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Some people who have been recently upgraded from the pre-upgrade version of Office 365 are having connectivity problems with Outlook. For example, you may see a message in the status bar at the bottom of your Outlook window that says Trying to connect or Disconnected. There are a few things that can cause connection issues. The most common cause for connection problems is outdated operating system or app software, so you should check that first. If your software meets Office 365 requirements, try the other steps here. Test your Outlook connection between each step.  TIP     While you track down Outlook connection issues, you can keep sending and receiving email and manage your calendar and contacts in Outlook Web App. Click Outlook in to the Office 365 portal, or go directly to Office 365 email at http://mail.office365.com. Step 1: Make sure that your operating system is up-to-date Check the version of your software and your operating system to see if they meet the minimum req

The default password expiration policy of  Office 365  is set to 90 days. That means that users have to change their password every 90 days. I think basically this is a good and secure policy but on the other side, it can be annoying and maybe your company has an other security policy or for some other reason you have to deactivate/change this. We can change this setting through PowerShell with the Microsoft Online PowerShell Module. First connect to Office 365  via PowerShell more on this here . Consider, you need administration privileges to change account settings for other users.. To get a list of the Microsoft Online Office 365 users: Get-MsolUser To get the details for a user: Get-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName  user.name@domain.xy Now you can use the following cmdlet to change the password policy for the password to never expire.. Set-MsolUser –UserPrincipalName  user@contoso.com  –PasswordNeverExpires $true and if you’re a freak like me  Get-MsolUser | Se

The administration and configuration of Office 365 can done using PowerShell. To connect to the Office 365, you need the appropriate modules installed. These modules are available from Microsoft website. This article describes how to connect to Office 365 provider. Install the Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant 32-bit 64-bit Install the Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell 32-bit 64-bit Open PowerShell and import the MsOnline Module or use the desktop shortcut which was created by the installer. Import—Module MsOnline Connect to your Microsoft Office 365 account Connect-MsolService Use your Office 365 LiveID to login (for example username@company.onmicrosoft.com ) Now you can start working with Windows Powershell in your Office 365 account, if you need some more help about the available Powershell cmdlets you can list them with Get-Command –Module MsOnline have phun!