Office 365 "Play Ground"

As for see now a day SharePoint Online is getting hot and popular , to support the SharePoint online task some big organisation only grant the SharePoint Online admin role for SharePoint Admin to manage the SharePoint Online only.

without the O365 ( Office 365) Global admin right you are unable to explore more function at Microsoft 365 admin center

as i have notice microsoft have free trial offer 1 year for Office 365 developer program , you can register the program and get the free trial at office 365 as Global Admin ( you can try what ever you want at the O365 , off course not include those premium service)

This program have up to 25 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Developer License , which is allow you to play around the product :

• Exchange Online
• SharePoint Online
• Teams Online ( take over Skype of business )
• Azure Active Directory 
• other ...

Here you go for the URL : https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev-program

have fun about it to ready your self for Cloud SaaS generation !!

How to Sign out from Microsoft Teams from Skype for business

Trying to login my Office 365 Skype for business from the corporate  Skype for Business Client , once login to Office 365 the client show the landing page to force me log on with the Teams by using browser.

 Try to figure out how to enable  Office 365 Skype for business instead install the the Teams Apps , anyway still figuring out about this.

Anyway now the problem i have faced is i am unable to logout from the Skype for Business Client from the Teams , try to log out from the Skype for Business Client and log in again ..but during login no chance for me to key in my corporate domain account direct showed the Teams Page information.

Try to sing out from notebook even restart the notebook but is not help at all , so the finally trick for me to log in back to my corporate domain account to skype on premise is .....

Turn off the network then the Skype client log in page will stop there for you to change the login name !!! 

Hope this help those stuck on it !! ha ha

Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements : Exam 70-346

wohoo, get the exam 70-346 pass ! Thanks Microsoft offer the free exam certified !!

ok back to the discussion , I have found one discussion is very useful for study which is : https://anderseideblog.wordpress.com/reading-lists/ms-exam-70-346-managing-office-365-identities-and-requirements/

sometime study for knowledge and study for exam is different story , he he. if you like to have more tips on study for exam fell free put on the comment. I will email the trick for you

Wish you all happy new year.

Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Platform Options

SharePoint 2013 有四个平台可以供我们使用：

SharePoint in Office 365 （云端服务）

• Secure external sharing and collaboration (unique feature!).
• Intranet — team sites, My Sites, and internal collaboration
• Document storage and versioning in the cloud.
• Basic public-facing website.

Additional features with Office 365 Dedicated Subscription Plans:

• Microsoft data center equipment that is dedicated to your company or organization and not shared with any other organization.
• Each customer environment resides in a physically separate network.
• Client communication across an IPSec-secured VPN or customer-owned private connection. Two-factor authentication is optional.
• ITAR-support plans.

＊这个平台就是给钱Microsoft然后用他们的服务。不用管那些Licenses的钱了。

那IT Pro就没工做了？哈哈。。还是有的：

• Ensure user workstations meet Office 365 client prerequisites.
• Implement the directory integration plan.
• Plan and implement internal and external DNS records and routing.
• Configure the proxy or firewall for Office 365 IP address and URL requirements.
• Create and assign permissions to site collections.
• Implement customizations, solutions, and apps for SharePoint Online.
• Monitor network availability and identify possible bottlenecks.

Architecture 的范围看来比较好玩点，但是做完就没得玩了。

• Plan and design directory integration. Two options (either option can be deployed on premises or in Windows Azure): 　　＃Password sync (requires one 64-bit server).　＃ Single sign-on (requires ADFS and multiple servers).
• Ensure network capacity and availability through firewalls, proxy servers, gateways, and across WAN links.
• Acquire third-party SSL certificates to provide enterprise-security for Office 365 service offerings.
• Plan the tenant name, design site. collection architecture and governance.
• Plan customizations, solutions, and apps for SharePoint Online.
• Decide if you want to connect to Office 365 by using the Internet Protocol 6 (IPv6) — not common.

Hybrid with Office 365 ( Combination of Office 365 + on-premise)

• 好处是有SharePoint Search , Business Connectivity, Duet Enterprise Online
• Users can see search results from both environments. Extranet users can log in remotely with an on-premises Active Directory account and use all available hybrid functionality
• From SharePoint Online: Users can perform both read and write operations. The BCS service connects to an on-premises SharePoint Server 2013 farm. The BCS service configured on the on-premises farm brokers the connection to on-premises OData Service endpoints.
• From SharePoint Online: Users can perform read and write operations against an on-premises SAP system.
• Use Office 365 for external sharing and collaboration instead of setting up an extranet environment
• Move My Sites (Sky Drive Pro) to the cloud to make it easier for users to access their files remotely.
• Start new team sites in Office 365.
• Integrate an Office 365 site with on-premises BCS SharePoint environment.

Windows Azure (基本来说就是微软帮我们hosting- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS))

• Windows Azure is a platform that provides the infrastructure and app services needed to host a SharePoint 2013 farm.
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
• Best native cloud platform for SQL Server and SharePoint.
• Computing resources are available almost immediately with no commitment.
• Focus on applications, instead of datacenters and infrastructure
• Inexpensive development and test environments
• SharePoint solutions can be accessible from the Internet or only accessible from a corporate environment through a site-to-site VPN tunnel.
• Customizations are not limited.

好处是：

• SharePoint for Internet Sites — Public facing sites. Take advantage of Windows Azure AD for customer accounts and authentication.
• Developer, test, and staging environments — Quickly provision and un-provision entire environments.
• Hybrid applications — Applications that span your datacenter and the cloud.
• Disaster recovery environment — Quickly recover from a disaster, only pay for use
• Farms that require deep reporting or auditing.
• Web analytics.
• Data encryption at rest (data is encrypted in the SQL databases).

那钱当然要给多点了：

• Windows Azure subscription (includes the server operating system)
• SQL Server
• SharePoint 2013 Server License
• SharePoint 2013 Client Access License

Architect 和 IT pro 就比较好玩多了（不然公司请你来做么？）

On Premises（这就是普通我们Sharepoint2007/2010在公司用的）