Blog posts, news and opinions about Microsoft’s Office 365 cloud services and applications.
When planning Purview controls, a flat SharePoint architecture offers the most implementation flexibility. In this first edition of Practical Purview, we review what a Flat SharePoint architecture is and how to apply different controls within Purview.
Securing Teams meetings with Teams Premium offers organizations multiple options to protect sensitive information. In this blog, we review those options and share some tips along the way.
In the wake of the recent CrowdStrike outage, Paul Robichaux dives into what you and your organization should do to prepare for the next unforeseen Microsoft outage.
Microsoft Places preview, Outlook Classic rebrand, and AI upgrades for Teams Rooms highlight this week's Practical 365 podcast. We discuss the potential impact of Places in the hybrid work landscape, the implications of Outlook's renaming, and how AI-powered speaker recognition is enhancing Teams meetings. Plus, we cover key Microsoft 365 roadmap items, including automatic work location settings in Teams and new Copilot features coming later this year.
Microsoft Teams SIP gateway is an option to connect native SIP devices to the Microsoft Teams platform. In this blog, we review the SIP gateway and discuss some usage scenarios.
Are you looking to ingest your data into Sentinel? In this episode of Practical Sentinel, we review use cases and tips for ingesting networking data into Sentinel.
Welcome to Practical SharePoint! This episode is the first of a series aimed to help SharePoint administrators enhance their skills in managing SharePoint Online.
Unless you have been around the Microsoft security world for a while, you might not be familiar with Office Cloud Policy Service (OCPS). In this blog, we review what OCPS is and what setting you should apply in your tenant.
On the Practical 365 podcast this week, Rich and Steve are joined by Quest Software's Julian Stephan to discuss Active Directory Modernization & Microsoft's role in the SolarWinds hack.
With the rise of generative AI comes an increased risk of organizational data leakage. This article explores recommendations to secure Microsoft 365 data from unauthorized generative AI applications.
Archival and removal of locations within SharePoint Online and Teams is a helpful addition to remove stale data from immediate access by users, but it can be confusing for tenant admins to understand the available options. In this article, we examine what options exist to archive data and why you would use each option.
Defender for Endpoint gathers system information to support operation and detection needs. We can then leverage that data to build a custom report to show the deployment status. This blog walks through that process using KQL.
