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If you’re interested in protecting your SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, or Exchange Online data, it is useful to understand how Microsoft 365 Backup works and what the software can and cannot do. In this article, Paul Robichaux walks through how to set up and test the preview version of Microsoft 365 Backup.
Microsoft 365 Tenant-to-Tenant Migrations are more than just a data transfer! In this blog, Karin Skapski explores practical steps and scripts to establish cohesive visual branding in a Microsoft 365 tenant, ensuring a seamless transition for both your team and data.
The Invoke-HoldRemovalAction cmdlet is available in the compliance module. Its role is to remove obsolete eDiscovery holds from Exchange Online mailboxes and SharePoint Online sites. Old, lingering holds can prevent the removal of objects, so it's good to get rid of them.
A key aspect of a well-managed Microsoft 365 environment is to ensure that SharePoint sites are removed when they are no longer needed. In this blog, Sean McAvinue explores how to combine relatively basic PowerShell and Azure Automation skills with Power Automate to create a clean, robust way to manage the lifecycle of SharePoint sites in your Microsoft 365 tenant.
A Graph API is available to extract details of the sensitivity labels assigned to SharePoint Online documents. This article explores how to extract the information from files in a document library and use it to create a report. The nice thing is that once you have the data, you can slice and dice it any way you wish in Excel, Power BI, or whatever tool you prefer.
Microsoft 365 Wiper malware is a category of threat where attackers penetrate a tenant and remove data. In this article, we discuss if Microsoft 365 Wiper malware could remove all the files from SharePoint Online sites and what actions tenant administrators can take to defend against the apps that might wreak such havoc.
Microsoft plans to launch a Pay As You Go backup and restore service for Exchange Online and SharePoint Online as part of its Syntex content management suite. This is new ground for Microsoft as they've never offered a backup service for Microsoft 365 before. How will Syntex compare to ISV backup services? Time will tell!
Sensitivity Labels
Microsoft 365 tenants can assign colors to the sensitivity labels used to mark files and messages. However, the set of colors chosen by Microsoft is frankly a bit weird. You can use PowerShell to assign different colors to labels and in this article, we show you how to use a traffic light color scheme.
This article explores how to use PowerShell and Microsoft Graph API requests to create a report about the files in a SharePoint Online site.
Proofpoint says that it's possible to attack SharePoint Online by creating so many encrypted file versions in document libraries that it's impossible to restore good copies. The technique is viable, but multi-factor authentication is a good way to block account compromise and stop attackers getting in and encrypting files.
In April, we had over 450 attendees join and ask questions in our TEC Talk on lessons learned from Office 365 tenant to tenant migrations. Get the highlights and the Q&A to the top questions asked!
The OneDrive Sync Client is key to providing users with a reliable way to store files in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. Therefore, it’s important that tenant administrators deploy OneDrive in a way that meets their organization’s requirements. This article explores the administrative options available for deploying and controlling OneDrive Sync Client.