Office 365

 Remote move mailbox with powershell

1. Connect to  the cloud :

•  Open Windows PowerShell.
•  Enter the credentials of an administrator account in the cloud-based organization using the following command –> $LiveCred = Get-Credential
• Create a connection to the cloud-based organization using the following command –> $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell/ -Credential $LiveCred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
•  Load the Exchange cmdlets on the local computer using the following commands–>Import-PSSession $Session

2.Disconnect from the session :

• Remove-PSSession $Session

3.   Use the following command for moving mailbox to the cloud –>

New-MoveRequest -Remote -RemoteHostName mail.domain.com -RemoteCredential $LiveCred-TargetDeliveryDomain CloudDomain.mail.onmicrosoft.com

3. Use the following command to check the move Request Statistics –>

  Get-MoveRequestStatistics  -Identity UserName

 4.Get  Move Request Statistics for all users :  

1. use the following command to check the move Request Statistics for all users –>

while(1) { Get-MoveRequest | Get-MoveRequestStatistics }

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Office 365 Support for POP and IMAP Connections to Outlook 2003

Office 365 now supports POP and IMAP connections to Outlook 2003. However, please note that customers connecting to Outlook 2003 via POP or IMAP will experience the following limitations: no calendar support, no free/busy information, no Global Address List, no push email and when connecting via POP, all messages will be downloaded to the client, and there will be no synchronization between multiple computers or devices (such as between a laptop and a phone).

Additional Information: For more information, please read the blog Office 365 will now support POP and IMAP Connections to Outlook 2003