Windows Azure Active Directory Module and Online Services Sign-in Assistant

18th of July, 2013 / / 2 Comments

Back in 2012, we talked about Office 365 – PowerShell Setup.  This was back in the days prior to the Microsoft Online Services Sign-in Assistant RTW, and before Windows 8 had gained a lot of traction.  Recent updates however have not made this such a straightforward process.

My first attempt at installing the Windows Azure Active Directory Module on Windows 8 failed with the error “must have microsoft online services sign-in assistant version 7.0 or greated installed”.  … [Keep reading] “Windows Azure Active Directory Module and Online Services Sign-in Assistant”

Office 365 Sharepoint – Search Results web part returning incorrect results for sites

26th of June, 2013 / / 1 Comment

I have been using Search Results Web Part (SRWP) in previous version of SP and it is a convenient way to display results filtered by content type, URL…etc without worrying about user permissions as it is taken care by SP Search.

In SP13 Online I came across a problem where the results returned from SRWP are incorrect when filtered on sites:

Results Preview display correct results – total of 12:

preview results

Results displayed on SRWP – total of 10:

webpart results

This issue is due to “trim duplicates” setting in the web part.… [Keep reading] “Office 365 Sharepoint – Search Results web part returning incorrect results for sites”

Office 365 Preview and Windows Azure Active Directory Rights Management

28th of November, 2012 / / 2 Comments

Recently I was asked to implement an Office 365 Preview for Enterprises tenant that would demonstrate the new functionality provided by Windows Azure Active Directory Rights Management (AADRM). Windows Azure Active Directory is the cloud identity management service that underpins Office 365 and many other Microsoft cloud products; you can read more about it here.

Rights Management Services (RMS) are a feature set that allows for the protection of information, regardless of where it goes or who it is sent to.… [Keep reading] “Office 365 Preview and Windows Azure Active Directory Rights Management”