Tenant Consolidation and Turning Off the Lights
In this blog, we review the steps needed to migrate and properly decommission your old tenant during an M&A Consolidation.
March 5, 2024
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Stopping Spam Sent from Bad Microsoft 365 Domains
Anecdotal evidence is that some spam originates from onmicrosoft.com domains. These are the domains used by Microsoft 365 tenants and the spam indicates that attackers sign up for 'disposable' tenants to send their malware. This article describes what onmicrosoft.com domains are and how to use a mail flow rule to control their traffic.
February 26, 2024
Exchange 2019 CU14 Fixes Exploits in the Wild
Microsoft released cumulative update 14 for Exchange Server 2019 on February 13, 2024. This update fixes several bugs, but more importantly, contains a fix for a serious security issue that is being exploited in the wild. This is your sign to enable Extended Protection, if you haven't already.
February 21, 2024
Microsoft Releases Public Preview of Microsoft 365 Backup
If you’re interested in protecting your SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, or Exchange Online data, it is useful to understand how Microsoft 365 Backup works and what the software can and cannot do. In this article, Paul Robichaux walks through how to set up and test the preview version of Microsoft 365 Backup.
February 20, 2024
Practical Protection: Should You Allow User Application Consent?
User consent is a great example of the tension between improved security and user convenience. Users want to be able to consent to applications without requiring the help of IT, which also allows the potential for a breach. In this blog, Paul reviews your options to solving the user consent problem.
February 16, 2024
Detecting Midnight Blizzard using Microsoft Sentinel
This blog reviews the Midnight Blizzard Attack, providing some hypothetical scenarios of what actually happened and how it could've been prevented.
February 14, 2024
Practical Graph: Including Costs in a Microsoft 365 Licensing Report
This article describes how to include user license costs in a Microsoft 365 tenant licensing report created with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. The report includes annual costs for all licenses assigned to each user plus an overall licensing summary for the tenant. It even reports how effective the tenant is at assigning licenses!
February 7, 2024
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
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
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
AI Security & Safety – Microsoft Gives Us Their Expert View, Plus Copilot Goes Far and Wide: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E12
In this week's episode of the Practical 365 Podcast, Steve Goodman and Rich Dean welcome Microsoft CVP, Yonatan Zunger to talk through AI Security & Safety, including how you can get Copilot today.
January 26, 2024