Author: Carlos A Lopez (Twitter: @CLopezDC)

New Office 365 (Exchange Online) Storage Size Limit

Carlos A Lopez (Twitter: @CLopezDC) Exchange Online, Office365

As of today (July 2016) the mailbox limit for a shared mailbox storage is 50GB (Not 10GB). To access a shared mailbox, a user must have an Exchange Online license. Shared mailboxes don’t require a separate license. However, if you want to enable In-Place Archive or put an In-Place Hold or a Litigation Hold on a shared mailbox, you must assign an Exchange Online Plan 1 with Exchange Online Archiving or Exchange Online Plan 2 license to the mailbox. Source: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/exchange-online-limits.aspx

Force AAD Connect Synchronization Cycle

Carlos A Lopez (Twitter: @CLopezDC) AAD Connect, Office365 , , ,

The scheduler will run by default run every 30 minutes. In some cases you might want to run a sync cycle in between the scheduled cycles or you need to run a different type.

Delta Sync Cycle
It could be that you have an urgent change which must be synchronized immediately which is why you need to manually run a cycle. If you need to manually run a cycle, then from PowerShell run:


Start-ADSyncSyncCycle -PolicyType Delta

Full Sync Cycle
If you have made one of the following configuration changes, you need to run a full sync cycle (a.k.a. Initial):

  • Added more objects or attributes to be imported from a source directory
  • Made changes to the Synchronization rules
  • Changed filtering so a different number of objects should be included (e.g. Adding a new OU to the filter)

If you have made one of these changes, then you need to run a full sync cycle so the sync engine has the opportunity to reconsolidate the connector spaces. To initiate a full sync cycle, run:


Start-ADSyncSyncCycle -PolicyType Initial

Outlook Web App (OWA) and OneDrive for Business

Carlos A Lopez (Twitter: @CLopezDC) Office365

Outlook Web App now includes full integration with OneDrive for Business which allows the users to share files stored in the cloud as attachments in their email. Basically there are 2 ways you can share a file with Outlook Web App and OneDrive for Business:

  • When you send an attachment from your computer or device you can now automatically upload the file to your OneDrive cloud drive and send it as a link.
  • You can also easily attach a file directly from your OneDrive cloud drive when sending an email in Outlook Web App.