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
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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
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
Practical Graph: Report Microsoft 365 Subscriptions and Service Plans
Microsoft 365 subscriptions are what tenants buy to access functionality. The service plans in the subscriptions (product licenses) control what features are available. This article explains how to use PowerShell to generate a report about subscriptions and the service plans in each license.
January 10, 2024
Practical Protection: Getting Started with Incident Response
What does your Incident Response plan look like? In this blog, Paul Robichaux reviews what to expect when building your own Incident Response Plan.
January 9, 2024
Practical Endpoint: Enhance Mobile Security in MAM with Defender for Endpoint
In this article, we discuss how to enhance mobile security in MAM, focusing on the Defender for Endpoint functionality and features related to mobile devices, specifically for BYOD scenarios.
January 3, 2024
Microsoft 365 Review of 2023
This article is a review of Microsoft 365 in 2023 covering topics like Copilot, the new Teams client, security, the ban on old servers sending email to Exchange Online, and Microsoft's ongoing attempts to monetize the installed base with premium products and add-ons.
December 29, 2023