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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 – 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.
Genotec Hosted SharePoint 2010: SharePoint prompts for login credentials
If you use a Hosted SharePoint 2010 and you try to open a Word Document or try to open a Document Library with Explorer SharePoint prompts for login credentials even you are already logged in. To stop this behavior in Internet Explorer you can simply add your SharePoint Site to the Local Intranet Zone.
This is because SharePoint uses Windows Authentication. We deiced to use Windows Authentication because only Windows Authentication allows you to easily use the full feature set of SharePoint Foundation 2010.
- Open Internet options and click on the Security tab and choose Local Intranet
- Now click on Sites. On the first Windows choose Advanced
- Now add your SharePoint Site URL
- Restart Internet Explorer
How to use Microsoft Document Connection for Mac with Genotec Hosted Sharepoint
Some days ago, I made a post about “How to use Microsoft Sharepoint Workspace 2010 with Genotec Hosted Sharepoint“. If you work on a Mac you can also use Microsoft Document Connection for Mac, which is included in Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac.
This shows you how you can use Document Connection for Mac with Hosted Sharepoint from Genotec.
- Start Microsoft Document Connection and connect to a SharePoint Site
- Add the Addresse of your hosted Sharepoint Site
- Add your Credentials
- And now you are connected to your Site Collection
How to use Sharepoint Workspace 2010 with Genotec Hosted Sharepoint
This guide will show you how to add a Genotec Hosted Sharepoint 2010 to your Sharepoint Workspace 2010.
- First Startup Microsoft Sharepoint Workspace 2010
- Add a new Sharepoint to your Sharepoint Workspace
- Add the Domain of your hosted Sharepoint (sharepointhosting.ch, Hostedsharepoint.ch or your own Domainname)
- Add your User Account and Password. Its Important that you add the Domain before your Username (CP\username)
- Now wait until your Site is synced with your computer
- Now you can see your Sharepoint Site Collection in the Launchbar and you can start working with Microsoft SharePoint Workspace.
Thats how you can connect a Genotec Hosted Sharepoint 2010 to your Sharepoint Workspace. I recommend that you use the “Remember my credentials” checkbox because your computer is not in the same Active Directory Domain.
