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Blog Post: Installing Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) v2.0

Dan Kenyon-smith

Here are the steps i followed when installing ADFS 2.0 Steps Action Start the ADFS installation Launch AdfsSetup.exe On the Welcome to the ADFS 2.0 Setup Wizard page, click Next Accept the End-User License Agreement and click Next Select the required role, in this case I’m using ‘Federated Server...

on 9 May 2011
Blog Post: Adding and Verifying a Federated Domain

Dan Kenyon-smith

Steps Action Launch Microsoft Online Services Identity Federation Management tool At the PowerShell command prompt type Type $cred = Get-Credential In the pop up window specify the username used for online account management (your Office 365 administrator credentials) Connect ADFS 2.0 and Office 365...

on 11 May 2011
Blog Post: Office 365 - Non-Federated Identity, Password never expires

Dan Kenyon-smith

The Microsoft Online Services Module allows you manage your tenant directly and in some cases change settings you can’t change in GUI (note this can only be achieved if you’re managing accounts that have been created in the tenant e.g. not created using Dirsync/ADFS). To access Remote PowerShell...

on 18 Aug 2011
Blog Post: Dirsync Database keeps on Increasing…

Dan Kenyon-smith

Hi Have you noticed the Office 365 directory sync database just getting larger and larger… If so try the following to clear the sync runs 1. Open the MIISClient.exe and click the Operations tab. 2. From the Actions menu, select "Clear Runs" 3. On the Clear Runs dialog a. Uncheck the...

on 23 Jul 2012
Blog Post: Configuring ADFS v2.0 for Office 365

Dan Kenyon-smith

1 Here are the steps i followed for configuring ADFS for Office 365 (see my previous post for installing ADFS) Steps Action Click, Start, Admin Tools, ADFS 2.0 Management Click ‘ADFS 2.0 Federation server Configuration Wizard’ Click...

on 10 May 2011
Blog Post: Office 365 Directory Synchronization

Dan Kenyon-smith

Dirsync is required to support Single Sign On (SSO) and creates Mail Enabled Users (MEU) in the cloud tenant. Installing Dirsync allows you have a unified Global Address List (GAL) between on-premise and cloud (Office 365). It also allows you to on-board/off-board users to and from Office 365 ...

on 13 May 2011
Blog Post: Adding and Exchange forest to the EMC

Dan Kenyon-smith

Steps Actions Add the online tenant to the on-premise EMC In the on-premises EMC right click ‘Microsoft Exchange’ and select add forest In the drop down list specify ‘Exchange Online’ as the external exchange forest and specify your Office 365 administrator credentials if prompted Verify Exchange...

on 9 Aug 2011
Blog Post: AD FS Publishing and Policy Rules

Dan Kenyon-smith

I’ve been working with a customer who wanted to lock down access to O365 so users can access all the services from anywhere apart from browser based access, which can only be accessed from their corporate managed devices. Here’s a quick rundown of what we did… We used the basic...

on 17 Apr 2012
Blog Post: Office 365 Migration Issues

Dan Kenyon-smith

Please find a list of migration issues and resolutions that I captured during my last customers migration:- Flood mitigation on Threat Management Gateway (TMG) - http://community.office365.com/en-us/w/exchange/office-365-move-mailbox-fails-with-transient-exception.aspx Issue...

on 10 Apr 2012