Category Archives: Exchange – Hybrid

Office 365 Welcome Message

Posted on 26 January, 2017 by thejespernilsson

I’ve known about Microsoft FastTrack for some time but not really taken advantage of the resources it offers. One of the resources are pre-created end-user communications, like posters and email messages, letting the users know about the upcoming Office 365 … Continue reading →

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An exception ocurred while setting shared config DC

Posted on 14 January, 2017 by thejespernilsson

So there I was, embarking on a new project to move a customer to Office 365 and Exchange Online. Thinking that I could jump start things with the simple task to install Exchange 2013 CU15 to act as a hybrid … Continue reading →

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Dynamic Distribution Groups in Exchange Hybrid environments

Posted on 27 December, 2016 by thejespernilsson

Using Dynamic Distribution Groups (DDG’s for short) in a Hybrid environment poses a certain challenge. First of all, these DDG’s do NOT sync with Azure AD Connect. Second, you have to base your filters on synced attributes and not local … Continue reading →

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Improve security in Azure AD Connect

Posted on 15 December, 2016 by thejespernilsson

A little known fact about running Azure AD Connect is that is defaults to a weaker than necessary TLS version (version 1.0). Or rather, the host OS Windows Server 2012 (incl R2) does. It perhaps isn’t the end of life as … Continue reading →

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