Monday, June 30, 2014

How to perform WAAD Manual Sync

WAAD version 4.3.647.0 seems to have moved the powershell module for manual syncs. To put the shortcut back on the desktop of your WAAD Server. Simply create a new shortcut and paste in the details below and then type start-onlinecoexistencesync to perform a manual sync

powershell.exe -noexit -noprofile -file "C:\Program Files\Windows Azure Active Directory Sync\DirSync\ImportModules.ps1"

Thursday, June 26, 2014

How to enable Yammer SSO without ADFS


It would be great if when you click the Yammer icon in the Office365 services ribbon it actually signs you into Yammer rather than redirecting you to Yammer.com.

This blog will detail how to setup single sign on to Yammer via Microsoft Windows Azure Active Directory. When SSO for Yammer is enabled with Azure AD there is no on premise ADFS requirements.

Every Office365 Subscription also has a Windows Azure tenant in the background.When signed into an Office365 tenant , open a new tab and browse to this URL https://manage.windowsazure.com/ and signup for a free trial. 

You will need a credit card  when signing up however there will be no charge to the credit card.

  • Browse to the Active Directory section in the Azure Management Portal and then select
    "Add Application"  and "Add an application my organization is developing"
    as per the image below.
  • Name your application as per image below
  • Then enter your sign-on url & app id uri as per image below
  • You then select "ENABLE USERS TO SIGN ON" and then browse to the "FEDERATION METADATA DOCUMENT URL" and save the metadata xml file as per image below.
  • Next we need to connect Windows Azure Active Directory via powershell and run the following commands
Import-Module MSOnlineExtended -Force
$replyUrl = New-MsolServicePrincipalAddresses –Address "https://saml.yammer.com/sp/ACS.saml2"
New-MsolServicePrincipal –ServicePrincipalNames @("yammer/sso") -DisplayName "Yammer Federation" -Addresses $replyUrl

  • The command will output an "AppPrincipalId" take note of this value and save it into a text file.
  • Then you will need to fill in the Yammer  SSO-Checklist.docx which you can download HERE
  • We now create a Service Request as per image below
  • We then create a compressed file that contains the FederationMetadata.xml, the AppprincipalId and the SSO Checklist and attach the file to the service request.
Once Yammer Support enable Single Sign On for your Yammer network. When you click on the Yammer link from the Office365 portal it will sign you into Yammer :) Or when you browse to your Yammer SSO URL like https://www.yammer.com/ergogroup.ie
If you sign into Yammer , You can then open a new tab to access portal.microsoftonline.com or a Sharepoint Online site without having to re-authenticate. All this with no - on premise ADFS!

Credits: Steve Peschka 
Credits: Billy Harris Microsoft

Friday, June 20, 2014

How to Deploy Office365ProPlus & OneDrive for Business Click to Run



When I first began to work with Office365 ProPlus click to run I couldn't get my head around how to deploy Office in a software as a service model and to deploy it in bulk in Enterprise organisations.

It really is quite simple and I hope this post will help people to deploy Office365 ProPlus and OneDrive for Business with ease. 

So to create two distribution points for Office365 Pro Plus and OneDrive for Business we do the following.

Download the Office Deployment tool for Click to Run HERE
We then need to create a configuration file.

#This is the configuration file for OneDrive for Business which will be saved as odfb.xml
#This is the configuration file for Office365 ProPLus which will be saved as office.xml
So we create a folder for each product that contains the Office Deployment tool and run the following command to download the source files.

#Office365 ProPlus
setup.exe /download office.xml

#OneDrive for Business
setup.exe /download odfb.xml

If you do not have Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager and want to deploy it via a batch file you could use a batch file like this.

@echo off
echo /******************************************
echo /* Installing Office 365
echo /******************************************
net use q: \\fileshare
q:
cd\
Setup.exe /CONFIGURE OFFICE.xml
c:
net use q: /delete /yes
pause

For people that are fortunate enough to have Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. Here is a quick VIDEO on how to add Office365 ProPlus and OneDrive for Business into your Application Catalog.