How Exchange Uses SSL Certificates
In this article, Jaap Wesselius reviews the different types of Exchange Server certificates, their uses, and how to manage them.
February 6, 2024
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Visual Branding Considerations for Microsoft 365 Tenant-to-Tenant Migrations
Microsoft 365 Tenant-to-Tenant Migrations are more than just a data transfer! In this blog, Karin Skapski explores practical steps and scripts to establish cohesive visual branding in a Microsoft 365 tenant, ensuring a seamless transition for both your team and data.
February 5, 2024
Practical Protection: Investigating After an Attack
Unfortunately, attacks happen... But a post-attack investigation is paramount to stopping the next attack. In this blog, Paul Robichaux reviews what to do after an attack has taken place, with practical tips along the way.
February 2, 2024
Why You Should Conduct Regular Entra ID Assessments
In this article, Sean McAvinue explains what an Azure AD Assessment is and how it can assess and report on your Entra ID configuration, as well as plan the remediation of any discovered issues.
January 30, 2024
Getting Started with Windows Autopatch
Patching your systems manually can be complicated and require a lot of overhead. Luckily, Microsoft has a new solution to help with this. In this blog, Paul Robichaux reviews the new Windows Autopatch tool and what it has to offer.
January 29, 2024
Practical Protection: Hardening Against Midnight Blizzard-Style Attacks
You might be at risk for a similar attack to Microsoft's Midnight Blizzard attack. In this blog, Paul Robichaux discusses what happened and how to avoid this in your organization.
January 23, 2024
Use Azure Automation and PowerShell to Create a Daily Microsoft Entra Risk Report
In this article, Sean McAvinue explains how to use PowerShell and Azure Automation runbook to create a Daily Microsoft Entra Risk Report.
January 22, 2024
Revised Security Baselines for Microsoft 365 and Intune
It’s time to review your security baselines! In this blog, Jon Jarvis provides his thoughts on Security Baselines for Microsoft 365 and Intune, including some tools to help secure Microsoft 365 tenants.
January 17, 2024
Complex Identity Migrations & Microsoft using PowerShell: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E11
On the show this week, Paul Robichaux and I are joined by Microsoft's Tim McMichael to discuss DLConversionV2, his latest project, and to talk all things around challenges with hybrid identity.
January 12, 2024
Switching Licenses for Entra ID User Accounts with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK
Sometimes tenants need to switch Microsoft 365 licenses for Entra ID user accounts, usually to upgrade functionality. This is easy to do manually for one or two accounts, but it's a boring exercise when you need to process more, especially when each account might have a different set of disabled service plans in the original license. This article explains how to process account licenses with PowerShell.
January 2, 2024
Practical Protection: Do You Need a Cybersecurity Reference Architecture?
In this Edition of Practical Protection, Paul Robichaux dives into Microsoft's Cybersecurity Reference Architecture and discusses if you really need it.
December 21, 2023
Five Good Reasons to Use Dynamic Microsoft 365 Groups
Over time, Microsoft 365 tenants often grow and the number of devices and users increases. Instead of adding groups one by one whenever an additional user is added, dynamic groups will simplify your work. In this article, we explain some good reasons to use dynamic groups and some points to keep in mind when using them.
December 19, 2023