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Microsoft Office 365: Exchange Online Implementation and Migration

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Microsoft Office 365: Exchange Online Implementation and Migration

Overview of this book

Microsoft Office 365 brings together cloud versions of the most trusted communications and collaboration products in a single desktop suite for businesses of all sizes. Microsoft Exchange Online gives you access to enterprise class email, calendar, and contacts from virtually anywhere, at any time, on desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices."Microsoft Office 365: Exchange Online Implementation and Migration" is a practical hands-on tutorial that shows small businesses to enterprises how to implement and migrate to Exchange Online in Office 365. This book also places an emphasis on setting up a Hybrid and migrating from Exchange on-premise to Exchange Online. "Microsoft Office 365: Exchange Online Implementation and Migration" will show small businesses to enterprises the steps to implement and migrate to Exchange Online in Office 365. The book starts by providing an overview of the Office 365 plans available and how to make a decision on what plan fits your organization. The book then dives 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 and migration amongst others.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Microsoft Office 365: Exchange Online Implementation and Migration
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
10
Deploying a Hybrid Infrastructure: Exchange Hybrid
Index

Working with PowerShell


There are numerous Exchange Online functions that can only be performed through PowerShell. These are:

  • Setting mailbox permissions

  • Creating a shared mailbox

  • Allowing users to send e-mails on behalf of other users

Any Windows 7 computer is capable of running Windows PowerShell commands against Exchange Online. You can also create PowerShell scripts to automate functions and actions if you plan to perform them regularly.

It is important to note that PowerShell sessions may become inactive after 15 minutes of idle time, so make sure you know what commands you need to run before creating the connection.

Connecting to Exchange Online with PowerShell involves a few steps:

  1. Load Windows PowerShell (search for it through the Start menu).

  2. Specify your Office 365 administrative credentials as follows:

    $cred = Get-Credential
    
  3. Establish a new PowerShell session with the Exchange Online interface:

    $s = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook...