A reader asked how to use a CSV file for bulk license assignment with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. We didn't have one to hand, so we wrote a new script to illustrate the principles of how to process license assignments for a set of user accounts (which don't necessarily have to come from a CSV file). We even included some error handling!
The multi-tenant organization (MTO) is a Microsoft 365 solution built on top of Entra ID cross-tenant synchronization. An MTO can span up to five tenants each with up to 100,000 synchronized users. It's an interesting solution that should be of interest to many large enterprises.
The Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK uses a default enterprise app to hold its permissions. Over time, the SDK can accrue many permissions, so it's important to control interactive access to it. In this article, we review how to lock down the SDK app and how to create new registered apps for use with the Graph SDK.
Microsoft 365 Copilot is only available for 4 Microsoft 365 SKUs. There's no technical reason why this is so. Instead, Microsoft is using Copilot as a selling point to convince customers to upgrade to Microsoft 365 E5 (preferably). All's fair in love and business, and this is just an example of product management for maximized profit.
Microsoft 365 makes it easy for administrators to get mail activity usage data for users. However, if you want to know which domains are sending most mail, you need to do some work. In this article, we cover how to use cmdlets from the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK to create reports about user mail activity over time and the traffic sent by different domains.
From mid-August 2023, Exchange Online will enforce the action defined in the sender DMARC policy for inbound messages detected as spoof (by spoof intelligence). Tenants have the chance to amend their anti-phishing policy to decide what to do with these messages. I favor an outright rejection.
The TEC 2023 PowerShell Challenge Champion will be known after three rounds of frenetic script coding at The Experts Conference in Atlanta on September 19, 2023. Competitors will need a working knowledge of Microsoft 365 PowerShell, including Exchange Online, Teams, and Azure AD. Being able to think on your feet and come up with working solutions to problems is possibly a more important attribute than coding genius.
Microsoft 365 Copilot costs $30/user/month. At that price level, you don't want to assign Copilot licenses to all and sundry in your tenant. That's a recipe for dramatic overspending. In this article, we consider how to select people to receive Copilot licenses on the basis of real need rather than want.
Microsoft 365 Groups display either a default or custom photo to highlight the intent of the group (or team). Some organizations like to exert central control over Microsoft 365 group photos. This article explores how to achieve this goal with PowerShell.
On July 18, Microsoft revealed that the monthly Microsoft 365 Copilot cost will be $30/user. That's on top of an 'eligible' license like Microsoft 365 E3 or E5. The costs of adopting a digital assistant based on artificial intelligence might rule the prospect out for many organizations.
Microsoft Entra administrative units are gaining in popularity. Restricted administrative units are now available and many Purview solutions support administrative units. In this article, we explain how to use Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets to create a report about administrative units, role assignments for their management, and their membership.
Targeted collections are a method available to focus Microsoft 365 content searches on specific mailbox folders or folders in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. In this article, we discuss how to retrieve the folder identifiers needed for a content query using the Recoverable Items folders as an example. Targeted collections are a great way to run ultra-precise content searches when you're looking for the proverbial pea in a haystack of mailboxes.
