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Urgent Security Patches for Exchange and Outlook, Microsoft 365 Co-Pilot, Authenticator Lite, and more: Practical 365 Podcast S3 E23

In this week's show, Steve and Paul discuss Microsoft 365 Copilot. Not a sat-nav for your car, powered by the Microsoft Cloud, but an AI assistant that can help people with their daily tasks using OpenAI technologies. And nearly an episode doesn't go by without Exchange patches - but this time the Outlook issues could be pretty serious, so make sure you take a listen. Talking of Outlook - authenticator comes to mobile Outlook - is it a good thing? Plus much more..

Use PowerShell to Look Up IP Address Geolocation Data

Many Microsoft 365 and Exchange Server logs contain IP addresses. To find out where the IP addresses come from and if they are internal or external, PowerShell developers can use online web-based geolocation services. It's important not to overuse the services because you could be throttled.

Using the Entra ID System-Preferred Authentication Policy

Azure AD system-preferred authentication means that users must use their strongest authentication method when they sign-into Azure AD. The change emphasizes the desirability of strong authentication methods over weak. Now in preview, Microsoft plans to make the policy effective for everyone in July 2023.

Five Things Microsoft 365 Security Administrators Should Do in 2023

Microsoft 365 security is a big topic. Focus is important when it comes to getting things done. In this article, we suggest five areas that administrators could work on during 2023 to improve the security posture of their tenant. You might already have established full control over some of these areas. Even if you have, it's still good to consider if you can improve security.

Tenant-to-Tenant Migrations Planning: User Experience and Adoption Drives Customer Success

In this article, Julian Stephan reviews the most common user experience scenarios to consider in your tenant-to-tenant migration planning and how to add in the adoption of security and productivity features.

Deploying the Microsoft Tunnel VPN Gateway in Enterprise Environments

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 […]

Using Microsoft 365 Desired State Configuration in Tenant-to-Tenant Migrations

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 […]

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.

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