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Microsoft Office 365 - Exchange Online Implementation and Migration - Second Edition

By : David Greve, Ian Waters
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Microsoft Office 365 - Exchange Online Implementation and Migration - Second Edition

By: David Greve, Ian Waters

Overview of this book

Organizations are migrating to the cloud to save money, become more efficient, and empower their users with the latest technology. Office 365 delivers all of this in a reliable, fast, and ever-expanding way, keeping you ahead of the competition. As the IT administrator of your network, you need to make the transition as painless as possible for your users. Learn everything you need to know and exactly what to do to ensure your Office 365 Exchange online migration is a success! This guide gives you everything you need to develop a successful migration plan to move from Exchange, Google, POP3, and IMAP systems to Office 365 with ease. We start by providing an overview of the Office 365 plans available and how to make a decision on what plan fits your organization. We then dive into topics such as the Office 365 Admin Portal, integration options for professionals and small businesses, integration options for enterprises, preparing for a simple migration, performing a simple migration, and preparing for a hybrid deployment. Later in the book, we look at migration options for Skype for Business and SharePoint to further help you leverage the latest collaborative working technologies within your organization.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Microsoft Office 365 – Exchange Online Implementation and Migration - Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
10
Deploying a Hybrid Infrastructure – Exchange Hybrid

Managing user accounts


There are three options available to Office 365 administrators for managing user accounts:

  • Microsoft Online portal

  • W2012R2E Dashboard

  • Windows PowerShell

Microsoft Online portal

To manage users via the Microsoft Online portal, the first step is to log in to http://portal.office.com with your administrative credentials.

Upon logging to the admin interface, you will be able to create new users by using the Add a user shortcut link from the main page, as shown in the following screenshot, or by entering the Users menu and Active users sub menu:

As highlighted in Chapter 2, Getting Familiar with the Office 365 Admin Portal, the Active Users page is also where the existing users can be modified and deleted.

Most businesses will also require e-mail groups (known as distribution groups) so that they may receive e-mails sent to generic e-mail addresses and distribute them among multiple users. An example can be [email protected] which is received by all the sales people. This...