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Cyber Roundtable with Microsoft’s Alex Weinert on Storm-0558 & Identity Protection. Plus the New Teams & Exchange Security: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E6

Cyber Roundtable with Microsoft’s Alex Weinert on Storm-0558 & Identity Protection. Plus the New Teams & Exchange Security: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E6

On the show this week, Steve, Paul and Rich are joined by Microsoft's VP Director of Identity Security, Alex Weinert, to discuss almost all things related to securing identities. We hear about what happened behind the scenes during Storm-0558, and we discuss essential steps to protect Microsoft 365. And we discuss the latest news in the world of Microsoft 365 - in particular we discuss the new Teams 2.1 client that recently became GA, and for those still running on-premises or Hybrid Exchange Servers, it is time to get patching.

October 20, 2023
Reusing User Principal Names and Primary SMTP Addresses 13 Comments

Reusing User Principal Names and Primary SMTP Addresses

Microsoft 365 user accounts have user principal names (for sign in) and primary SMTP addresses (to receive email). Is it a good idea to reuse user principal names or SMTP addresses that become available when an employee leaves the organization. It might seem like a good idea, but it's really not and should be avoided. We explain why here.

October 17, 2023
Practical Graph: Report Microsoft Entra ID Administrative Units 2 Comments

Practical Graph: Report Microsoft Entra ID Administrative Units

Microsoft Entra administrative units are gaining in popularity. Restricted administrative units are now available and many Purview solutions support administrative units. In this article, we explain how to use Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets to create a report about administrative units, role assignments for their management, and their membership.

July 17, 2023
Microsoft Sets March 2025 Date for Retirement of Old Azure AD PowerShell Modules 7 Comments

Microsoft Sets March 2025 Date for Retirement of Old Azure AD PowerShell Modules

After much humming and hawing, Microsoft reset the retirement date for several old Azure AD modules to March 30, 2024. The nine-month extension is there to help customers convert scripts to use the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK or Graph API requests. On the upside, the extra time is good as it creates space to migrate scripts. On the downside, there's still some challenges in converting from the old Azure AD modules.

June 16, 2023
TEC European Roadshow 2023 – London, Paris, and Frankfurt: Identity and Microsoft 365 Security Tips

TEC European Roadshow 2023 – London, Paris, and Frankfurt: Identity and Microsoft 365 Security Tips

At the end of March, Practical 365 traveled with the TEC European roadshow, traveling between three cities in Europe over a week, listening to experts talking primarily about security-focused topics aimed at improving your Microsoft 365, Azure AD and Active Directory. Read our whistle-stop tour of the most important points made by expert speakers.

May 10, 2023