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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

Managing user accounts


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

  • Microsoft Online Portal

  • SBS2011E Dashboard

  • Windows PowerShell

Microsoft Online Portal

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

On logging in to the Admin interface, you will be able to create new users by using the Add new users shortcut or by clicking on the Users menu under Management:

As highlighted in Chapter 2, Getting Familiar with the Office 365 Admin Portal, the Users page is also where 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 amongst multiple users. An example of a generic e-mail ID would be [email protected]; an e-mail sent to this ID is received by all the sales people. This can also be...