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Quick Connect for Cloud Services 3.3 - Quick Start Guide

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Working with Microsoft Office 365

This section explains how to create or modify a connection to Microsoft Office 365 so that Quick Connect for Cloud Services could work with data in that data system.
To create a connection to Microsoft Office 365, you need to use Quick Connect Sync Engine in conjunction with a special connector called Microsoft Office 365 Connector. This connector is included in the Quick Connect for Cloud Services package.
The Microsoft Office 365 Connector provides the following features:
feature
Microsoft Office 365 connector
Bidirectional synchronization
Allows you to read and write data in the connected data system.
Yes
Delta processing mode
Allows you to process only the data that has changed in the connected data system since the last synchronization operation, thereby reducing the overall synchronization operation time.
No
Password synchronization
Allows you to synchronize user passwords from an Active Directory domain to the connected data system.
Yes
In this section:
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Creating a Microsoft Office 365 Connection
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Modifying an Existing Microsoft Office 365 Connection
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Connecting to Microsoft Office 365 Through a Proxy Server
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Microsoft Office 365 Data Supported out of the Box
For instructions on how to rename a connection, delete a connection, synchronize passwords in a connected data system, or modify synchronization scope for a connection, see the Quick Connect Administrator Guide.

Creating a Microsoft Office 365 Connection

To create a new connection
1.
Make sure that the software specified in the System Requirements section of the Quick Connect for Cloud Services Release Notes is installed on the computer on which you plan to use the Microsoft Office 365 Connector.
2.
In the Quick Connect Administration Console, open the Connections tab.
3.
Click Add connection, and then use the following options:
Option
description
Connection name
Type a descriptive name for the connection.
Use the specified connector
Select Microsoft Office 365 Connector.
4.
Click Next.
5.
On the Specify connection settings page, use the following options:
Option
description
Microsoft Online Services ID
Type the Microsoft Online Services ID with which you want to access Office 365.
The Office 365 user account whose ID you specify must have the Global Administrator role and Exchange Online license assigned in your Office 365 organization.
Password
Type the password for the specified Microsoft Online Services ID.
Test Connection
Click this button to verify the specified connection settings.
6.
Click Finish to create a connection to Microsoft Office 365.
You can connect to Microsoft Office 365 through a proxy server. For more information, see Connecting to Microsoft Office 365 Through a Proxy Server.

Modifying an Existing Microsoft Office 365 Connection

To modify connection settings
1.
In the Quick Connect Administration Console, open the Connections tab.
2.
Click Connection settings below the existing Microsoft Office 365 connection you want to modify.
3.
On the Connection Settings tab, click the Specify connection settings item to expand it and use the following options:
Option
description
Microsoft Online Services ID
Type the Microsoft Online Services ID with which you want to access Office 365.
The Office 365 user account whose ID you specify must have the Global Administrator role and Exchange Online license assigned in your Office 365 organization.
Password
Type the password for the specified Microsoft Online Services ID.
Test Connection
Click this button to verify the specified connection settings.
4.
When you are finished, click Save.
You can connect to Microsoft Office 365 through a proxy server. For more information, see Connecting to Microsoft Office 365 Through a Proxy Server.

Connecting to Microsoft Office 365 Through a Proxy Server

The Microsoft Office 365 Connector automatically detects and uses the proxy server settings specified in Microsoft Internet Explorer installed on the computer on which you are using the connector. The connector can only detect and use proxy server settings specified in Internet Explorer version 7 or 8.
If you do not want the Microsoft Office 365 Connector to use a proxy server, configure Internet Explorer appropriately. For more information on how to configure proxy server settings in Microsoft Internet Explorer, see Microsoft Internet Explorer Help.
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