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How To Install AD FS 2016 For Office 365 – Part 2

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This is the second in a series of three posts which will walk you through installing, configuring and connecting AD FS 2016 to Office 365.  In part one we installed the AD FS server on our corporate network, and tested that it was working.

In this second post we need to make the AD FS infrastructure available to the Internet in a secure fashion, so that Office 365 will be able to contact AD FS to au… Read the rest “How To Install AD FS 2016 For Office 365 – Part 2”

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Office 365 Workshop Links – May 2017

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This is a link throw-down for the items discussed during a recent Office 365 workshop that I delivered to customers in beautiful Montreal last week.

I’m posting the links here since they will be available to all of the attendees, and thought that others may also find them useful/interesting.

PowerShell Tips And Tricks

Start with these three articles:

How To Maximize Exchange Administrator Productivity… Read the rest “Office 365 Workshop Links – May 2017”

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How To Install AD FS 2016 For Office 365

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This is a step by step guide to installing and configuring Windows Server 2016 Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) for use with Office 365.  If you still wish to deploy the previous version of AD FS (Windows Server 2012 R2 AD FS), then please start with this post.  For those with a keen eye, the 2012 R2 post was published exactly three years ago today.

The act of deploying and configuring … Read the rest “How To Install AD FS 2016 For Office 365”

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Unable To Access OWA or Office 365 Portal On Servers

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Being unable to open OWA or the Office 365 portal is a common issue in test labs.  In these environments there may be a desire to use the browser installed on a lab server to quickly access the Office 365 portal or to test email by using OWA.

This is typically met with the below error:

For the search engines:

We can't sign you in

Your browser is currently set to block JavaScript. You need to allow Jav… Read the rest “Unable To Access OWA or Office 365 Portal On Servers”

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End of DirSync and AAD Sync Support

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Today marks the end of support for the legacy synchronisation tools which are used to connect on-premises Active Directory to Office 365 and Azure AD.  Specifically Windows Azure Active Directory Sync (DirSync) and Azure AD Sync are the tools which are transitioning out of support at this time.  Note also that version 1.0  of Azure Active Directory (AAD Connect) is also transitioning of support.  … Read the rest “End of DirSync and AAD Sync Support”

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How To Enable AAD Connect Sync Cycle

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

When installing Azure Active Directory Connect (AAD Connect), it is sometimes required that the initial synchronisation is not initiated until additional configuration has been performed.  This may mean that rules have to be edited, or that certain filtering options are to be applied.

AAD Connect will inform you that synchronisation will not occur until you enable it.  This is highlighted along the… Read the rest “How To Enable AAD Connect Sync Cycle”

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Load Balancing WAP In Azure RM

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

In the previous post Load Balancing Azure AD FS Services  we looked at using Azure RM to deploy and load balance AD FS services.  This is the follow-up post to deploy the Web Application Proxy (WAP) servers and its associated load balancer into the DMZ.

In this post we will focus upon the highlighted area in the below diagram.  The additional components were previously deployed, for details please … Read the rest “Load Balancing WAP In Azure RM”

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Testing AD FS Signon Page – An Error Occurred

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

There are many causes for receiving errors when signing onto AD FS.  However some are more genuine than others.  This is a quick tip to check that you are on the right track before diving into the details and potentially spending time troubleshooting when in fact nothing is wrong.  Just lately, for some reason I’m seeing this more frequently.  That has prompted the draft from last October to be fi… Read the rest “Testing AD FS Signon Page – An Error Occurred”

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Reminder – Upcoming Change in Office 365 EOP Connectors

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

There is an upcoming planned change in Office 365 to restrict relaying email messages in certain scenarios.  This change has been scheduled many, many months in advance.

 

This post is just a reminder to raise awareness and to hopefully ensure that everyone who needs to update their Exchange Online Protection (EOP) connectors has done so.

 

For all the details please refer to these two … Read the rest “Reminder – Upcoming Change in Office 365 EOP Connectors”

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How To Disable MAPI/HTTP For A Single Mailbox

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
MAPI/HTTP Mailbox

This is one of those handy little tricks to keep in a toolbox to narrow down issues when troubleshooting.  It can be useful to understand if the client is connecting via Outlook Anywhere or MAPI/HTTP.  To troubleshoot such issues MAPI/HTTP can be disabled on the client, and then re-tested to see if the issue continues.  Note that permanently disabling MAPI/HTTP is not an acceptable solution, and t… Read the rest “How To Disable MAPI/HTTP For A Single Mailbox”