I’ve just been reading on Mike Pfeiffer’s blog this article about connecting Remote Powershell to Office 365. I’ve not yet got my beta account on Office 365, but do use Live@EDU/Outlook Live and had been wondering how similar administration is. It turns out that it’s exactly the same (even down to the server names) therefore…
If you’ve ever wondered how to get started with Exchange Powershell scripting, or have looked for ways to find out more information, bulk modify or automate your environment then hopefully you’ll find this article I’ve recently posted on the Exchange 2010 section on the TechNet Wiki useful. The Exchange Management Shell isn’t just for large…
Introduction In Exchange 2010, you now have the option to allow mailboxes to be automatically distributed across databases. However, the algorithm used simply randomly allocates the new mailbox to your chosen databases – rather than ensuring the mailbox count is balanced, and doesn’t do anything about re-distributing mailboxes if you add new databases. To help…
Just a quick one for this bank holiday morning. Here’s a little bit of code that you can use to synchronise a text file with a list of recipient primary email addresses to a distribution group. A good use for it would be where you have exports from an application system to determine mailing lists…
PLEASE NOTE: This is NO LONGER supported and provided as-is for information ONLY. The information here relates to pre-Hybrid configurations that used the Consumer MFG. It does give you some background as to how Office 365 does Federation, though some steps have changed. For a modern “under the hood”, see this article. As organizations move to make use…