Directory Sync isn't everybody's cup of tea, but if you are working with Office 365, it's quite important. Before I explain what's new about Azure AD Sync – let's take a moment to quickly recap on what Directory Sync does, what your current options are and why Azure AD Sync is especially interesting. If…
In my latest article on SearchExchange, I look at how you could, and why you should avoid, use multiple Office 365 tenants with your global Active Directory. Traditionally with Office 365, the Windows Azure Active Directory Sync Tool (DirSync) operated on a one Active Directory to one Office 365 tenant basis:: …
If you migrate to Office 365 and decommission Exchange on-premises, you will probably wish to keep DirSync and if deployed, AD FS in place. In this tip over on SearchExchange I explain what it means to manage your Exchange Online and Office 365 attributes from your local Active Directory, the options available for providing feature-rich…
It’s been a little while since I’ve updated the blog to reflect articles I’ve published elsewhere – so accept my apologies for my tardiness – I assume you, I’ve not gone anywhere and not stopped writing! My latest article is online over at SearchExchange, where I explain the new feature in Windows Azure Active Directory…
Whilst working on an Office 365-Exchange 2007 hybrid environment, you may experience errors similar to those shown below from the Directory Synchronization Error Report email and in Forefront Identity Manager: Identity Error Description DiscoverySearchMailbox {D919BA05-46A6-415f-80AD-7E09334BB852}@exchangelabs.co.uk Unable to update this object in Microsoft Online Services, because the attribute Username is not valid. Update the value in…