Microsoft's announcement of Viva Engage might just be the thing that gives Yammer a boost and creates a new role for the much-maligned technology inside Microsoft 365.
Microsoft 365 PowerShell is not a single entity. Rather, it spans a mixture of workload-specific modules and the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. When the time comes to write a new script, what should a developer choose to use?
In this article we discuss how to create a new Microsoft 365 group using cmdlets from the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. After creating the new group, we use the New-MgTeam cmdlet to team-enable the group.
Some Microsoft 365 tenants have received notes about a data leak for Teams usage data. The leak isn't particularly serious, and at least it proves the notification system works.
This article explores how to use PowerShell and Microsoft Graph API requests to create a report about the files in a SharePoint Online site.
Proofpoint says that it's possible to attack SharePoint Online by creating so many encrypted file versions in document libraries that it's impossible to restore good copies. The technique is viable, but multi-factor authentication is a good way to block account compromise and stop attackers getting in and encrypting files.
Ten years ago, Microsoft bought Yammer to get into the world of enterprise social networking. It was a big thing at the time, but less so now, and Yammer's role inside Microsoft 365 is uncertain in the minds of many. Those who like Yammer get value from its use, but it does seem that Yammer has been left behind by apps like Teams.
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Microsoft recently added the ability to set auto-reply for group mailboxes. In this article, we explain why you'd want to do such a thing and go through some PowerShell code to show how to set appropriate auto-reply messages for team-enabled Microsoft 365 Groups.
Tens of millions of Apple devices connect to Exchange Online user mailboxes. The mail app profile on many devices still use basic authentication, and that's a big problem because Microsoft will start to remove support for basic authentication for EWS and EAS, the two connectivity protocols used by Apple devices, from October 1, 2022. Microsoft and Apple have come up with a cunning plan to work around the problem. Success requires some administrator intervention to make sure that the app used by Apple to update the mail app profile can work without prompting the user for consent. It's time to act!
Exchange Online message tracing differs from its on-premises equivalent. In this article, we explain the basics of how to trace the path of a message through the Exchange Online transport system, and offer some tips and tricks along the way.
Microsoft will begin charging to use of Teams Export Graph APIs on a consumption meter basis from July 5. That might not seem such a bad idea, unless you're an ISV and would like to use the APIs for products like backup or tenant-to-tenant migration solutions. Or the tenants who will have to pay for the costs through Azure subscriptions. It seems like Microsoft is the only winner here and all the new APIs will do is add to their swelling cloud profits.
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On June 2, Microsoft made a bunch of announcements covering the future for Exchange Server. A new version will come in 2025 that will follow Microsoft's modern lifecycle policy (i..e., no end of support dates). The downside is that customers must install updates and remain current, and must be covered by Software Assurance. For those who really want to stay with on-premises, this is a good day. And the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) is coming back (hooray!) albeit in a virtual format (boo!).
