Microsoft 365 Archives

Using PowerShell to Generate a Report About Sensitivity Label Settings

Post author:By Tony Redmond

You can manage sensitivity label settings through the Microsoft Purview compliance portal, but it's hard to see all the settings for labels in a consumable manner. This article describes how to use PowerShell to extract and report sensitivity label settings, including highlighting rights assignments that might be out of date. It's an example of just how useful PowerShell is to Microsoft 365 administrators.

Microsoft 365

February 27, 2023

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Practical Protection: Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Hybrid

Post author:By Paul Robichaux

Hybrid work is really a mixed blessing—while it offers a lot of fantastic benefits for people who are able to take advantage of it, it can introduce some new and unpleasant security issues that you need to be prepared to deal with. This article dives into these new risks and how you can avoid them.

Azure Active Directory

February 23, 2023

The Prospect of Wiper Malware Attacks Against Microsoft 365 Tenants

Post author:By Tony Redmond

Microsoft 365 Wiper malware is a category of threat where attackers penetrate a tenant and remove data. In this article, we discuss if Microsoft 365 Wiper malware could remove all the files from SharePoint Online sites and what actions tenant administrators can take to defend against the apps that might wreak such havoc.

SharePoint Online

February 22, 2023

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Five Things Microsoft 365 Security Administrators Should Do in 2023

Post author:By Tony Redmond

Microsoft 365 security is a big topic. Focus is important when it comes to getting things done. In this article, we suggest five areas that administrators could work on during 2023 to improve the security posture of their tenant. You might already have established full control over some of these areas. Even if you have, it's still good to consider if you can improve security.

Azure Active Directory

February 20, 2023

The Great Microsoft 365 Meltdown of January 2023 Is Just Another Outage

Post author:By Tony Redmond

Many commentators got very exercised about the Microsoft 365 outage of 25 January 2023. The root cause was an untested configuration change to a WAN router which shouldn't have happened, but that's no reason to conclude that cloud services are flawed.

Microsoft 365

February 9, 2023

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Dipping your toes in Microsoft Sentinel Automation

Post author:By Thijs Lecomte

Automation is a big part of Sentinel, as it helps security administrators fight the spew of alerts generated by the different security solutions. In this article, we dive into some common use cases for automation and how to utilize Playbooks within Microsoft Sentinel.

Microsoft 365

February 7, 2023

Practical Protection: Why You Might Want to Get Rid of Ads

Post author:By Paul Robichaux

With an increase in ads being used to deliver malware, there is now a practical reason to consider blocking ads on your corporate network. Paul Robichaux offers 4 solutions to protecting your org from these pesty attacks.

Microsoft 365

January 26, 2023

Source Control for Microsoft 365 Tenant Admins: Part II

Post author:By Andy Schneider

This is the second article in a series of articles on Source Control for Microsoft 365 Tenant Admins. In this article, Andy Schneider explains how to use Git's capabilities and processes to easily collaborate and co-develop code.

Microsoft 365

January 25, 2023

What We Can Learn from the Rackspace Breach

Post author:By Paul Robichaux

In early December 2022, Rackspace had a major breach in their exchange environment that led to customers' mail data being stolen. This article explains what happened and what can be learned from this incident.

Exchange Server

January 19, 2023

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Using Advanced Message Tracking to identify Junk-Mail and Spoof Messages

Post author:By Siegfried Jagott

This article reviews using advanced message tracking to identify Junk-Mail and Spoof Messages through tools like Exchange Message Trace, Threat Explorer, Message Header Analyzer, and Advanced Hunting.

Blog

January 17, 2023

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All About Microsoft Purview Sensitivity Labels (2023)

Post author:By Tony Redmond

Microsoft has broadened and deepened the functionality available through sensitivity labels since their introduction in 2018. This article explains the basics of sensitivity labels and highlights some of the areas where important changes have occurred.