How to use Targeted Collections with Microsoft 365 Content Searches

• Post author:By Tony Redmond

Targeted collections are a method available to focus Microsoft 365 content searches on specific mailbox folders or folders in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. In this article, we discuss how to retrieve the folder identifiers needed for a content query using the Recoverable Items folders as an example. Targeted collections are a great way to run ultra-precise content searches when you're looking for the proverbial pea in a haystack of mailboxes.

• Microsoft Purview

July 13, 2023

Practical Protection: Five Things To Know About Microsoft 365 Auditing 

• Post author:By Paul Robichaux

Most of us don’t spend much time poking around in the unified audit log, but all of us probably should. In this article, we dive into 5 things you need to know about Microsoft 365 auditing.

• Microsoft 365

July 12, 2023

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Unveiling the Landscape: Exploring Microsoft Solutions for Multi-Tenant Management in Microsoft 365

• Post author:By Richard Dean

In this blog, Richard Dean Teases his TEC 2023 session and explores the complexities of Multi-Tenant Management using Microsoft solutions.

• Microsoft 365

July 11, 2023

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Resolving the Five Most Common Conditional Access Misconfigurations

• Post author:By Brandon Colley

Misconfigured Conditional Access policies may introduce unnecessary risk to your tenant. That is why it is important to make sure these policies are properly configured. In this blog, Brandon Colley reviews the five most common Conditional Access misconfigurations.

• Microsoft 365

July 10, 2023

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Surprisingly Useful New Teams Features, How to Avoid Teams Cybersecurity Issues & What to Expect from Microsoft Inspire: The Practical 365 Podcast S3 E31

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

Join us on for this week's Practical 365 Podcast, where we discuss Microsoft Inspire, Teams Malware, and more Teams features.

• Podcasts

July 6, 2023

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Practical Graph: How to Bulk Delete Entra ID Accounts

• Post author:By Tony Redmond

Most articles covering how to bulk delete Azure AD accounts use a CSV file to hold the input set of accounts for removal. That approach works, but there are better ways to do the job if the contents of Azure AD are accurate.

• Azure Active Directory

July 5, 2023

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Microsoft Brings Improvements to DMARC

• Post author:By Damian Scoles

It's time to armor up for battle with Microsoft's DMARC. In this article, Damian Scoles talks about new improvements to DMARC and how you can use them to protect against email attacks.

• Microsoft 365

July 3, 2023

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Practical Protection: Two Routes to Avoiding Malware in Teams 

• Post author:By Paul Robichaux

Recently, security researchers at JumpSec labs identified a vulnerability in Teams that allows malware delivery through Teams chat. Microsoft Acknowledged the vulnerability but didn't release any immediate remedies. In this blog, we will discuss two practical methods to avoiding malware delivery within Teams.

• Microsoft 365

June 29, 2023

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Exchange 2019 SMTP Relay Services

• Post author:By Jaap Wesselius

In this article, Jaap Wesselius explains two ways of creating a Receive Connector for SMTP relay purposes. It is up to your organization to decide which option best fits your needs.

• Blog

June 28, 2023

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Practical Graph: Maintain Manager-Employee Relationships Stored in Entra ID

• Post author:By Tony Redmond

Maintaining accurate Azure AD User Account manager links is important because many Microsoft 365 features like the Organization chart in Teams, the user profile card, and Outlook's Org Explorer depend on the information. This article covers how to use PowerShell to maintain the manager-employee links.

• PowerShell

June 27, 2023

Microsoft Outage, Exchange Cybersecurity Issues, and Teams Delivers Big New Features: The Practical 365 Podcast S3 E30

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

On the show this week, we're delving into the recent Microsoft Cloud outage, new Exchange Security patches, new Teams Feature, plus much more!

• Blog

June 26, 2023

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Microsoft Tells Customers How to Prepare for Microsoft 365 Copilot

• Post author:By Tony Redmond

On June 21, Microsoft posted a message center notification and a technical community blog to inform potential customers how to prepare for Microsoft 365 Copilot. Apart from some details about Copilot licensing and the disclosure that Outlook users will need the Monarch client to use Copilot, we didn't learn too much.

• Blog

June 23, 2023