Microsoft are constantly improving BPOS and adding new features each month, and November is no different.
Mailbox Access Permissions
Powershell commandlets are being added to increase the range of mailbox permission settings that can be done by BPOS administrators including:
- Full Mailbox Access
- Delegate Send As
- Send On Behalf
These provide capabilities including:
“up shared mailboxes, granting “send as” permissions for administrative assistants, and enabling full mailbox access for third party applications, such as archiving applications and fax servers”
No more opening a ticket with support!
The CMDlets are:
These will require an update to the Transporter/Migration tools which will be downloadable from MS Download Centre once the update is deployed across all datacenters; this should be completed by early December.
Bulk User Management
A new set of CMDlets for bulk adding and removing users have been added too. These will also rely on the updated Transporter tool being made available. The CMDlets are:
Sharepoint Auditing
Admins will soon be able to view data and reports on site collection activities including:
- items added
- changes to permissions
- documents viewed
Having access to this information can help track the utilisation of the Sharepoint investment within the company and so will be very useful. Companies will be able to see how users are interacting with the system and identify any areas that need improving or conversely, which areas are a roaring success 🙂
Partners on Invoices
Customers who use a Partner of Record will soon see that partner named on their invoices. From a Partner’s point of view, this is a great addition as it helps solidify the relationship between the Partner and the customer and reduces any confusion as to points of contact for support etc.
Once again, the updates have given BPOS an even stronger message and this, coupled with this week’s price cuts, should definitely see an increase in BPOS takeup.
The full MS Online blog post is here.
Cloudy with a chance of Licensing 