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There are two ways to send  email to multiple address (Group) with Office 365

1. Create a Distribution group

2. Create a Transport rule

In this article i will show you how to do them both

 1. How to Create Distrinution Group with Office 365

• connect to the cloud with a cloud administrator credentials  portal.microsoftonline.com
• On the admin  page stand on  Admin Overview  – under – Office 365 – Exchange- click on Manage

• A new IE tab will open
• Under –User & groups – Distribution groups – New

• Fill the fields (field in bold are mandatory)
• Display name: name of your distribution list
• Alias: alias of your distribution list
• Email address: email address of your distribution list.
• Make this group a security group: do not enable this option. If you enable this, you will be able to use the distribution list as a security group for granting access to SharePoint site for example
• Owners: owner(s) of this distribution list.
• Membership: add here all users which must be part of the distribution list
• Membership approval: allow you to define how new member requests are managed; anyone can join without approval, no one can join except if the owners add the user account or an approval is required

• Click Save

2. How to Create a transport rule for distribution lists with Office 365 :

• connect to the cloud with a cloud administrator credentials  portal.microsoftonline.com
• On the admin  page stand on  Admin Overview  – under – Office 365 – Exchange- click on Manage

• A new IE tab will open
• In the new tab – under -Mail control -Rules – New

•  press on if and choose “The recipient is..” and find the recipient
• add the recipient and click OK

•  Press on Do the following and choose “Redirect the massage to.. “
• Select the members and click OK

• click Save

1. How to Create a transport rule with Office 365 :

• connect to the cloud with a cloud administrator credentials  portal.microsoftonline.com
• On the admin  page stand on  Admin Overview  – under – Office 365 – Exchange- click on Manage

•  A new IE tab will open
•  In the new tab – under -Mail control -Rules – New

Dirsync Error  –

The synchronization to the cloud failed and I got this email:

“On Wednesday, 09 May 2012 23:21:39 GMT, Microsoft Online Services did not register a synchronization attempt from the Microsoft Online Services Directory Synchronization tool in the last 24 hours for domain Inc.

To troubleshoot this issue, check the Applications Event Viewer of the computer on which the Directory Synchronization tool is installed.”

Solution :

In my case the password of the  configuration user in Office365 was expaired  .
once i change it and rerun the dirsync configuration wizard with the new password  it worked .

I have also edit the user with PasswordNeverExpire PS command:
1. Open Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell

2. run the command : Connect-MsolService

3. enter youre cloud  credentials (should be a user with administrative rights in Office365)

4. run the command :

Get-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName ADMIN@DOMAIN.ONMICROSOFT.COM | Set-MsolUser -PasswordNeverExpires $TRUE

Certificate Error :

When you open Outlook you get the following certificate error :

“The name on the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site ”

This problem happans when the AutodiscoverServiceInternal is set with the internal name such as domain.local

Solution

Set the SCP with the internal URL:

1. open exchnge powershell

2.  Set-ClientAccessServer CASServerName -AutoDiscoverServiceInternalUri https://mail.domain.com/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml

When  you try to run the  Hybrid Configuration wizard you get the following error:

Error –  “Updating hybrid configuration failed with error ‘Subtask Configure execution failed: Configure Mail Flow”

If you are using wildcard certificate in your default website in IIS  ,*.domain.com is not a valid FQDN for a send connector in Exchange sp2 . There two ways to solve this issue :

1. Install exchange SP2 rollup 1 – http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28809

2.If you dont want to  install the update, i  found a workaround in this  a grate article

http://clintboessen.blogspot.com/2011/12/wild-card-certificates-and-hybrid.html

Basically, what you need to do in order to complete the Hybrid Configuration Wizard is to use a free  digital certificate from http://www.freessl.com/ complete the wizard and then replace it back to your wildcard certificate.

When  you try to run the  Hybrid Configuration wizard you get the following error

Error – “Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.”:

solution : you need to check that The  Client Access Server have the MRSProxy endpoint enabled

1. Open the Exchange 2010 sp2 Management Shell and run the following

Get- WebserviceVirtualDirectory -server “exchange2010server | fl

2. if the MRSproxyEnabled is False , run the following :

Get- WebserviceVirtualDirectory -server “exchange2010server” | Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory   –MRSProxyEnabled $true

Error – ” Federation information could not be received from the external organization”

The Hybrid configuration wizard is failed with the following error: ” Federation information could not be received from the external organization”

Solution:

in my case the wsSecurity was disabled, after enabling the wsSecurity the problem was solved.

Follow this steps:

1. Check if the  in the wsSecurity is enabled or disable :

go to Exchange2010 Powershell and type : Get-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory -Server exch2010 | fl *where “exch2010” is your exchange2010 server name check if the WSSecurityAuthentication:$false

2.  Enable the WSSecurityAuthentication: In the Exchange2010 Powershell type : Get-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory -Server exch2010 | Set-autodiscoverVirtualDirectory -WSSecurityAuthentication:$true

*where “exch2010” is your exchange2010 server name

Now try to run the wizard again. 🙂

Error: When try to run the  Hybrid Configuration wizard you get the following error:

“you must add your Exchange online tenant as an additional before you can run the manage Hybrid Configuration wizard”

Solution : Remove the Exchange online forest and add it again this time with “office365”

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