With the migration of many BPOS accounts to Office 365 there have been some major changes to the back-end resulting in a different method connecting via powershell in order to use command line syntax.
To use the powershell command line syntax for Office 365 you first need to initiate a connection to the 365 servers:
Getting a little confused with the tools and software for Office 365?
I try and clarify:
“Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant” – Designed to provide users with a seamless method to access the different services (Exchange, SharePoint, Lync), without this utility users would be forced to sign into each service individually. (msoidcrl.msi)
Note: If you don’t have the above program installed, then the “Microsoft Online Service Module” will not install. It will display the following error:
“Microsoft Online Services Module” – basically a module for powershell 2.0 allowing the Office 365 commands to be run (AdministrationConfig_en.msi) – this software creates a desktop shortcut which you can access powershell.
When you login to the Office 365 portal the end user can run the automated setup tool. Unfortunately this can’t be downloaded and deployed. The software must be run from the portal location.
Powershell using “Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell”
You may experience the following error when running Powershell Commands:
“File cannot be loaded because the execution of scripts is disabled on this system”
You can run this command to remove the execution restriction.
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted |
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
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