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Next week there will Delegate version 2.8 rolled out to all appliances. There will be new features included: Setup-Wizard: There´s a new setup wizard included, so that each customer can do the configuration (and renewal of the service account) of his D365 version on his own. New Synchronization: moved to version 2.9 (updated) More to come in the next version(s)… BTW: We added the update date information and bullets in the style sheet (which was missing) in the changelog on https://delegate365.com/changelog. ...

Since we often create Azure Websites I want to show a step-by-step guide how to use custom domains with your Azure Website. In my case I´m using the ISP GoDaddy.com and their web-interface and the Azure portal. Custom domain To use custom domains see also our previous post Manage custom domains in Azure websites. So I want to add the custom domain office365conference.net to an Azure website with an Umbraco web (this CMS can handle multiple-domains). We already created the website with the Azure website-URL office365pillscall4papers.azurewebsites.net - sorry, I didn´t have a shorter one . ...

Designed by Developer is out. Today we expect good looking websites and webforms. Check out the enjoycss.com online CSS generator for cool (object) designs. With the generator it´s easy to create desired elements, like a nice looking textbox, button or similar objects made with CSS. The designing is easy, as you see in the following screenshot. “Get the code” generates the CSS class for the HTML object. The only thing to remember is to change the class name (because as far as I have seen they are all named .enjoy-css…). ...

This week the IT DevConnections conference takes place in fabolous Las Vegas. This is the second year where we from atwork were part of this great conference. Meeting experts and colleagues from all over the world makes this event exceptional – and, it´s in hot and sunny Las Vegas! Since we´re very deep in cloud services, our two session informed about or Top-10 list of Office 365 features and PowerBI with SharePoint Online. Here are the links to the session descriptions and to the slides on Slideshare.net. Here you find all links to more resources from our sessions. ...

In Delegate365 version 2.7 there were some minor fixes rolled out. Style Sheets and client messages were updated. The user import with an CSV file had a problem with updating the new imported users in the users list. Since D365 uses a cache layer for user objects to improve performance since version 2.3 the new users didn´t show up immediately after the file import but after the automatic sync task (which runs in the background in a predefined time frame). With this fix the new importet users now show up immediately in the users list. ...

Delegate365 changelog version 2.6. We internally changed the encryption of stored credentials and extended it to protect all custom values. D365 uses an own Service Account for accessing and transferring user data to Azure Active Directory. For Exchange functionality like Alias email addresses or distribution lists as well as reporting data D365 needs additional credentials. These essential data must be stored in a secure way. To ensure safety in D365 we changed the encryption and extended it to all properties stored in the D365 database with version 2.6. Now all custom config values (even fields like company name, address, phone number, etc.) are encrypted with an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm. ...

Gerade in großen Umgebungen gibt es neben einigen Firewalls sehr oft natürlich auch HTTP / HTTPS Proxy Server die zur Sicherheit den Verkehr von Clients nach extern überprüfen sollen. Gerade wenn sie Dirsync im Einsatz haben kann das häufig zu Konfigurationsproblemen führen und führt zu einigen Verwirrungen. Das Problem? Ihr Dirsync Server steht im internen LAN und muss aber für die Synchronisation mit dem Azure Active Directory mit dem Internet kommunizieren. Der Firewall Mensch sagt aber “nein - verwendet den Proxy”. ...

Recently I did a lot Tenant to Tenant migrations. There are various reasons for a Tenant to tenant migration: sometimes companies are bought and their Office 365 needs to be consolidated into the tenant of the acquired company. Sometimes the Tenant name just don’t fit and the customer wants a new one. The tenant name is the one in front of onmicrosoft.com, for instance which name is contoso.onmicrosoft.com or fabrikam.onmicrosoft.com. Usually you don’t see that name – with one exception: SharePoint Online, where the tenant name shows up in the navigation bar as contoso.sharepoint.com or fabrikam.sharepoint.com. ...

Ich bin heute über ein interessantes Detail gestolpert, wenn es um Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) geht und würde das gerne teilen. Was ist MFA überhaupt? Multi Factor Authentication (kurz MFA) bedeutet im Wesentlichen dass mehrere Faktoren notwendig sind um einen User zu identifizieren. Normalerweise kennt man das: Es gibt einen Usernamen ein Passwort und schon ist man angemeldet. So ist es aber ein leichtes das Geburtsdatum der Tochter oder den Namen des Hundes zu erraten und die Mailadresse des Users kennt man sowieso. Um dem User aber nicht mit 216 stelligen komplexen Passwörter zu belasten ist die einfachere Methode mit einem weiteren Faktor zu arbeiten. ...

Delegate365 changelog version 2.5. There´s a new feature concerning distribution lists built in. We got the request that it would be useful to integrate existing distribution lists into other distribution lists (DL) in D365, so that all members of a DL automatically receive emails if their DL is member of one or more other DL(´s). So now in D365 v2.5 it is possible to put existing DL´s as member into another DL. This feature is handy and reduces potential synchronization steps and eases the organizational tasks for the admins. ...