Blog posts, news and opinions about Microsoft’s Office 365 cloud services and applications.
Microsoft 365 Copilot is a great AI notetaking app for Teams meetings, but it's expensive. A range of cheaper options are available from other AI companies. Should Microsoft 365 tenants allow users to install these apps and access what goes on in Teams meetings? It could be a difficult decision.
Dynamic Microsoft 365 Groups come with many advantages, but they also require Entra P1 licenses. This article explores how to create and maintain a DIY version of dynamic Microsoft 365 groups using the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK and Azure Automation. At the end of the day, the principle is proven, but maybe it's best to pay for the licenses.
In this blog, we explore how IT admins can leverage WinGet, Microsoft’s Windows Package Manager, to streamline application deployment and updates across Intune-managed devices.
In this article, Jaap Wesselius provides an overview of Exchange SE, discusses possible upgrade paths, and outlines Exchange server support.
In this installment of our Graph Activity Log series, we’ll provide a practical playbook for using the Graph Activity Log and Kusto Query Language (KQL) to hunt for indicators of document exfiltration.
In this episode of Practical Protection, we discuss the recent On-premises SharePoint ToolShell exploit and what you need to know and do to protect your environment.
In this article, Sean McAvinue explores how Microsoft's Multi-Tenant Organizations (MTO) can help make tenant-to-tenant migrations a smoother process for both administrators and end users.
In the grand scheme of things, tracking your Office application updates may not seem of critical importance, but unpatched apps can turn into an attack surface. In this installment of Practical Protection, we highlight two free tools in the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center that help you track and manage Office updates.
In this article, Thorsten Pickhan covers how to add Direct Routing phone numbers to the internal Teams Phone Number database, how to remove phone numbers, and the benefits of doing so.
Many Teams users love to use group chats as a way to get work done. Group chats are effective, but the information shared in chats ends up in personal OneDrive accounts. To help switch people back to channel conversations, Teams has a new threaded layout to make conversations behave much like chats. The new layout works well for some channels but not for others.
In this article, we guide you through the process of using the Graph Activity Log and Kusto Query Language (KQL) to hunt for common indicators of mailbox compromise, with useful tips along the way.
In this episode of Practical Protection, we explore securing Power Platform environments, covering the basics of environment isolation, governance strategies, and lifecycle management.
