Microsoft Online Services BPOSS Exchange Online Services Administration Project Report

2010

Author:- Subhash Tiwari Microsoft Infrastructure Consultant

1/20/2010

Contents Exchange Online Key Features .............................................................................................................6

Important Microsoft URLs for Exchange Online Administration, OWA Access and Mobile Devices Access 7

Global URLs ....................................................................................................................................7

Outlook Web Access URLs ...............................................................................................................7

Mobile Device URLs ........................................................................................................................7

Admin Login Page ...............................................................................................................................8

Home Page.........................................................................................................................................9

Users Administration Overview Page ...................................................................................................9

Existing Users List ............................................................................................................................. 10

Domain Management Page ............................................................................................................... 10

Support Overview Page..................................................................................................................... 11

Support Service Request Page ........................................................................................................... 11

Support Download Page.................................................................................................................... 12

Support Search Page ......................................................................................................................... 12

Service Settings Overview Page ......................................................................................................... 13

Service Settings Exchange Online Page............................................................................................... 13

Migration Overview Page .................................................................................................................. 14

Migration E-Mail Co-existence Page................................................................................................... 14

Migration Directory Synchronization Page.......................................................................................... 15

Migration Mailbox Migration Page..................................................................................................... 16

How to add new Users ...................................................................................................................... 16

How to Reset a User Password .......................................................................................................... 20

How to Edit Users Properties............................................................................................................. 22

How to Delete a User ........................................................................................................................ 24

How to Create a New Domain for Our Company ................................................................................. 26

How to verify above Create Domain .................................................................................................. 28

Download the Microsoft Online Service Sign IN for Configuration of Outlook Profile ............................ 30

Exchange Online Outlook Anywhere Configuration Settings after Microsoft Online Service Sign IN

Authentication ................................................................................................................................. 38

How to Access Email from OWA ........................................................................................................ 39

How to Create New Contacts............................................................................................................. 41

Edit Contacts Properties.................................................................................................................... 43

How to create a Distribution Lists ...................................................................................................... 44

How to add block sender................................................................................................................... 48

How to add Safe Sender .................................................................................................................... 50

About BPOSS (Business Productivity Online Standard Suite)

Microsoft Business productivity online standard suite is a set of Microsoft Hosted Communication

Solution Including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Office Live Meeting and Office Communication

Online.

Features of the Business Productivity Online Suite

E-mail and calendar functions — Exchange Online delivers e-mail services including spam filtering,

anti-virus protection, and synchronization of mobile devices. Through Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

and Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access, you can use the advanced e -mail, calendar, contact, and

task management features of Exchange Online. Office Outlook Web Access enables users to access

their e-mail messages from almost any browser—whether the user is in the office or on the road.

E-mail coexistence and migration tools — The Business Productivity Online Suite includes e-mail

coexistence and migration tools. If you have Active Directory services and Microsoft Exchange

Server, the Microsoft Online Services Directory Synchronization tool synchronizes your user

accounts, contacts, and groups from your local environment to Microsoft Online Services. This tool

also makes your Microsoft Exchange Global Address List (GAL) available in Exchange Online. Use the

Microsoft Online Services Migration Tools to forward copies of your Exchange Server mail to your

Exchange Online mailboxes. You can also use the Migration Tools to copy content from your

Exchange Server, POP3, or IMAP4 e-mail server mailboxes to your Exchange Online mailboxes.

Document collaboration and workspaces — SharePoint Online allows you to share and work

together on documents, maintain version control for shared documents, create intranet sites to

manage projects and project workflows, post calendar information, and set up wikis and blogs.

Web conferencing — Office Live Meeting allows you to hold online meetings with colleagues,

customers, and partners in real time. Office Live Meeting participants can convene online to share

documents, ask questions, work on a virtual "whiteboard," and talk to each other during the

meeting.

Microsoft Online Services Administration Center — The Administration Center gives you an online

management portal to manage your services and users. From the Administration Center, service

administrators can import multiple user accounts, use e-mail migration tools, create distribution

lists, create SharePoint site collections, and submit service requests to Microsoft Online Services

Technical Support.

Microsoft Online Services Sign In application — The Sign In application is a tool that automatically

sets up services and allows users to access all of their services with no need to sign in each time they

use them. The Sign In application is available from both the Administration Center and My Company

Portal.

About Exchange Online

Microsoft Exchange Online is a hosted enterprise messaging solution based on Microsoft Exchange

Server 2007 and provides the following:

Improved e-mail security

“From-anywhere” access to e-mail for your employees

Enhanced operational efficiency for your IT staff

25GB mailbox storage per standard license

Exchange Online Standard Edition Features

Standard Parameters

25 GB of mailbox storage allocated for each user

E-mail, shared calendar and contacts

Use of HTTPS helps keep Internet access secure

Virus/spam filtering via Microsoft Forefront Online Security for Exchange

Single sign-on capability via Sign In application

24/7 Web form and phone-based Tier 2 support for IT administrators

User subscription fee

Deskless Worker License

Low cost offering to users who do not currently have messaging capabilities

Outlook Web Access Light , 500 MB mailbox, Global Address List (GAL) access,

Contacts

Client Support

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2003 via Outlook Anywhere

Outlook Web Access with Internet Explorer® 6.0 or later or Firefox 3.0 or later

Support for POP client connectivity

Mobility

Push e-mail, calendar, contacts, tasks and calendar with GAL integration,

remote password reset and device wipe. Compatible with devices that use

Exchange ActiveSync®, including Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 and above;

iPhone 2.0, and many Nokia phones.

Support for BlackBerry devices that use Microsoft’s Hosted BlackBerry service,

BIS, or NotifySync.

Data Protection Service Daily backup

Deleted item retention and deleted mailbox recovery

Business continuity and disaster recovery

Security Regular security assessments

Continuous intrusion monitoring and detection

Service Level

Agreements 99.9% scheduled uptime with financially backed service level agreements

Migration Tools Migrate POP/IMAP and Exchange Server mailbox data to Exchange Online

Directory

Synchronization Tool

This Microsoft tool can synchronize your on-premise Active Directory with the

Microsoft Online Active Directory

E-mail Coexistence

Email coexistence enables customers to maintain both on-premises Exchange

Server mailboxes and Exchange Online mailboxes in an integrated email

environment.

Administration Center

Centralized, Web-based access for configuration and administration of

Exchange Online services, including mailboxes, user settings, distribution lists,

company settings, and staff settings

Administrators download Directory Synchronization, Migration, and Sign In

tools here

Sign In Application Provides single sign-on capability and access to all Microsoft Online Services

International Availability Exchange Online is available in 20 countries

Exchange Online Key Features

Exchange Online Key Features Deskless Standard

Mailbox Storage 500MB 25GB

Calendar, Contacts, Directory Yes Yes

Office Outlook Web Access Light Yes Yes

Office Outlook Web Access Premium No Yes

Office Outlook 2007 Access No Yes

Mobility Access No Yes

Important Microsoft URLs for Exchange Online Administration, OWA

Access and Mobile Devices Access

Global URLs

The following global URLs provide access to the appropriate regional portals regardless of where you are located.

Administration Center https://admin.microsoftonline.com

My Company Portal https://home.microsoftonline.com

Customer Portal https://mocp.microsoftonline.com/site

Partner Administration Center * https://partner.microsoftonline.com

Outlook Web Access URLs

Your Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access (OWA) URL is determined by the storage location of your Microsoft Online

Services data. The storage location is generally the one closest to your company headquarters.

Asia Pacific (APAC) https://mail.apac.microsoftonline.com

Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) https://mail.emea.microsoftonline.com

North America https://mail.microsoftonline.com

Mobile Device URLs

Your mobile device URL is determined by the storage location of your Microsoft Online Services data. To connect to

Microsoft Exchange Online, your cellular service plan must support Windows Mobile.

Asia Pacific (APAC) https://red003.mail.apac.microsoftonline.com

Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) https://red002.mail.emea.microsoftonline.com

North America https://red001.mail.microsoftonline.com

Admin Login Page To login at admin console we need to open the Internet Explorer and type the URL

https://admin.apac.microsoftonline.com and it will open the screen as per below…

Type the user name and password and click on Sign in

Home Page After login we will get a Home page of Exchange Online Services from here we can view the Status of

Exchange Online Service, My Company Properties and Microsoft Online Service Sign in Application

download link.

Users Administration Overview Page To views the users license information, creation of users, Addition of own company domain or buy the

additional license please click on users tab on administration page.

Existing Users List To view the existing created users, creation of new user, reset an existing user password, view the

disabled users information and users with disabled license, please click on Administration Page -> Users

Tab- User List tab

Domain Management Page To view the existing domain list, creation of own new domain or edit the existing settings please click on

Administration Page -> Users – Domains tab

Support Overview Page To raise a service ticket for support on Exchange Online related issue or view the existing service request

related ticket please click on Support tab on Administration page…

Support Service Request Page To open a new service request, Edit a existing service request, close a service request or reactivate a

service request, Please click on Administration Page -> Support -> Service Request tab…

Support Download Page To download the Microsoft online service sign in application .Net Framework and other application

please click on Administration Page -> Support -> Download Tab

Support Search Page To search a Microsoft Online service KB article please click on Administration Page -> Support ->Search

Tab

Service Settings Overview Page To view the Exchange Online Allocated Storage Space or Total Storage Space, Creation of New External

Contacts, New Distribution Group, Safe Sender Addition, Block Sender Addition and New Conference

Room creation please click on Administration page -> Service settings -> Overview Tab

Service Settings Exchange Online Page To view the Existing Contacts, Distribution lists, Safe Sender, Blocked Sender etc. Please click on

Administration page -> Service settings ->Exchange Online Tab

Migration Overview Page For Migration of Existing Exchange Server user’s mailboxes or coexistence of existing Exchange

organization (In house exchange server) please click on Migration tab.

Migration E-Mail Co-existence Page For E-Mail planning and Co-existence please click on Administration page -> Migration -> E-Mail Co-

existence tab

Migration Directory Synchronization Page For Existing (In house) Active Directory synchronization please click on Administration page ->

Migration ->Directory Synchronization tab

Migration Mailbox Migration Page For Migration of Existing Exchange Server (In house) mailboxes, we will have to download the Migration

tools to download it please click on Administration page -> Migration -> Mailbox Migration tab

How to add new Users To add a new user mailbox and email id please click on Administration page -> Users Tab -> Add New

User

Type the user name, display name, phone number etc. as per below mention screenshot…

To make a user as a Admin central Administrator click on Do you want this user to have

service administrator permissions Yes button and also if you want to enable this user right

now just click on Do you want to enable this user’s account yes button

To define the user mailbox quota just select the size from mailbox size drop down as per below

screenshot.

Now new user email id has been created to send this information to particular email id please

type the email id on Send Summary via e-mail blank space and just click on send button.

After clicking on send button it will gives you a summary that email id creation information has

been sent to the email id which we have provided. The below screenshot is a summary…

On the below screenshot user email id creation summary, User Name , Temporary Password

information will show you after receiving the email confirmation on provided email id.

We can view the new user email id and name on below screenshot after completion of new user

creation.

How to Reset a User Password To reset the user password just select the user and click on reset password button…

After click on reset password button it will show you the option that do you want to send the temporary

email password on email if you want to send just type the email id, I am selecting here no and then click

on next button…

Type the new password and click on reset button….

After clicking on reset button it will gives you a confirmation screen that your password has been reset.

How to Edit Users Properties To edit the user properties just click on Administration console -> Users Tab -> User List -> Select the

user-> Click on Edit User properties as per below screenshot….

To change the properties just change and then click on save button.

To change the settings tab click on settings tab and change as you want and click on Save button.

To change the user quota settings just click on services tab and select the quota size and click on save

button.

How to Delete a User To delete the user just click on Administration console -> Users Tab -> User List -> Select the user->

click on delete user button.

After click on delete user button it will ask you a confirmation just click on yes button to delete the user.

After deletion of user it will get disappear from user’s console.

How to Create a New Domain for Our Company To create own company domain just click on Administration Console -> Users Tab -> Domains tab, It

will show you a default domain which has been created by Microsoft. Just click on new button to create

a new domain…

Just type the new domain name and select whether it’s a Authoritative (Exchange Online will host all

mailboxes) or External domain (Mailbox hosted on outside org and MX pointer pointed to outside) and

then click on create button.

After creation of new domain it will show you a confirmation that your new domain has been created

and on below screen of confirmation there is one small tab for Verification of domain because we will

have to verify this domain by creating CNAME record to verify just click on that if no just leave blank .

How to verify above Create Domain To verify the domain name just select the domain name on Administration Console -> Users Tab ->

Domain Tab and click on verify now.

To verify select the registrar, if your registrar is not available just select other and click next button.

The below screenshot will show you one information regarding the Addition of CNAME record on our

existing ISP DNS server just note down it and send it to ISP to create same entry after entry creation

completed just click on verify button to complete the verification.

Download the Microsoft Online Service Sign IN for Configuration of

Outlook Profile For Configuration of Desktop side outlook profile we need to download Microsoft Online service sign in

Application tool to download it just go to Administration Console -> Support Tab -> Download Button

and click on Microsoft Online Sign in download button..

For Windows XP user they will have to install .Net Framework 3.0 first then install it. Windows Vista

Already has .Net Framework.

Click save button to save it on your hard disk or run button to run it from directly online.

On confirmation prompt to run this software we need to click on run button …

Welcome screen just click on next button to continue for installation…

On license terms screen just select I accept and click on next button to continue…

Select the path for installation file location and click on next button also if you want to create a shortcuts

on desktop click on create a shortcut on the desktop radio button.

On ready to install screen just click on install button….

The below screen will show you the progress bar for installation…

After completion of Microsoft Online Service Sign in Just click on finish button and select the check box

to start Microsoft Online Service Sign in.

After finishing the installation it will launch the Microsoft Online Service Sign in application to login on

application just type the user name and password and then click on Sign in button….

Please type the user name admin@arkacapital.apac.microsoftonline.com and password which

Microsoft person given at the time of buy the license and then press the sign in button to launch the

configuration of outlook profile wizard and then it will complete automatically.

After completion it will launch the Online Service status sign in and on that there are two icon One is E-

Mail and Calendaring and My Company Portal…

On Option screen please click on automatically sign in when windows start and other option as you want

and click on apply button.

On About screen it will show you the sign in application version and license term.

Once you click on E-Mail and Calendaring button it will launch the Outlook as per below…

For sending a mail to test the connectivity and configuration just select a new email button and type the

email id and type the message and click on send button.

After sending the email it will get received by on another mailbox just reply to that mail to check

receiving side configuration

After replying on that mail it will show you on your outlook that mean you outlook has been configure

successfully.

Exchange Online Outlook Anywhere Configuration Settings after

Microsoft Online Service Sign IN Authentication To check the Outlook Anywhere settings please go to Outlook ->Tools ->Accounts Settings -> Change

Button -> More Settings ->Connection Tab -> Exchange Proxy Settings and then you will get complete

settings as per below…

On below screen it will show you Exchange Server name and User name.

How to Access Email from OWA To access OWA page Click on Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access button on Microsoft Online Service

Sign in button…

On OWA page just type the username and password to login the OWA page and then click on Log in.

After login you will get below screen to access your email and contacts.

How to Create New Contacts To create a new contacts go to Administration Console -> Server Settings -> Click New Contacts

Just fill the new contacts creation information e.g. First Name, Last name, Email id etc.. and click on

create.

After clicking on Create button t will show you a confirmation screen that you have successful created

contacts.

On below screen you will get newly created contacts information.

Edit Contacts Properties To edit the contacts information just selects the contact and go to Administration Console -> Server

Settings -> Edit Contact Properties

Just change the information as you want and then click on save button to change the contacts info.

How to create a Distribution Lists To create a new Distribution List just go to Administration Console -> Server Settings ->Click on New

Distribution list

Fill the distribution list name and email id and click on next…

Just select the user and click add button to make the user to distribution list member.

After adding the user you will get the below screen, It will show that it’s added.

To make the contacts member of distribution list member just select the List type as a Contacts and on

below screen select the contacts and click on add button.

After selecting the contact it will show you right hand side that means its member of Distribution list.

After selection users and contacts just click on create button to complete the Distribution list creation.

After clicking on finish button it will show you a confirmation that distribution list has been created.

After completion of Distribution list creation it will show you on Administration console -> Service

Settings ->Exchange Online -> Distribution Lists.

How to add block sender To block the sender go to Administration console -> Service Settings ->Exchange Online ->Click on New

Blocked Sender

Just type the blocked sender email id, domain name or IP address, here I am typing the email id after

typing the email id click on save button.

After clicking on save button you will get the list of blocked sender list on Administration console ->

Service Settings ->Exchange Online -> Blocked Senders.

How to add Safe Sender To add the safe sender list just go to Administration console -> Service Settings ->Exchange Online -

>Click on New Safe Sender…

Type the email id, IP address or domain name to add the list on safe sender list and click on save button.

After clicking on save button you will get the list of blocked sender list on Administration console ->

Service Settings ->Exchange Online -> Safe Senders.