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Got 20 minutes to secure Exchange Server?
Going to Ignite? Got 20 minutes to see how easy it is to secure Exchange on-premises? Come see my theater session, "How to add MFA to your Exchange Online/on-premises mailboxes in 20 minutes or less"....
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User-based MFA vs. Conditional Access MFA
Thank you to everyone who attended my two sessions, "How to add MFA to your Exchange Online/on-premises mailboxes in 20 minutes or less" at Microsoft Ignite 2018 in Orlando! The first session was...
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How to block external access to the Exchange Admin Center
When I was at Microsoft Ignite last week, several customers asked me how to block external access to the Exchange Admin Center. These customers have already completed all their mailbox migrations to...
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Important announcement about AAD Connect password writeback
If you are using an older version of Azure AD Connect and have password writeback enabled please ensure you are using the latest version. Azure AD Connect versions 1.0.8641.0 and older rely on a...
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How to Create and Manage an Office 365 Breakglass Account
Despite the huge investments Microsoft has made to make Office 365 both secure and highly available, there have been three major outages this year that prevented customers from accessing their cloud...
View ArticleAzure AD Connect version 1.2.70.0 released
This build updates the non-standard connectors (for example, Generic LDAP Connector and Generic SQL Connector) shipped with Azure AD Connect. If you use AAD Connect with directories other than Active...
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Introducing the OME Test Tool
The well-intentioned folks over at Microsoft are doing it again, but you know what they say about the road to hell... In late December message ID MC170958 showed up in the Office 365 Message Center...
View ArticleEnable Outlook Automapping for Exchange mailboxes
When a user is delegated full access rights to another mailbox, automapping will automatically add that mailbox to that user's Outlook. Automapping does this when Outlook runs a background autodiscover...
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How to work with Inactive Mailboxes in a Hybrid Environment
Earlier today the Exchange team posted an article on the EHLO Blog explaining how to manage inactive mailboxes in Exchange Online. That blog post is geared mainly toward cloud-only tenants. This...
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The Microsoft Hybrid Agent: What you need to know
Microsoft just announced the new Hybrid Agent Public Preview. This represents an important step toward making it easier for on-prem organizations to implement a hybrid configuration with Exchange...
View ArticleJoin me at COUCUG for a talk about the new Exchange patches
Join me Thursday, February 21st, as I present a session on Exchange Server patching, specifically around the new security patches just released. I'll be presenting to a live audience via Skype for...
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Clearing up confusion about Office 365 Equivalency Use Rights
You may have heard about "Office 365 equivalency rights" or "dual use rights". These rights allow users to access on premises servers, such as Windows Server, Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and...
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AAD Connect 1.3.90.0 is about to be released
Microsoft is about to release Azure AD Connect version 1.3.90.0 to all AAD Connect customers. Typically, they pre-release it to select customers through a limited release program using AAD Connect's...
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Don't miss Comms vNext 2019!
For those of you who were fortunate enough to attend the MEC conferences, you understand what it's like to be a part of a wonderful blend of community and awesome technical content. If you work with...
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HCW Organization Configuration Transfer breaks Outlook connectivity to Office...
Recent versions of the Office 365 Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) offer a feature called Organization Configuration Transfer, which is documented here. Organization Configuration Transfer (OCT)...
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Join us for a Free Webinar: Top 5 Hybrid Considerations, May 16 @ 10:00 AM PDT
Please join me and fellow MVP Jaap Wesselius for a free webinar where we discuss the Top 5 Exchange Hybrid Considerations. This webinar is hosted by my friends at Enow Software. The challenge in...
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AAD Connect 1.3.21.0 fixes two vulnerabilities
AAD Connect version 1.3.21.0 was released today, which fixes an elevation of privilege vulnerability found in version 1.3.20.0. This latest build is a pure security release -- it does not include any...
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Congratulations 2019-2020 Microsoft MVP!
Once again I am deeply honored to receive the Microsoft MVP Award in the Office Servers and Apps category for 2019-2020. This is my eleventh consecutive year for this award. The MVP Award is an...
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Keep your Exchange Federation Trust up-to-date
From time to time, Microsoft refreshes the certificate used by the Microsoft Federation Gateway service in Office 365. They just did this again on July 5, 2019. The MFG is the trust broker used by...
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Authoritative vs Internal Relay Domains in Exchange
tl;dr: Ensure the accepted domain(s) in Exchange Online are configured as Authoritative, not Internal Relay, even if you're in hybrid, to take advantage of Directory Based Edge Blocking. Those of you...
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