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
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Why Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) for Azure AD Matters
Continuous access evaluation (CAE) is a feature that flew under the radar over the past two years. Even so, CAE for Azure Active Directory is an extremely important feature that will not only increase the security posture of your environment but reduce the amount of time before a user loses access to resources when certain critical events happen. This article discusses the need for the feature and how to work with it.
March 22, 2022
Five New Year Resolutions for Microsoft 365 Tenant Administrators
The Microsoft 365 ecosystem is a big place and it's hard to keep on top of everything. But to start 2022 off with a bang, here are five areas for tenant adminstrators to consider when they plan how they'll spend their time in the new year.
January 10, 2022
For Heaven’s Sake, Just Turn on MFA Already
Microsoft has recently made major strides to improve the capability and resiliency of multi-factor authentication in Azure AD; however, this article highlights the four practical ways in which you can take advantage of MFA in your Microsoft 365 estate, and just turn the darn thing on already!
August 12, 2021
The Most Important Steps an Administrator Can Take to Make Exchange Online Secure by Default
There are many ways in which you can improve the security of your Exchange Online environment. In this article, Sean McAvinue details the most important steps that admins can immediately implement to align Exchange Online tenants with a good security baseline and posture.
July 30, 2021
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Azure AD
How to Block User Access to Microsoft 365 Accounts
A variety of methods exist to block access to Microsoft 365 accounts (Azure AD) from a complete block to a conditional access policy.
June 1, 2021
Using PowerShell to Manage Conditional Access (CA) Policies
Microsoft provides many methods to manage a tenant’s data and users. PowerShell is a powerful tool to manage resources, including Conditional Access Policies using a set of cmdlets in the AzureAD module. In this article, Microsoft MVP Damian Scoles reviews the eight PowerShell cmdlets and how to use them.
March 25, 2021
Azure Active Directory Premium – Where to Start
For many organizations it is not possible to implement and manage Office 365 to the level of security necessary without Azure AD Premium. It is also not possible to effectively deploy and consume the capabilities of Azure AD Premium all at once. Recommending a phased deployment approach, Brian Desmond walks you through implementation of the four most important features you should start with.
March 18, 2021
Multi-factor Authentication by Default for Administrators in Azure AD and Office 365
How the Azure Active Directory baseline security policy enforces multi-factor authentication for privileged administrator accounts in Office 365 and Azure AD.
June 29, 2018
Blocking IMAP, POP, and Other Legacy Applications From Office 365 Using Azure Active Directory Conditional Access
How to use Azure Active Directory conditional access policies to block legacy applications such as POP, IMAP, and basic authentication from connecting to Office 365.
June 14, 2018
Azure Active Directory Terms of Use or Conditional Access Policies Can Break Directory Synchronization
An incorrectly configured Azure Active Directory conditional access policy or terms of use policy can cause directory synchronization with Azure AD Connect to break.
May 22, 2018
Configuring Terms of Use for User Logins to Office 365 and Azure Active Directory
How to use Azure Active Directory conditional access to present terms of use policies to Office 365 and Azure AD users when logging in to their apps and services.
May 18, 2018