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.
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.
In this Blog, Steve Goodman deep dives into how Copilot for Microsoft 365 works, exploring using Copilot with Documents, Microsoft 365 Search, Azure OpenAI, and more!
The Storm-0558 incident serves as a stark reminder of the potential threats that organizations face in today's digital landscape. In this blog, Rich Dean recaps the insider conversation around Storm-0558 that the Practical 365 Podcast team had with Alex Weinert, Microsoft's VP for Identity Security.
