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Practical Protection: Controlling OneDrive Personal Sync

In this installment of Practical Protection, we look at Microsoft’s new OneDrive feature that prompts users to sync personal accounts on managed devices. While intended to reduce shadow IT, it risks exposing corporate data. With no option for admins to opt-out, we provide some advice on what you should do to prepare.

May 28, 2025

Practical Power Platform: Areas for Microsoft 365 Administrators to Explore

With Microsoft Power Platform on the rise with over 56 million monthly active users, governance is vital to reduce potential risk. In this first installment of Practical Power Platform, we discuss essential areas Microsoft 365 admins should focus on, including the Power Platform Admin Center, Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies, tenant isolation, and Microsoft Purview auditing.

May 27, 2025

Practical Sentinel: Reviewing and Optimizing costs

Microsoft Sentinel is based on the Azure stack and thus billed as part of your Azure consumption. It is important to be wary of the monthly cost as it can quickly expand if it is not being watched carefully. In this blog, we provide practical advice on how to manage and optimize your costs in Sentinel.

May 22, 2025

Use PnP PowerShell to Find SharePoint Document Libraries with Default Sensitivity Labels

I usually reach for the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK when I need to automate Microsoft 365 processes. But sometimes, the Graph doesn't work. PnP PowerShell is a great tool for interacting with SharePoint Online, in this instance to check document libraries to find how many have a default sensitivity label configured. The code works, it's reasonably quick, and it's an example of how flexible PowerShell can be in dealing with Microsoft 365.

May 19, 2025

Teams Android-Based Meeting Devices Move to AOSP

Microsoft recently announced a breaking change for all Android-based Teams devices. Teams Administrators must prepare some required policies in Microsoft Intune and also check and validate Conditional Access policies. If the changes aren’t made, Teams Android devices cannot log in after the automatic update installation.

May 13, 2025

Microsoft Changes Strategy for High Volume Email

A surprise announcement brings the news that the Exchange Online High Volume Email (HVE) solution will only deliver messages to internal recipients from June 2025. Azure ECS is now the sole offering for sending large volumes of email to external recipients. On the upside, HVE will support basic authentication until September 2028 to give tenants the chance to upgrade devices and apps.

May 12, 2025

Protecting Effectively Against Ransomware

Ransomware protection isn’t about a single solution; it’s a layered defense strategy. In this article, we explore a few recommendations that organizations can use to significantly reduce risk and combat ransomware in their tenant.

May 7, 2025

Practical Graph: Use App Management Policies to Control App Credentials

App secrets are used to authenticate registered apps with Entra ID. App secrets (or passwords) are convenient and easy to use, but they're relatively insecure. The default app management policy for the tenant can block app secrets while custom app management policies can allow selective apps to use app secrets for testing or other well-defined purposes. All explained here.

May 5, 2025