Microsoft's Alex Simons came to the TEC 2025 conference to talk about the future of Entra ID, a lot of which hangs on the use of AI in components like the Entra agents that are now in preview. The idea of using agents to relieve hard-pressed human administrators is great, but only if those agents do more than a skilled human administrator can do, and that's not the case so far.
In this blog, we dive into Microsoft’s GitHub Spark, and how it redefines how developers and non-developers alike build intelligent web apps. By combining GitHub Copilot with a natural language interface, Spark lets users describe what they want and watch it come to life with no deep coding required.
In this installment of Practical Teams, we explain what App-Centric Management is, how Integrated Apps work, and how Unified App Management differs from earlier methods.
In this installment of Practical Protection, we look at Microsoft’s new OneDrive feature that prompts users to sync personal accounts on managed devices. While intended to reduce shadow IT, it risks exposing corporate data. With no option for admins to opt-out, we provide some advice on what you should do to prepare.
Many tenants have inactive guest accounts, and sometimes in large numbers. Microsoft has made it easy to invite guests but harder for guests to voluntarily leave; overall, the lifecycle management process for guest accounts makes it easy to end up with guest ghosts. Finding out whether you’re a guest ghost host is the purpose of this column.
Managing a wide variety of Entra Groups with multiple administrators and teams can be challenging. In this blog, Jasper Baes shares a helpful tool to help maintain control over group assignments, and how to implement it within your organization.
With 2025 in full swing, it's time to do some reflecting! In this episode of practical protection, we look back at the major Microsoft security events in 2024 and how you can prepare yourself for what's to come in 2025.
Incident Response is all about people, process, and technique. In this episode of Practical Protection, we review different issues that can arise during incident response.
Don't miss your chance to meet and learn from your favorite Practical 365 Authors at TEC 2024. As a proud sponsor of TEC, we are offering BOGO discounts on exclusive pre-con workshops with authors Michel De Rooij, Jaap Wesselius, and more!
Microsoft recently released a memo from Security VP, Charlie Bell. In this blog, we recap the memo and discuss some of the new security initiatives Microsoft is working towards.
In this blog, Thijs Lecomte reviews Exclusion for Microsoft Security Solutions, why they are important, and how to manage them.
In this blog, we review the steps needed to migrate and properly decommission your old tenant during an M&A Consolidation.
