Using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps to Manage Third-Party Apps Better
See the practical use cases for Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps to reduce information leakage on Microsoft 365 and third-party apps.
June 15, 2022
Latest Articles
Why It’s a Good Idea to Review and Remove Inactive Azure AD Guest Accounts Annually
Over time, Microsoft 365 tenants tend to accumulate large numbers of guest accounts in Azure AD. And over time, some of those accounts become obsolete and inactive.
February 1, 2022
How to Manage Teams Apps Permissions and Policies
As Microsoft Teams continues to be rapidly adopted across the globe, the number of applications that integrate with Teams grows as well. So much that it's often difficult for decision-makers and administrators to determine what apps are beneficial to their organization and necessitate inclusion. Fortunately, the Microsoft Teams admin center provides the data around each app you need to decide. This article helps you navigate the Teams admin center; explores the various app types available; and provides detail around permission policies, setup policies, and things like Resource-specific consent you’ll want to familiarize yourself with so you can effectively manage Teams apps for your organization.
January 12, 2022
Can Azure AD Custom Security Attributes Replace Exchange Custom Attributes?
Microsoft launched the preview of Azure AD custom security attributes on December 1. Custom attributes are well known to Exchange administrators. In this article, we look at how to create and add Azure AD custom security attributes
January 4, 2022
Mitigating Risk Created by On-Premises Infrastructures in Microsoft 365
Continuing our review of practices to protect cloud infrastructures from weaknesses that can be introduced from on-premises accounts, we consider admin rights, authentication, and conditional access policies.
November 23, 2021
Improve MFA Effectiveness in Your Microsoft 365 Tenant in 30 Minutes
Microsoft has released two new features to help Multi-factor authentication for Azure AD accounts work smarter and better.
November 22, 2021
Using Adaptive Scopes with Microsoft 365 Retention Policies for Users and Groups
Adaptive scopes are a new way to dynamically target sets of locations (sites, users, and groups) for Microsoft 365 retention policies. In this article, we discuss the basics of adaptive scopes and how to build the filters used in the scopes, and then how to use adaptive scopes in retention policies.
November 11, 2021
Using the Microsoft SDK for PowerShell to Report Azure AD Account Sign-ins
The Microsoft Graph SDK for PowerShell can be used for many purposes, among which is access to Azure AD account sign-in data. In this article, we explain how to use the SDK cmdlets to retrieve sign-in data for both tenant and guest accounts.
October 26, 2021
Microsoft Forces Move from Azure AD Cmdlets for License Management
On June 30, 2022, Azure AD and Microsoft Online Services cmdlets will stop working for license management. The result is that you need to upgrade PowerShell scripts which use these cmdlets.
September 9, 2021
How to Permanently Remove Deleted Microsoft 365 Users from Azure AD
Deleted Azure AD users enter a soft-deleted 30-day period. During this time, administrators can recover accounts. You might want to remove deleted accounts before this period lapses.
August 11, 2021
Windows Laptops, Remote Work and Today’s Threat Landscape
The reality is, remote employees and working situations are here to stay. Unfortunately, many organizations have regressed in terms of endpoint security, partly due to the pandemic as well as the subsequent rush to implement remote work solutions. To help make sense of the many technologies out there and determine the best approach for your organization, this article explores different options from the traditional Active Directory domain membership with group policy management, to co-management with Configuration Manager and Microsoft Intune.
August 9, 2021
Azure AD Intune Windows 10
Taking Control of Your Unmanaged PCs with Intune
In a frantic rush to enable remote workers at the onset of the pandemic, many organizations were forced to ship devices directly to the user from the supplier without any prior configuration by IT. Administrators must take back control to properly secure and manage these devices. This article will show you how to regain control and prepare for scalable deployments consistent with corporate policy; reviews best practices for long-term management; and gets you thinking about how to protect your organization from this type of unmanaged situation in the future.
June 14, 2021