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  • Windows Azure Point-to-Site Networking

    If you are having trouble with the point-to-site VPN configuration in Windows Azure, here are some tips about the procedure: Follow the procedure located at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dn133792.aspx for creating the virtual network and the gateway. When configuring the certificates for the VPN connection, first create the self-signed root certificate with the following command:   makecert -sky exchange… Read more

  • Office 365 Identity Management with DirSync without Exchange Server On-Premises

    This post describes how users, groups and contact are provisioned in Office 365 from the on-premises Active Directory. By using DirSync, these objects are created in and synchronized to Office 365. Without an Exchange Server and Exchange Management tools in place, it is not always obvious how these objects should be created. The following sections… Read more

  • Issue with meeting invites during Office 365 staged migration

    During a recent migration project, we migrated several mailboxes to Office 365 using the staged migration approach. Naturally, during the migration, users that had been migrated still sent meeting invites to on-premises users and meeting rooms. The problem was that meeting invites were actually received as clear text and stripped of the necessary attributes that… Read more

  • A quick look at Windows Azure IaaS

    I played around a bit with Windows Azure IaaS to see how it stacks up against Amazon EC2. We use Amazon EC2 internally for some test and demo setups that don’t always have to be running. As a practical test, I wanted to install a Windows Server 2012 domain controller in a subnet of my… Read more

  • Enabling and disabling DirSync in BPOS and Office 365

    If you have some experience with BPOS or the Office 365 Beta, you know there’s a tool called DirSync that allows you to synchronize your Active Directory with Microsoft’s Online Services. During a course last week, I was asked if you can use DirSync temporarily to sync users, contacts and groups and, after migration, turn… Read more

  • Office 365 and Identity

    Microsoft has provided more details about Office 365 and the different identity options in a service description document (link at the bottom of this post). There are two types of identities: Cloud Identity: credentials are separate from your corporate credentials Federated Identity: users can sign in with their corporate Active Directory credentials With BPOS, there… Read more