Microsoft Office 365 Administration
Our Microsoft Office 365 Administration tips have been tested in real-world business environments and can be used to achieve the objectives listed below.
PowerShell – Connect to Exchnage
- Open PowerShell (Admin).
- Copy and paste all of the commands below, at once, paste into PowerShell and execute.
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -force
$UserCredential = Get-Credential
$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $Session
Calendaring
Open Another User’s Mailbox Using Outlook Web Access (OWA)
- Sign into Office 365 (Outlook Web Access)
- Click the drop-down menu, under the user’s name and click Open Another Mailbox
- Enter a portion of the user’s username and click Search Contacts & Directory **Keep adding to or changing the user’s username until the search returns the desired account
- Click Open
How to Unshare a Calendar
You can change the permissions you’ve set for a calendar, or revoke them completely, by going to the calendar navigation pane at the side and using the context menu for the calendar name under My calendars.
- Right-click the calendar you want to unshare. Or, if you’re using a touch device, touch and hold the calendar name.
- Select Permissions.
- To stop sharing your calendar with a person, find the person you want to change permissions for and either choose a new level of permissions or select the delete icon to remove their permissions.To stop sharing your calendar publicly, change the Public calendar setting to Not shared.
- Select Save to save your changes, or Cancel to undo them.
When you delete a person from the list of people you’ve shared your calendar with, the URL that was sent to them will stop working. When you set your Public calendar to Not shared, the associated URLs that were created when you shared your calendar will stop working.
Corporate Calendar Implementation
Configure the Public Folder Environment
- Launch the Office 365 Admin Console
- Browse to the Exchange Admin Center
- Choose Public Folders
- Public Folder Mailboxes > Create
- Name the new Public Folder Mailbox: Public Folder Mailbox
- Public Folders > Create
- Name the new Public Folder: Public Folder
- Edit the new Public Folder > Assign Owner permissions to a company administrator
- Edit the new Public Folder > Assign default (Publishing Editor) permissions to all other users
Corporate Calendar Implementation
- Launch Microsoft Outlook
- Browse to Folders
- Expand All Public Folders
- Right-click on the Root Public Folder (created above) > New Folder
- Give the calendar a name and choose “Calendar Items”
- Right-click on the calendar and choose Properties
- Assign the desirable permissions
Add the Calendar to Microsoft Outlook
- Launch Microsoft Outlook
- Browse to Folders
- Expand All Public Folders
- Expand the Public Folders
- Right-click on the corporate calendar > Add to Favorites
- Create a desirable “Favorite Folder Name” (e.g. Favorite Public Folders)
- Click Add
