Sounds like an awesome new feature right? Well it is, kind of. Just isn’t well documented or obvious in the GUI how to use it and set one up! Firstly, you can’t do this from Outlook, you have to use Microsoft Teams. Step 1 – Create Event Go to your Calendar, go to top right […]
Inherited Full Access to Mailbox via pass-thru Delegation
A user logged into their Outlook and a saw an additional mailbox for a colleague that they had never been granted access to, and should not have had access to. On top of that, they had Full Access + SendAs.
Managing Personal Contacts on iOS
This matter has arisen due in part to some work that we are doing with a client where it is prohibited to synchronize the Microsoft Outlook App Contacts from their Organization mailbox to the Personal Contacts on their iPhone (and Androids) due to Intune App Protection Policies
Accessing Shared Mailboxes
Previously I wrote a blog about the ins and outs of connecting a shared mailbox and the benefits of connecting to it in Outlook a specific way. I’ve updated this here with the later versions of Outlook screenshots and a shorter version of just why and how. The original blog is here https://neroblanco.co.uk/2015/04/the-shared-mailbox-dilemma/ and to […]
Technical Limitations of Migrating IBM Domino Rooms to Exchange
Recently we observed an issue with Domino Rooms that we migrated to Exchange/Office 365. In short, appointments contained within cannot be cancelled or re-scheduled and always remain as zombie reservations (unless manually cleaned up). Coexistence This is addition to coexistence issues experienced with Rooms. You have to set Microsoft Rich Text to disabled for the […]
Enhance Notes and Outlook Coexistence – Policy Suggestions
Introduction Recommendations for new customers moving to Microsoft Outlook from IBM Lotus Notes. Despite the presence of 3rd Party Coexistence solutions such as Binary Tree Coexistence Manager for Notes the rescheduling of repeating meetings is still not able to be resolved in certain scenarios. Specifically: “this and all future instances”, and to a lesser importance […]
Outlook now asks for attachment type
A new feature is coming in Outlook which will make some of you very happy indeed… If you have been using Outlook with Office 365 and have added cloud attachments, i.e. the default up to now, by mistake then this will be for you! Finally no more accidental sending of cloud documents and people coming […]
Wrapping up Ignite 2016
Ignite 2016 is once again behind us, farewell Atlanta! Our team again travelled to Ignite to try to see as many sessions as possible, meet as many people as possible and have a good time while doing so. This year Ignite was held in Atlanta and we arrived a day or two early to get […]
Deleting an Outlook Profile
We’ve all been there. The time comes when we resort to deleting the Outlook Profile and simply start again. For IT Professionals this is pretty straight forward and we understand the implications of doing so – and the inevitable new OST download. If you are a big user of email, this could be a pretty […]
Exchange Global Address List and the Outlook Offline Address Book
Introduction This document seeks to address and clarify the small misunderstanding surrounding the GAL (Global Address List) and the OAB (Offline Address Book). Quite often all Administrators, even Exchange Administrators simply refer to the users they see in the Address section of Outlook casually as the GAL for ease of reference, but really more […]
Permissons and Delegations – Lotus Notes vs Outlook
Lotus Notes ACL & Delegation versus Outlook Permissions & Delegation – Part 1 By Conrad Murray Introduction Delegate Access is most commonly used between a manager and assistant, where the assistant (delegate) is responsible for processing the manager’s incoming meeting requests or email messages and coordinating the manager’s schedule. Delegate Access can be used […]
Global Address List Not Showing in Outlook
We’ve had reports from users who are using Outlook QuickSteps and find that when they look for a contact within the QuickStep they are not shown the Global Address Book. Instead what they see is the Personal Address Book. The reason for this is the registry key HKLM\Software\Clients\Mail\(Default) not being set to Microsoft Outlook. In […]