Entra ID

Practical Entra ID: Find Unused Guest Accounts with PowerShell

• Post author:By Tony Redmond

Given the widespread use of guest accounts within Microsoft 365 to allow external sharing of resources, it’s almost inevitable that some unused guest accounts exist in any Microsoft 365 tenant. Identifying unused guest accounts is a good management practice. If the accounts serve no purpose, why keep them? This article explores how to find unused guest accounts. What you do with them later is up to you.

• Entra ID

December 16, 2024

Identity Management Deep Dive with Microsoft’s Merill Fernando – The Practical 365 Podcast S4E31

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

In this episode of the Practical 365 Podcast, we are joined by Maryl Fernando to discuss Ignite, Maester.dev, and more!

• Blog

November 22, 2024

Reflecting on Copilot Wave 2, Exchange’s Final Countdown & Teams Updates – The Practical 365 Podcast S4E30

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

In this Episode of the Practical 365 Podcast, Steve and Paul talk Copilot wave 2, Exchange 2016/2019 end of support, new Teams updates, and more.

• Blog

November 20, 2024

Practical Graph: Extracting Value from Entra Sign In Logs

• Post author:By Tony Redmond

Entra ID sign-in data is a valuable source of information for Microsoft 365 tenant administrators. Although you can browse sign-in data through the Entra admin center, working with the data through PowerShell reveals all sorts of possibilities for analysis to answer questions about who is connecting to your tenant.

• Entra ID

November 13, 2024

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How to Swap Licenses Using Group-Based Licensing

• Post author:By Tim McMichael

Moving Group-Based Licensing to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center can create some challenges. Luckily there is a way to avoid this. In this blog, we explain how to execute Group-Based License swaps with the help of the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK.

• Blog

November 12, 2024

Practical Endpoint: Restricting Admin Access to an Endpoint

• Post author:By James Yip

In this episode of Practical Endpoint, we explain two approaches to restricting Admin rights to corporate devices using Intune and Autopilot.

• Blog

November 5, 2024

Practical Graph: How to Use Graph Schema Extensions

• Post author:By Tony Redmond

Sometimes Microsoft 365 tenants need to store specific data for objects like users and groups. The Graph provides several extensibility options. This article describes how to define and use schema extensions to store information about the container management labels assigned to Microsoft 365 Groups.

• Entra ID

October 28, 2024

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Evaluating Privileged Identity Management Effectiveness

• Post author:By Brandon Colley

This article outlines how to get started with PIM, how to audit its use, and what workarounds could be circumventing your security controls.

• Blog

October 17, 2024

Practical Protection: Sign-In Marking

• Post author:By Paul Robichaux

Microsoft reported yet another nation-state attack, code-named Peach Sandstorm. In this blog, we discuss the threat actor and provide steps to defend against similar attacks.

• Security

September 18, 2024

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Group Writeback with Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync

• Post author:By Jaap Wesselius

Microsoft recently stopped supporting Microsoft Entra Connect and introduced its successor, Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync. This blog reviews how to set up and configure Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync, with helpful tips along the way.

• Azure Active Directory

September 16, 2024

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Checklist for Terminating Employees with Microsoft 365 Accounts

• Post author:By James Yip

Terminating employees is never fun, but it does happen. And when it happens, you need to know the necessary steps for removing their access. This blog serves as a checklist for removing employees with Microsoft 365 Accounts,

• Active Directory

September 9, 2024

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Using Entra ID Classifications with Microsoft 365 Groups

• Post author:By Tony Redmond

Entra ID classifications don't seem very exciting because they're text-only visual markers for Microsoft 365 groups and teams that don't come with any of the intelligence built into sensitivity labels. However, classifications can do a useful job for Microsoft 365 tenants that don't have the necessary licenses for sensitivity labels or who don't want to implement sensitivity labels.

• Entra ID

July 22, 2024