Category Archives: Microsoft 365 & Office 365
Error installing WAAD into full SQL Server
I recently uninstalled DirSync from a customer site where DirSync was installed using SQL Server and not SQL Express.
I launched dirsync /fullsql and tried to launch ‘DirSyncInstallShell.psc1‘ and got the error message above.
The fix was really simple , Download and install Powershell 3.0 on Windows Server 2008R2
Office365 Desktop Readiness & Server Patches/Utilities
Microsoft Office365 sign in assistant
Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 x86
Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 x64
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 x86
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 x64
Microsoft Outlook 2010 SP2 February 2014 Cumulative Update
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3 x86
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3 x64
Microsoft Outlook 2007 Patch KB2596598
Microsoft Outlook 2007 Patch KB268704
Azure RMS Sharing Application
Lync2013 April 2014 Cumulative Update
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 Rollup 5
Windows Azure Active Directory Sync tool – 64 bit
IdFix DirSync Error Remediation Tool
Windows Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell (32-bit version)
Windows Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell (64-bit version)
Windows Azure AD Rights Management Administration Tool
SharePoint Online Management Shell
Windows PowerShell Module for Lync Online
Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
How to create an eDiscovery Center in Office365
I created this video blog to demonstrate how easy it is to create an eDisovery center in Office365.
Ignite: Compliance and eDiscovery
Ignite Webast : eDiscovery
Exchange Online Distribution Group Delivery Management
I recently carried out a large migration and my customer had 700 Distribution Groups. My customer asked me to restrict delivery of emails to the groups by members only. So end users could not email the distribution group unless they were a member.
So how do I do this for 700 users!! Powershell to the rescue.
Connect to Exchange Online via Powershell and run this command.
- Get-Distributiongroup | export-csv C:\users\disti.csv
- I then deleted all columns in the csv except for PrimarySmtpAddress and then renamed that column to distiname.
- Then run this command
Import-Csv “C:\Users\sofarrell\Desktop\disti.csv” | Foreach-Object{get-distributiongroup $_.distiName | Set-distributiongroup -AcceptMessagesOnlyFromDLMembers $_.distiname} - And then run this command
Import-Csv “C:\Users\sofarrell\Desktop\disti.csv” | Foreach-Object{get-distributiongroup $_.distiName | Set-distributiongroup -AcceptMessagesOnlyFromSendersOrMembers $_.distiname}



