{"id":7919,"date":"2014-11-06T10:45:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T10:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aerocominc.com\/?p=7919"},"modified":"2015-05-07T15:55:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T22:55:30","slug":"set-up-office-365-with-mail-partners-using-tls-connectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/set-up-office-365-with-mail-partners-using-tls-connectors\/","title":{"rendered":"TLS connectors with Office 365"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trying to get your Office 365 Online Exchange Mail to talk to a third party mail partner may seem scary, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Here’s a simple step-by-step to setup outbound\/inbound TLS connections with your system.<\/p>\n

For a little refresher, TLS (Transport Layer Security) provides message integrity for your connections over the internet to\/from Office 365. This is going to enable the databases to talk with total security.<\/p>\n

You’re going to be doing all of this in the Exchange Admin Center (EAC)<\/strong>, and you’ll need the IP address<\/strong> of your partner’s server.<\/p>\n

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    In the EAC, go to\u00a0mail flow<\/strong>\u00a0>\u00a0connectors<\/strong>. Under\u00a0Inbound Connectors<\/strong>, click\u00a0\"Add\u00a0to make a new connector.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Enter a name for the connector, and leave Partner<\/strong> checked.\u00a0For\u00a0Connection Security<\/strong>, choose\u00a0Force TLS<\/strong>\u00a0and specify your partner\u2019s certificate name: (example.com).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Under\u00a0Domains<\/strong>, click\u00a0\"Add\u00a0to add a domain\u00a0and give<\/b>\u00a0the domain name of your partner organization (example.com) and save it.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Under\u00a0IP addresses<\/strong>, click\u00a0\"Add\u00a0to add IP addresses (add the provided IP address).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Make sure you hit\u00a0Save<\/strong>\u00a0for the dialogue box, and it should appear in the Inbound Connectors list. Make sure\u00a0ENABLED<\/strong>\u00a0is checked.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now we’ll do the same for Outbound connectors…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      Under\u00a0Outbound Connectors<\/strong>, click\u00a0\"Add\u00a0to create a new connector.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Enter a name for your connector, leaving\u00a0Enable outbound connector<\/strong> and Partner<\/strong>\u00a0checked.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      For\u00a0Connection Security<\/strong>, specify\u00a0Trusted Certification Authority<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0Self-signed certificate<\/strong>\u00a0depending on whether your partner has a valid certificate issued by a Microsoft-trusted, public certificate authority (CA) or a self-signed certificate. For\u00a0Outbound Delivery<\/strong>, choose\u00a0MX record associated with the recipient domain<\/strong>\u00a0or a smart host capable of delivering to that domain.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Under\u00a0Domains<\/strong>, click\u00a0\"Add\u00a0to add a domain.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Click Save<\/strong>. The connector appears in the\u00a0Outbound Connectors<\/strong>\u00a0list. You can click\u00a0\"Edit\u00a0to change the configuration settings for the connector.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

      That’s it. Check out this video from Microsoft going through the process…<\/p>\n