• Multi-forest and Multi-tenant scenarios with Office 365

    I have had several questions around multi-forest and multi-tenant questions from my education customers. Here is a FAQ I put together: Can you have multiple forests with a single tenant? Yes, with FIM Connector for Office 365 or with the upcoming...
  • Exchange Online mailbox quotas are now 50GB in size!

    Great news we just announced today the new Exchange Online mailbox quotas are now 50GB in size with no price increase. You get double mailbox storage for FREE and it will also be applied to any existing mailboxes you have in production with no extra steps...
  • Do you have any bandwidth calculators for Office 365?

      This is a pretty common question I get with my education customers. The answer is there is not one tool that can calculate everything for your Office 365 bandwidth but there is an Exchange calculator, Lync calculator and some guidance for SharePoint...
  • Windows Azure Active Directory Connector (Release Candidate)

    The DirSync team and the FIM Sync team are pleased to announce that we have released the Release Candidate of the Windows Azure Active Directory (AAD) Connector on Connect for pre-release evaluation. This replaces the Office 365 Connector which has earlier...
  • Office 365 Education Exchange Online mailbox quotas are doubling to 50GB FREE

    It’s turning out to be a bumper week for Office 365 Education updates. Earlier this week it was announced that SkyDrive Pro was increasing the default storage quota from 7 GB to 25 GB and starting from now Office 365 Education Exchange Online mailbox...