Blog posts, news and opinions about Microsoft’s Office 365 cloud services and applications.
Everyone's very excited about the potential goodness of Copilot agents, but how Microsoft 365 tenants will manage potentially thousands of agents in the future is something that isn't clear. Some administrative capabilities are in the Microsoft 365 admin center, but are these sufficient? We don't think so, and this article explains why and what we'd do about the problem.
Join Steve Goodman and Paul Robichaux to discuss Microsoft's latest announcements, including the surprise move to make Copilot Chat free for all Microsoft 365 users, significant changes coming to Exchange Online audit logging, and the new Outlook's arrival via Windows Update. Plus, get their takes on Microsoft's major AI reorganization with the new CoreAI division, and what all these changes mean for IT pros as we start 2025.
Microsoft Teams Voice and Face Recognition has been around since the beginning of 2024, but it is not configured by default. This blog reviews what this feature does, how to enable it, and an important update coming in February 2025.
Purview Data Lifecycle management includes many ways to apply retention labels to SharePoint Online files, some of which require E5 licenses. Tools are available to show you what files have retention labels, but finding unlabeled SharePoint files is difficult because no out-of-the-box methods are available. Here we show how to use a content search to find unlabeled SharePoint files, and how to adjust the search results to have usable data for further processing.
Often tenants create user sign-in reports based on the sign-in data held in user account properties. This article explains how to supplement that information with insights about the apps users sign into using sign-in audit logs. The combined information is more valuable than simply knowing when someone last successfully signed in.
In this week's episode, we dive deep into Microsoft's latest announcements and changes that will impact your organization in 2025 and beyond. We examine the reasoning behind the cloud.microsoft domain rollout, what the retirement of Viva Goals means for organizations invested in OKR solutions, and discuss the implications of the forced transition to the new Outlook for Windows by 2026.
This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to use Power Automate Flow to create a workflow that sends a weekly digest email of Microsoft 365 Roadmap updates.
Minimizing disruption is key to any migration. In this blog, we discuss migrating SharePoint sites and data to SharePoint Online, reviewing common issues, and offering a few different approaches to reduce friction.
In this Episode of the Practical 365 Podcast, Paul and Steve explore Microsoft's ever-expanding Copilot strategy, debate the complexities of Microsoft Places licensing, and discuss whether every AI feature really needs Copilot branding.
Permissions are central to SharePoint Online and it’s important to be able to manage site permissions effectively. In this episode of Practical PnP, we deep dive into site permissions, providing practical examples and use cases that you can apply to your environment.
Starting in February 2025, Microsoft is going to enforce MFA for all access to the Microsoft 365 admin center—both for users and administrators. Let this episode of Practical Protection serve as a reminder to configure MFA for your tenant, if you haven’t already!
In this episode of the Practical 365 Podcast, we are joined by Maryl Fernando to discuss Ignite, Maester.dev, and more!
