Hierarchies for Exchange Address Lists - why and how does it work?
Lesedauer 5 MinutenIt is common practice to map the organizational structure of your own company in IT services. While this is not recommended in Active Directory (companies tend to restructure every few years, and this is usually not easy to implement in AD), services for Exchange Online and Teams are more suitable for this purpose. This is […]
Easily copy address books from Exchange Server to Exchange Online!
Lesedauer 3 MinutenExchange address books can be used to group mailboxes into logical units, such as company divisions. This gives employees an overview of the company structure and allows them to see which divisions an employee is assigned to. One of my customers uses these address books quite extensively. At the same time, they are currently switching […]
DO NOT do this! in Exchange Online
Lesedauer 7 MinutenIn IT, there's often no single "one" solution for everything. Configurations, malfunctions, and problems can be handled in various ways, for example, via graphical interfaces, command-line solutions, or third-party tools. Personal approaches can also vary greatly. This has a lot to do with individual experience, but also with when you entered the IT field. Therefore, […]
Beware of pitfalls – changing the primary email address in Exchange Online
Lesedauer 4 MinutenIn my projects, I repeatedly encounter special circumstances. Typically, these special circumstances did not occur in previous similar projects or only arise in a specific constellation.These special circumstances can then lead to major disruptions if they are not identified and remedied in time. One such circumstance is the seemingly simple change of a mailbox's primary […]
Multiple email forwarding via inbox rules – not with Exchange Online!
Lesedauer 2 MinutenMany customer projects still revolve around moving a local Exchange organization to the cloud. Here, I repeatedly encounter special configurations for which a different solution must be found in the cloud. Initial situation This case involved email forwarding via inbox rules. On one side, a forwarding rule was set up in a mailbox that forwarded […]
