How to access an Office 365 shared mailbox on Android?

Shared mailboxes on Exchange Online don’t have their own logon, but connection is possible for any user with Full Permissions using IMAP or POP3 access.

You should use the following settings on any Android Device:

E-mail: shared-mailbox (example: info@company.com)
Username: primary-mailbox\shared-mailbox (example: info@company.com\dragan.todorovic@company.com)
Password: primary-mailbox-password

Server name: outlook.office365.com
Port: 993
Encryption method: SSL

Server name: smtp.office365.com
Port: 587
Encryption method: TLS

You need a more recent version of SharePoint Designer in SPD 2013?

If you try to open sharepoint site in SharePoint designer you may get following error: “Server error: The version of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation running on the server is more recent than the version of SharePoint Designer that you are using. You need a more recent version of SharePoint Designer.”

 

Solution: In SPD go to Account > Switch Account and type in the credentials of the site you are trying to open (it defaults to your Microsoft Login)

WFC connection problem in SPD2013

In Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013, an external content type against a WCF service could show the following error:

Unknown Error occurred. Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information.

Reason? This issue occurs because the DLL version that’s returned form the server doesn’t match the one in SharePoint Designer 2013.

Solution? Replace the content of C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\spdesign.exe config file with the following code:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<configuration>
 <startup>
  <requiredRuntime version="v2.0.50727" />
  <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727" />
 </startup>
<runtime>
 <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
  <dependentAssembly>
   <assemblyIdentity name="Microsoft.BusinessData" publicKeyToken="71e9bce111e9429c" culture="neutral" />
   <bindingRedirect oldVersion="16.0.0.0-65535.65535.65535.65535" newVersion="15.0.0.0"/>
  </dependentAssembly>
 </assemblyBinding>
</runtime>
</configuration>