training anywhere in the world. These events seek to:

• increase an awareness of office 365 and its capabilities
• provide opportunities to network within the office 365 community
• help develop office 365 professionals

How it started

Office365 Saturday was founded in conjunction with the release of the technology on June 28, 2011. That's when the preparation for supporting a first event occurred. o365s was one of the first office 365 customers securing an accountant that now hosts all the o365s events.

Funding and Ownership

The Office365 Saturday brand and website are licensed for use at no charge to both groups and individuals who seek to host events.

Want to host an event?

We’d be glad to help organize a successful event in your area. Organizing an event requires a lot of planning and hard work but the results as seen in the improvement of the community are well worth it. The following is an overview of what's involved in hosting an event.

A successful event is one that meets the expectations of the attendees. It is for that reason that events are chaired by individuals in the local community.

The o365s team provides the following resources to help organize and execute an event:

• An event project plan outlining key milestones and activities to consider
• A website that allows you to provide a call to speakers, sponsors, and allows for attendee registration.
• Administrative tools to help with activities such as scheduling speakers
• An event logo
• An e-mail address
• Lots of how-to documents to run your event
• Will also provide mentoring and support as needed to ensure that your event is successful!

We're putting together a wiki to act as an event guide for event leadership, budget coordination, speaker selection, session scheduling, marketing, volunteer coordination, venue selection, catering, and of course, marketing and socializing!