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About Paul Cunningham

Paul is a Microsoft MVP for Office Apps and Services and a Pluralsight author. He works as a consultant, writer, and trainer specializing in Office 365 and Exchange Server.

Practical 365 is Now Part of the Quadrotech Family

September 12, 2018 by Paul Cunningham 13 Comments

Sunrise over the mountains; the orange of Practical 365 meets the blue of Quadrotech.

A new dawn is on the horizon for Practical 365, as a new editorial team of Microsoft MVPs takes over. Read the full statement here.

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Retiring the Practical 365 Blog

July 11, 2018 by Paul Cunningham 116 Comments

The time has come for me to retire this blog. I’m writing this post to let you know what’s going to happen to Practical 365 going forward, and to say thank you to everyone in the community who has supported me over the years.

Blog Site News

Managing Change in Office 365

July 1, 2018 by Paul Cunningham 3 Comments

How to deal with the challenges of keeping up to date with new features and changes being deployed by Microsoft in Office 365.

Blog Change Management, Message Center, Roadmap

Multi-factor Authentication by Default for Administrators in Azure AD and Office 365

June 29, 2018 by Paul Cunningham 12 Comments

How the Azure Active Directory baseline security policy enforces multi-factor authentication for privileged administrator accounts in Office 365 and Azure AD.

Security Azure Active Directory, Azure AD, Conditional Access, MFA, Multi Factor Authentication, Privileged Identity Management

June 2018 Updates Released for Exchange Server

June 20, 2018 by Paul Cunningham 12 Comments

Microsoft has released new cumulative updates for Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2013, and Exchange Server 2010 SP3 in June 2018.

Blog Cumulative Updates, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016, Security Updates, Update Rollups

PSA: You Should Keep a Copy of Every Exchange Server Update

June 15, 2018 by Paul Cunningham 10 Comments

I strongly recommend you keep an archive copy of every Exchange Server installer, service pack, update rollup, and cumulative update in case of a support or recovery scenario that requires it.

Blog Cumulative Updates, Service Packs, Update Rollups

Better Spam Filtering with Exchange Online Mail Flow Rules

June 14, 2018 by Paul Cunningham 7 Comments

How to use Exchange Online mail flow rules to improve the effectiveness of your EOP spam filtering and protect Office 365 users from phishing attacks.

Exchange Online Anti-Spam, EOP, Mail Flow Rules, Phishing, Spam, Transport Rules

Blocking IMAP, POP, and Other Legacy Applications From Office 365 Using Azure Active Directory Conditional Access

June 14, 2018 by Paul Cunningham 3 Comments

How to use Azure Active Directory conditional access policies to block legacy applications such as POP, IMAP, and basic authentication from connecting to Office 365.

Security Azure AD, Conditional Access

Microsoft is Going to Enable Your Azure Information Protection Features

June 7, 2018 by Paul Cunningham 5 Comments

Microsoft has announced that Azure Information Protection (AIP) will be enabled by default for all Office 365 customers that have eligible licenses.

Blog AD RMS, AIP, Azure Information Protection, Office 365 Message Encryption, OME

Goodbye Office 365 Admin Center, Hello Microsoft 365 Admin Center

June 7, 2018 by Paul Cunningham 1 Comment

Microsoft has announced the start of the migration of customers from the Office 365 admin center to the new Microsoft 365 admin center.

Blog Admin Portal, Microsoft 365

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