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Building a Teams External Access Allow List from External Chats

A Teams external access whitelist controls the domains that users can connect to for federated chats. Organizations often limit federation using a whitelist to reduce the possibility of attacks through chat communications. This article explains how administrators can discover the set of domains users chat with by analyzing chat information using the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK.

November 7, 2023

An Insider’s Look into Storm-0558

The Storm-0558 incident serves as a stark reminder of the potential threats that organizations face in today's digital landscape. In this blog, Rich Dean recaps the insider conversation around Storm-0558 that the Practical 365 Podcast team had with Alex Weinert, Microsoft's VP for Identity Security.

November 6, 2023

Beware the Shadows of Active Directory – Cyber Security Horror Stories with Sean Metcalf: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E7

Join us for a thrilling Halloween special of the Practical 365 podcast with special guest Sean Metcalf, CTO of Trimarc. In this Episode, we'll explore the eerie changes in Windows 11 as it seeks to banish NTLM, navigate through common Active Directory misconfigurations, and delve deeper into the practical aspects of managing Active Directory configurations and so much more.

October 31, 2023

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