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Microsoft Plans Automatic Upgrade of Apple Mail App Profiles 15 Comments

Microsoft Plans Automatic Upgrade of Apple Mail App Profiles

Tens of millions of Apple devices connect to Exchange Online user mailboxes. The mail app profile on many devices still use basic authentication, and that's a big problem because Microsoft will start to remove support for basic authentication for EWS and EAS, the two connectivity protocols used by Apple devices, from October 1, 2022. Microsoft and Apple have come up with a cunning plan to work around the problem. Success requires some administrator intervention to make sure that the app used by Apple to update the mail app profile can work without prompting the user for consent. It's time to act!

June 16, 2022
Using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps to Manage Third-Party Apps Better One comment

Using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps to Manage Third-Party Apps Better

I used Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps in a project with Microsoft 365 E5 licenses and realized it’s a handy and powerful tool at a reasonable price even if purchased as a standalone product. This post will outline practical use cases for using it to monitor and enforce restrictions on Microsoft 365 apps and some third-party apps to reduce the likelihood of information leakage.

June 15, 2022
Microsoft Teams Private Chat Migration Challenges Explained

Microsoft Teams Private Chat Migration Challenges Explained

Every large tenant to tenant (T2T) migration faces daunting challenges when it comes to Microsoft Teams private chat migrations. The primary challenges are around throughput performance and content fidelity. This post will outline the difficulties you will likely face in your Teams migration project for private chats so you can prepare your project plan accordingly.

June 14, 2022
When You Should Disable Azure AD Security Defaults

When You Should Disable Azure AD Security Defaults

Security Defaults is a control in Azure Active Directory which has been around since 2019 and is enabled by default on new tenants created after October 2019. Microsoft recently announced they will now start turning on Azure AD security defaults for existing tenants. Throughout this blog we will explore what this means and if Security Defaults is the right fit for your organization.

June 13, 2022
Microsoft Charging for Teams Export Graph APIs from July 2 Comments

Microsoft Charging for Teams Export Graph APIs from July

Microsoft will begin charging to use of Teams Export Graph APIs on a consumption meter basis from July 5. That might not seem such a bad idea, unless you're an ISV and would like to use the APIs for products like backup or tenant-to-tenant migration solutions. Or the tenants who will have to pay for the costs through Azure subscriptions. It seems like Microsoft is the only winner here and all the new APIs will do is add to their swelling cloud profits.

June 6, 2022
Microsoft Announces the Future for Exchange Server 18 Comments
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Microsoft Announces the Future for Exchange Server

On June 2, Microsoft made a bunch of announcements covering the future for Exchange Server. A new version will come in 2025 that will follow Microsoft's modern lifecycle policy (i..e., no end of support dates). The downside is that customers must install updates and remain current, and must be covered by Software Assurance. For those who really want to stay with on-premises, this is a good day. And the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) is coming back (hooray!) albeit in a virtual format (boo!).

June 2, 2022
Intune RBAC Roles for Multi-Region IT Departments Explained 2 Comments

Intune RBAC Roles for Multi-Region IT Departments Explained

Giving Intune Role Administrator permissions to all administrators is never the right answer; however, it is important for organizations to correctly set up Intune RBAC roles to ensure that administrators have the permissions to do their daily tasks without interfering or having the ability to tamper with devices that do not concern them.

June 2, 2022
Microsoft Plans Big Security Improvement for Unprotected Office 365 Tenants

Microsoft Plans Big Security Improvement for Unprotected Office 365 Tenants

Microsoft plans to enable Azure AD Security Defaults for Office 365 tenants created prior to October 2019. The move will protect an additional 60 million Azure AD accounts against common attacks by enforcing MFA more broadly. It's a big deal in terms of improving the overall security posture of Office 365. If you don't want to use Security Defaults, tenant administrators can switch them off.

June 1, 2022