Questions tagged [microsoft-office-365]

Office 365 is Microsoft's subscription based cloud solution for business productivity. All server side components are hosted at Microsoft managed datacentres. Customers that subscribe to O365 have access to the latest business productivity software and can choose to be "entirely cloud based" or have a hybrid configuration where some on-premise servers are retained.

Office 365 is Microsoft's subscription based cloud solution for business productivity. All server side components are hosted at Microsoft managed datacentres. Customers that subscribe to O365 have access to the latest business productivity software and can choose to be "entirely cloud based" or have a hybrid configuration where some on-premise servers are retained.

Office 365 comprises of several Microsoft products for business productivity that are accessed through a subscription model. The offering currently includes Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Lync, Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Office. Other related products include Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and Microsoft Project Online.

For more details on Office 365 please see

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If a Windows shop moves "everything" to the cloud, does it still need Active Directory?

Taking a spin off of this question: Do I really need MS Active Directory? in a new direction for 2014. Taking into account a basic Windows infrastructure: domain controllers Exchange 2007/2010/2013 Sharepoint SQL File Servers / Print Servers AD…
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Outlook 2013: how to reset to "first run" status?

TL;DR Is there a way via script, powershell, reg delete, via telekinesis, whatever to reset Outlook 2013 as if no profiles ever existed and it was running for the first time ever? Still working through this one but hoping others have…
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Multiple SPF records for multiple domains

We have recently started using Office 365 for our email, which requires us to add a DNS TXT record with the value v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all. We already have an SPF record with the value v=spf1 include:spf.mandrillapp.com ?all…
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Is it possible to see the login history on Office 365?

I would like to know if it's possible to see the login history on Office 365, and eventually the login attempts as well? Seems like the consumer version of Outlook has this but I can't find anything like it on 365. Thanks.
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Uninstall legacy versions of Office when deploying Office 365 Pro Plus

In volume licensed editions of Office (ones with an MSI deployment), you can use OCT to create a package that will remove previous versions of Office when the new version is deployed. Office 365 Pro Plus is Click-to-Run only, which means that OCT…
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An error occurred while using SSL configuration for endpoint 0.0.0.0:443

Based on information received from the network team. I have determined that the issue most likely rests with the application servers on the WAN. After replacing the certificate, I ran the PowerShell command Set-AdfsSslCertificate –Thumbprint XXXX…
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Mails sent to mail.protection.outlook.com are not being received

For few days we have been receiving complaints from many of our subscribed clients that they are not getting daily alert mails. We checked in our logs that the mails are accepted by the servers (MX record: example.com.mail.protection.outlook.com),…
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All External Mail to Office 365 Fails SPF, Marked as Junk by EOP in a Hybrid Deployment

In short: legitimate emails are landing in Junk folders as EOP (Exchange Online Protection) stamps email messages as junk (SCL5) and SPF-failed. This happens with all external domains (e.g. gmail.com/hp.com/microsoft.com) to client’s domain…
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Can I use Office365 or Azure AD as master record for Active Directory?

We have a small business and currently don't have a need for a domain within our office. We have a basic network and a single server running Windows Server 2008 R2 with some file shares and 3rd party apps. We use Office 365 and have a Windows Azure…
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Office365 SPF record has too many lookups

For some utterly ridiculous administrative reasons we've got a split domain with one mailbox on Office365 which requires us to add include:outlook.com to our SPF record. The problem with this is that that rule alone requires nine DNS lookups of the…
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Microsoft Exchange Federation Trust Broken After Verifying in Office 365

Okay so...this all started during our Office 365 setup. According to Microsoft, you have to delete your on-premises federation trust from Exchange, verify the domain, then add it back...otherwise you get an obscure error message when validating the…
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How to export a Full SMTP Log in Office 365

In Office 365, is it possible to export the SMTP log? Maybe in powershell or any other way. My goal is to have a complete overview of all messages send from and to a specific domain.
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How can I tell if a user has more than one computer logging with Outlook?

I have reason to suspect that a user may be accessing their company email using a copy of Microsoft Outlook (or perhaps another email client) from a personal device for the purpose of data exfiltration. I've ruled out them accessing their account…
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Unable to share calendar free/busy info from O365 to external federated domain

I've got two domains that I'm trying to share calendar free/busy info between through federation. SiteA is an on premise deployment of Exchange 2010 SP2. SiteB is an Office 365 Enterprise deployment. Both organizations are federated through the MSFT…
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outlook 2016 (office 365) using incorrect time zone for emails

I have two users in Taipei time zone. Both are using PCs with system time correctly set to Taipei time. Both have an Office 365 E3 Enterprise account on the same tenant and have Office 2016 installed. Both use Outlook 2016 for their email needs and…
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