Here is a tip for Microsoft, if you’re going to pop up and remind me to activate my Windows Server 2008 installation, give me the option right here to enter my product key so that when I hit “Activate Windows online now” it doesn’t fail.

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Here is a tip for Microsoft, if you’re going to pop up and remind me to activate my Windows Server 2008 installation, give me the option right here to enter my product key so that when I hit “Activate Windows online now” it doesn’t fail.


This article describes how to use PowerShell to create a report for Microsoft Purview role groups and their memberships, including identifying unknown objects in group membership and expanding the amount of information reported for each role holder.

In this blog, we explore why break-glass accounts are your lifeline when identity systems fail. Microsoft’s updated guidance calls for two cloud-only Entra ID accounts with phishing-resistant MFA and restricted AD Administrator accounts limited to domain controllers. Excluding them from Conditional Access, storing credentials offline, and testing regularly ensures your emergency access is a lifeline — not a liability.

On November 17, Microsoft announced the Exchange Admin API, a REST-based method of interacting with Exchange Online administrative functions. Having a new API sounds exciting, but in reality the Exchange Admin API is a limited tool to help Exchange Web Services (EWS) developers migrate their apps before Microsoft retires EWS in October 2026. That being said, here's how the API works.