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The Office 365 Service Communications API allows tenant access to service update message data, just like you see in the Microsoft 365 admin center. This article explores how to use the API to fetch service messages and report them in different formats, including HTML and even as a Word document.
Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android (MTRoA) - formerly known as Collaboration Bars, are designed to cater for both smaller meeting rooms and for individual users - known as personal mode. Learn how to set this up and explore what it can do.
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (Previously Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection) is a suite of tools/policies that provides powerful protection for your Office 365 environment. This article explores the various tools available at the different licensing levels and shows how Preset Policies and Configuration Analyzer can help you quickly align with the guidance provided, allowing you to focus on the settings that matter the most in your environment.
When performing a cost-benefit analysis of the Microsoft 365 E5 license for users in your organization, cost is usually the deciding factor as the quality of the features are rarely disputed. However, there are some who argue that to maintain a "Better" Security and Compliance posture as suggested by Microsoft, some of these key security features should be made more widely accessible and affordable and therefore included in the E3 license structure. Microsoft MVP Peter Rising took his debate to Twitter, conducting a straw poll where the results show there is clearly an appetite for more choice when it comes to Microsoft 365 licensing.
Scoping and planning are instrumental for a successful Office 365 tenant-to-tenant migration project. This article covers where Microsoft native tools can be a good fit for some, paid tools the best option for others; and review how to realistically scope your project and map to the appropriate options.
This week Microsoft announced Windows 365 - launching on August 2nd, which is (arguably) Microsoft's big entry into Desktop as a Service (DaaS). Windows 365 allows you to provide users with persistent virtual desktops without managing the supporting infrastructure. AVD gets new features too, with Azure AD Join and Intune management now in Preview.
Within large organizations utilizing Teams, generating reports on channel storage and then migrating this data is extremely difficult. To help map out how Teams uses SharePoint, this article introduces a simple Graph API/PowerShell script to report Teams channels and their SharePoint locations and walks you through the steps so you can run the report yourself.
Microsoft is moving the Office 365 Service Communications API to the Microsoft Graph. The new API is in public preview. Converting PowerShell scripts from the old API to the new isn't particularly difficult if you have ever worked with the Graph before. As always, the devil is in the detail, but persistence and some mild swearing should be enough to get scripts over the line. This article explores how to use the new API to fetch and report details of service incidents.
When Microsoft delivers shared channels later in 2021, Teams users will have three types of channels to choose from. In this article, we discuss the differences between regular, private, and shared channels and how they are used.
Microsoft has released security updates for Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016, and Exchange 2019 to fix some remote code execution vulnerabilities. It's time to update your on-premises servers again, including those used for hybrid management. Let's not give those nasty hackers any easy targets to attack.
Just because you can rename your SharePoint Online URL, should you? Mike Weaver points out five major considerations you should seriously take into account if your organization is thinking about pursuing this course of action.
Ten years after its launch, backing up Office 365 data is more difficult than ever before. Apps are more complex and interconnected and APIs aren't available. What should an Office 365 administrator do to protect tenant data. Here's some thoughts on the challenges and why Microsoft needs to do more to help in this space.
