Undocumented Features

Sign an exported certificate from an F5

I've run into this delightful scenario a few times--the network team generates CSRs and certificates...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 04/06/2016

Using XML to Backup and Restore Office 365 Settings

Frequently, I am asked to make changes to a customer's environment.  I'm a belt and suspenders kind...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 03/01/2016

Customizing the Windows PowerShell Console

Another blog on customizing the PowerShell console?  Really? Yes.  This is actually what I use on a...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 01/22/2016

Disconnect all PSTs from the Default Outlook Profile

Today, one of my consultant peers posed a problem to me: a customer wanted to import all PSTs into...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 01/12/2016

Wipe Content from an Exchange Online Mailbox

This tool has been updated with new options.  See...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 01/09/2016

Add Office 365 Tenant Proxy Address to Exchange objects with Email Address Policy Disabled

If your organization is like a lot of them out there, you have mailbox users without the email...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 12/09/2015

Finding Active Directory objects with Inheritance Disabled

From time to time, an issue that crops up during Exchange or Office 365 migrations is the dreaded...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 12/03/2015

Removing a folder across OneDrive for Business sites

On a customer call a few weeks ago, I was asked if we could remove a specific folder across all (or...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 11/30/2015

Reset AADSync or AADConnect Password Hash Sync Configuration

While troubleshooting a Password Hash Sync issue with a customer, I found myself needing to trigger...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 11/18/2015

Office 365 PAC File

When we talk about Office 365 services with our customers, a lot of the discussion revolves around...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 11/16/2015

Exchange 2013 Management Server for Office 365

For most of our large enterprise, commercial, and government customers, an Exchange hybrid...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 11/02/2015

Add an Email Address Template to all Email Address Policies

So your company just bought another company.  Or you're moving to Exchange Online. Or you registered...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 10/15/2015

Bulk Upload Photos to Exchange Online

Ever since the advent of DirSync, you've been able to add a picture's binary content to the...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 10/15/2015

Subscribe to the Office 365 URLs and IP Addresses RSS Feed in Outlook

From time to time, we update the URLs and IP addresses that our services use.  This happens as a...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 10/12/2015

Subscribe to the Office 365 Service Health Dashboard RSS Feed in Outlook

UPDATE We have deprecated the Service Health Dashboard RSS Feed. For service health updates, you...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 10/12/2015

Switching from Federated to Cloud Auth (AD FS to Dirsync/AADSync + Password Hash Sync or Password Hash Sync Failover)

A few years ago, we released "DirSync with Password Hash Synchronization," and it was kind of an...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 10/09/2015

Storing PowerShell Credentials in the local user registry

From time to time, it may be necessary to save credentials for automating some portion of a script...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 10/01/2015

Configure Coexistence Mail Routing without a Secondary Routing Domain

Recently, I had to work with a customer whose existing mail host was (surprise) not excited to...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 09/30/2015

Manually configure Outlook for Office 365

In case you ever need to configure Outlook for an Office 365 tenant that does not have...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 05/13/2015

Cannot Migrate Mailboxes via third-party tools in synchronized environment

I happened to run into the same issue twice in one week--once with a large customer, and once with...

Author: Aaron Guilmette Date: 12/08/2014

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