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A Unified Approach to Microsoft 365 management The Microsoft Graph API has been around for some time now and Microsoft is moving more management functions (such as License Management for Azure AD Accounts) to the platform. When Microsoft transitions a function to the Graph, organizations might have to update PowerShell scripts. Getting started with the […]
Tips and Techniques to Avoid Common Issues In a previous post, I discussed how to leverage the Microsoft Tunnel solution to control access to your Microsoft 365 environment. In this article, I discuss deploying the Microsoft Tunnel VPN gateway in an enterprise environment. Basic Deployment The basic steps to deploy the Microsoft Tunnel VPN gateway […]
Outlook mobile is Microsoft's preferred option for a mobile email client for Exchange Online. However, many still use Exchange ActiveSync (EAS)-based clients like the native iOS mail app. What's the best choice? :Like many things, it all depemds/
A report by the Microsoft 365 Defender Research team explained how attackers compromised admin accounts in a Microsoft 365 tenant. They then created a malicious OAuth app, granted the app some high-priority permissions, and used it to update the Exchange Online configuration to allow spam traffic to flow. All of this comes down to allowing attackers to compromise admin accounts.
At the TEC 2022 conference, Alex Weinert, Microsoft VP for Identity, outlined the need to deploy Azure AD MFA to protect accounts in Microsoft 365 tenants. Only 26.64% of all Azure AD accounts use MFA today, and while that percentage has grown from 1.8% in 2018, it's still disappointing.
A brief recap of Andy Robbins TEC session on Azure Managed Identities, discussing what they are, their challenges, and should you avoid them?
Control Your Configuration as Migrations Unfold It can be quite a challenge to maintain workload configurations in a Microsoft 365 tenant. Small to medium size organizations might have administrators responsible for the management of the entire tenant. Large enterprise organizations might assign different people to manage different workloads. All share a common responsibility of keeping […]
Guest access for your company should be planned and understood by all stakeholders, documented in the company’s Security Policy, and then implemented and reviewed to maintain a clean Azure AD environment.
Security researchers report that Teams stores the access token it uses in clear text on user workstations. Is this an issue? Well, it's not good, but it's probably not going to lead to many compromised workstations.
The Teams external access configuration includes an allow list that defines which Microsoft 365 tenants are allowed to collaborate with your users through chats and meetings. To make sure that your allow list is complete, we can check the guest accounts present in the tenant and update the configuration with the domains used by guests. All in a matter of some straightforward PowerShell code.
This article explains the importance of deploying Autodiscover correctly to ensure that all of Microsoft 365 works, including Exchange Online.
When you deploy Microsoft Sentinel, one of the most important design decisions is determining the appropriate data retention period.
