How can Microsoft Exchange Online be used for Remote Working?

Microsoft Exchange Online has been really popular amongst remote working employees because of its hosted nature. It is a modern tool that provides messaging services to cater state of the art communication needs. Along with Messaging, you can also be in control of the calendar options, contacts management, and many other similar tasks.

What is an Access Denied error?

Many times, users face an Access is denied error while connecting remotely. A common scenario can be, a user initiates a session to connect to a remote server and while doing so the following error is received.

Connecting to remote server outlook.office365.com failed with the following error message – “Access is denied”

What are the possible reasons for this error?

With the introduction of OAuth 2.0, almost all Microsoft products were shifted to this more secure protocol to cater to modern-day security challenges. This means that the previously deployed Basic Authentication system is discontinued.

To further speed up the process, Microsoft started identifying the tenants under its O365 cloud which were not using Basic Authentication and have stopped/blocked them from using it. Thus, if any tenants are using the Basic Authentication mechanism, it’ll cease to work.

The same might happen with MachPanel users who are using the MachPanel v6 or later in addition to MachPanel’s Exchange Online extension for its CSP Module.

The solution:

To get MachPanel running smoothly with Exchange Online, you need to follow the following steps:

1. In the Tenant you can run this Command Get-OrganizationConfig | Format-List basic*

(You will see the entry/value: 255 which stand for All Basic Authentications Blocked i.e. BasicAuthBlockedApps=255)

2. To change this, you need to login with the Global Admin, then go to the Help section and run this command. After That, you can activate the Basic Authentication.
3. After activating the Basic Authentication for Exchange Online Remote PowerShell and running this Command: Get-OrganizationConfig | Format-List basic*

(You will see the entry/value: 239 which stand for All Basic Authentications Allowed i.e. BasicAuthBlockedApps = 239)

4. Finally, you can now connect via Exchange Online OAuth v1.0

MACHPANEL AUTOMATION MODULE FOR HOSTED MICROSOFT EXCHANGE

MachPanel provides top-notch solutions for all your Cloud computing needs. It offers easy Microsoft Exchange deployment equipped with after-sales support. The user-friendly interface and stability make it the favorite of Telcos and Hosting Providers.

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The best thing about this API Editor is that it is open source and available on Github. There is no paid Microsoft support specifically for Office 365 API developers. Engineers at Microsoft and Github community users are the best support for developers who fall into any issue with this API Editor.

The Requirements

There are a few basic requirements to get started in working with Office 365 API Editor.  The developer has to have am Office 365 account or a simple Microsoft Account. The developer system must have a .NET framework 4.5 or later. In order for development to work on Office 365 API Editor Developer must have a system of minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768. After fulfilling these requirements, you can use Office 365 API Editor.

If a built in app-id is being used, there is no need to register application in the Azure Active Directory or Application Registration Portal. Both managed and federate accounts can be used as office 365 accounts. For federated accounts, there is a need to enable Forms Authentication. However, if you opt for managed accounts, you’ll experience a simple authentication flow.

The Two Modes

A diverse Microsoft support is provided to Office365APIEditor is immense. There is support for Microsoft Graph API, Outlook REST API and Office 365 Management Activity API.

Editor mode

In editor mode, there is Microsoft support to send API requests to Graph API (graph.microsoft.com), REST API (outlook.office.com) and Office 365 Management Activity API (manage.office.com). If the developer isn’t using built-in application ID, an App ID registered in Azure Active Directory can be used to get access token.

Mailbox view mode

The default view is the Mailbox view. This displays mailbox contents browsing using Outlook REST API. The mailbox must be hosted on Exchange Online or Outlook.com and you must have access to it. In this view, older, items, and mailbox properties can be displayed.

For Calendar and Tasks Folders, Outlook REST API doesn’t possess a folder hierarchy. Calendar groups and Tasks groups are considered under a dummy root folder. Mail and Contact details are shown under MsgFolderRoot.

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MachPanel Automation Module for Microsoft Exchange

MachPanel offers robust and Complete Orchestration platform for Hosted Exchange Service Providers and Enterprises. It supports Microsoft Exchange Server 2019, 2016 and 2013. The Control Panel offers easy billing and reporting along with migration support from Industry’s leading experts. The user-friendliness makes it the favorite Control Panel of Telco’s, Enterprises and Providers. It is ideal for business automation of SME’s to take them in the Right direction of business according to the latest trends

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Office 365 plans for Exchange Online

If you plan to migrate to Exchange Online anytime soon, you must take into account one of the office 365 subscription plan from a list of plans provided by Microsoft. Every Exchange Online user is assigned to some subscription plan. Plans like Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business, Office 365 Business Premium, Office 365 Enterprise E1, Office 365 Enterprise E3, Office 365 Enterprise F1 and Office 365 Enterprise E5 are offered with multiple options according to your cloud business needs. Once you subscribe to a plan, you get access to your own mailbox. All the messages and folders in your mailbox are now hosted at Exchange Server running at Microsoft datacenter.

Exchange Web Services (EWS)

This is another feature to look forward to while shifting to Exchange Online. Exchange Web Services (EWS) is a reliable API for working with mailbox content. This API has many benefits over other APIs. Like it has its own personation model which favors the developers while utilizing this API. EWS is also language independent. It’s got almost all features necessary for client applications, therefore it is quite robust.

Microsoft Exchange Public Folders

Information sharing is essential in every system. When shifting to Exchange Online, you will experience more control over information sharing. The Public Folders feature is designed to achieve information sharing in a streamlined manner. It makes Outlook users access common folders and share information from these folders. Access on Public folders can be controlled by Admins as they can assign permissions. With Microsoft Exchange Public Folders, you can:

• Make use of Mail-enabled Public Folders
• Have separate folders for each project to stay more organized
• Create custom templates for automatic replies
• Make calendars and track your team’s progress
• Add permissions to each folder and many more

MachPanel Automation module for Exchange Server

MachPanel is a Multi-Cloud Service Orchestration & Delivery Platform (MSOP) designed to provide you with best business automation solution for your cloud business. MachPanel’s Automation module for Exchange offers standalone, highly available or multi-datacenter Exchange deployments and makes provisioning, management, selling and billing much simpler for your cloud business. There is ardent customer support and most user-friendly control panel which offers stability, flexibility and comprehensive functionality to manage mail domains, mailboxes, distribution lists, contacts, public folders for your Exchange Online. This cut shorts your time to market and so you can focus more on the growth and scalability of your business rather than operation hassles.

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