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Create a DNS Entry for Exchange Autodiscover
This is a small post how you can create the DNS records for Exchange Autodiscover in the Genotec Hosting Control Panel.
- First login to the HCC (Hosting Control Center).
- Navigate to Domainnames and choose your domain
- (OPTIONAL) If you not already have, create a new A record for your mailserver (for example mail.the-it-crowd.ch)
- (OPTIONAL) If you not already create a MX record for your domain, create a MX record
- Create a CNAME for your autodiscover domain. Normally this is pointing to your mailserver. You could also use the allready exisiting mail.the-it-crowd.ch A record. But I would recommend you to create this CNAME.
- Create the Autodiscover SRV record
TYP: SRV HOST: _autodiscover._tcp.the-it-crowd.ch. DATA:
0 0 443 autodiscover.the-it-crowd.ch.
Office 365 and Windows Phone Mango – an awesome team
Now I am still working with Office 365. I am still try to test all the features and also the support for mobile devices like the iPhone or Windows Phone 7. As a Windows Phone 7 developer I could get the beta for the next update of Windows Phone 7 called Mango. Now Mango will support Office 365. You can simply add your Office 365 account on your phone and this will connect you to Exchange Online and SharePoint Online.
What is missing in first beta of the Windows Phone 7 Mango update is Lync, but Microsoft is working on that.
Office 365 – Can not receive mails with ownen Mail Domain
After working with some test accounts in Microsoft Office 365 I realized I could not send mails to my own domain. In the Office 365 control panel everything looked right and the domain was active. I also added the mail addresses to the user accounts.
The error I got back was:
Final-Recipient: rfc822;thomas.maurer@thomasmaurer.ch Action: failed Status: 5.4.1 Diagnostic-Code: smtp;550 5.4.1 Relay Access Denied
After creating a support ticket with the Microsoft Office 365 the support called me and checked my account. Now the problem was I already added the domain to another Office 356 account. So the Forefront had the domain added as duplicated domain.
You can check the status of your domains in Forefront by clicking on the Exchange Online Administration (Manage) like on the Overview site. Now you can click
Now on your Exchange Online Management page click on Mail Control on the left site.
On the right site you can click on Configure IP safelisting, perimeter message tracing, and e-mail policies.
Now in the Domain tap you can check if you have a domain entry whichs starts with “duplicated…..”. If you have a entry like that you have to open a support ticket and the Forefront Online Team will remove the entry from your Account and you have to add the Domain again.
By the way this was the first time I used the Microsoft Support for Office 365 and it was a really good experience. Microsoft really offers a great Service here with fast and qualified support.
Office 365 – How to connect with Powershell
In Office 365 you can do and automate a lot with Windows Powershell. Now this small post shows you how you can connect to Office 365 with Powershell.
- Install the Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant
32-bit
64-bit - Install the Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell
32-bit
64-bit - Open Powershell and import the MsOnline Module or use the desktop shortcut which was created by the installer.
Import-Module MsOnline
- Connect to your Microsoft Office 365 account
Connect-MsolService
Use your Office 365 LiveID to login (for example bob@bobscompany.onmicrosoft.com)
- Now you can start working with Windows Powershell in your Office 365 account, if you need some more help about the available Powershell cmdlets you can list them with
Get-Command -Module MsOnline
Office 365 – Verify domain hosted at Genotec
You can add your own Domain to your Office 365 account. If your domain is hosted at Genotec, you can simply create the DNS records for your domain with the DNS editor Genotec provides in the Hosting Control Center.
Under Domainnames, yourdomainname.com you can create a new TXT entry to verify your domain. For example:
After you have verifyed your Domain you have to add some other DNS Records for Exchange and Lync Online to work.
Here the DNS records for Exchange Online:
And here the DNS Records for Lync Online:
Remember to add the dot at the end of hostnames.