Hybrid Exchange: ‘Mailbox Delegation’ Missing?
KB ID 0001607 Problem This was asked on EE this morning, if you are on a Hybrid Exchange environment then you cannot allocate Mailbox Delegation to an Office365 mailbox; However you can add ‘Mailbox Delegation’ to a ‘local mailbox’. This is completely normal behaviour, to allocate mailbox delegation permissions to your Office 365 mailboxes, you need to use PowerShell. Managing Mailbox Delegation Permissions in...
Forcing Azure AD Connect Sync
KB ID 0001590 Problem If you are using Azure AD Connect, (AAD Connect) to sync your on-premise Active Directory with Azure AD (i.e. for Office 365), then there may be times when you need to manually ‘force a replication’ because by default it’s going to take 30 minutes between each normal ‘delta replication’ Solution If you are directly on the server that’s running Azure AD connect, then use the...
Azure AD Connect: Correct Or Remove Duplicate Values
KB ID 0001588 Problem I was doing some work for a School recently, their staff were already using Office 365 and their tenancy was all setup. Now they wanted to roll Office 365 out to the pupils, and sync to their on premises Active Directory. Now we could have simply excluded the staff from the Azure AD Connect Sync, but they want to manage their passwords etc. on-premises. Microsoft will tell you if you DON’T have an...
Office 365: Stop One User Sending Attachments
KB ID 0001544 Problem If you have one, (or more) users and you want to BLOCK those users from sending ANY email attachments, here’s how to do it; Solution Log into your Office 365 tenancy with administrative access > Admin > Admin Centers > Exchange Admin > Mail Flow > Rules > Add > Filter Message By Size. Name: Give it a sensible name. Apply This Rule If: The message size is greater than or equal to = 1.00...
Office 365: Allow Mail Relay Through Exchange Online
KB ID 0001480 Problem If you are used to running ‘on-prem’ Exchange then allowing an IP/Hostname to relay mail (sent mail through without authenticating) it’s handy for things like older multifunction scanners, or applications that need to send emails. Now you SHOULD be sending mail through Office 365 ‘authenticated’, but that’s not always possible. Solution From Office 365,Launch The Exchange admin...