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Customers will see their bills increase from July 1, 2026, when Microsoft 365 pricing increases go into effect, adding up to $3/month for licenses....
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Major updates in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Intune (December 2025)
Last Updated on December 4, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction On December 4, 2025, Microsoft released major… The post Major updates i...
Read Article →Talking Microsoft 365 Compliance at the European SharePoint Conference
Paul Robichaux and I led a session about Microsoft 365 Compliance at the European SharePoint Conference in Dublin on December 2, 2025. During the s...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros December 2025 Update
The Office 3675 for IT Pros team is happy to announce that the files for update #126 are available for subscribers to download from Gumroad.com. Th...
Read Article →Microsoft 365: The Essential 10 Security Considerations
When we talk about Microsoft 365 security, we are talking about two things: The latter can be used to achieve the former, as well as other (non-Mic...
Read Article →How to Enable Baseline Security Mode in Microsoft 365
Learn how to enable Baseline Security Mode in Microsoft 365 and understand some of the pitfalls for administrators. The post How to Enable Baseline...
Read Article →How to Check if Shared Mailboxes Need MDO Licenses
Shared mailboxes might need Microsoft Defender for Office 365 licenses, but how do you identify how many licenses? We use PowerShell to do the job ...
Read Article →Store your Microsoft 365 passkeys in 1Password
Check out this article via web browser: Store your Microsoft 365 passkeys in 1Password Syncable passkeys in Microsoft 365 and Entra ID are here, so...
Read Article →Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell December 2025 Update
The December 2025 update (version 18) of the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook is now available to download. Current subscribers can f...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 Announcements at Ignite 2025
The Ignite 2025 keynote was a marathon 150-minute event, but some interesting Microsoft 365 announcements emerged, mostly centered on AI. Microsoft...
Read Article →How to Stay up to Date With Microsoft 365 Updates
Learn how to stay up to date with constant changes to Microsoft 365 products and services and build a consistent routine. The post How to Stay up t...
Read Article →Version 1.5 of the Microsoft 365 User Password and Authentication Report
The Microsoft 365 User Passwords and Authentication report now includes the last used date for authentication methods (when available). The new dat...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 Companion Apps Fail to Impress
Microsoft 365 Companion Apps are being deployed to Windows 11 PCs now. The apps don't seem to add much if any value over standard Microsoft 365 app...
Read Article →Mastering Microsoft Entra Authentication Contexts - Part 4: Monitoring and Reporting with KQL & M365IdentityPosture
We’ve covered what Authentication Contexts are, why they matter, and how they help us strengthen access and data security in Microsoft 365. Now it’...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros November 2025 Update
The Office 365 for IT Pros Team is happy to announce the availability of the November 2025 update. Subscribers can download the PDF and EPUB files ...
Read Article →Microsoft Issues Updated Guidance for Defender for Office 365 Licensing
Some inconsistencies in the MDO P2 service description and licensing terms exposed a need for tenants to license every user and shared mailboxes. M...
Read Article →Bringing Order to Microsoft’s Fast‑Moving Copilot Rollout in Microsoft 365
The rapid and widespread rollout of Microsoft 365 Copilot has created a governance challenge for organizations. Features are often enabled before c...
Read Article →Governing access to app stores in Microsoft 365 apps
Introduction Within Microsoft 365, users can extend app functionality directly from built‑in app stores. Outlook add‑ins, Teams apps, and Office ex...
Read Article →Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell November 2025 Update
The November 2025 update for the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook is available online. Subscribers can download the new PDF and EPUB ...
Read Article →Configuring Conditional Access for Guest Users: Allowing Only Office 365 and Essential Apps
Introduction Configuring Conditional Access (CA) for guest users can be challenging when you want to strictly limit access to Office 365 and a few ...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 Copilot Usage Report API General Availability
The Copilot usage report Graph API is now generally available. Like the report APIs for the other workloads, the Copilot usage API helps to underst...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros October 2025 Update
Monthly update #124 for the Office 365 for IT Pros (2026 edition) eBook is now available. Current subscribers can download the updated PDF and EPUB...
Read Article →Using the Enterprise Website Microsoft 365 Copilot Connector
Microsoft 365 Copilot Search can be extended by ingesting information from external sources through a Microsoft 365 Copilot Connector. In this arti...
Read Article →Assembly Clashes Make Microsoft 365 PowerShell Frustrating
An assembly clash happens when a PowerShell module attempts to load a .NET assembly only to find that a different version is already loaded in the ...
Read Article →Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell October 2025 Update
The Office 365 for IT Pros team is happy to announce the availability of the October 2025 update for the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell e...
Read Article →Copilot Chat Arrives in Microsoft 365 Apps
The rollout of the Copilot Chat integration with the Microsoft 365 apps has started, with the intention of making it easier to use AI in peoples’ w...
Read Article →How to Actually Security Benchmark Your Microsoft 365 Tenant
Learn why understanding core principals of Microsoft 365 is important and how to properly assess the posture of your Microsoft 365 tenant. The post...
Read Article →People Settings Appear in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center
The Org Settings section of the Microsoft 365 admin center has a new People Settings section where you can choose properties for the Microsoft 365 ...
Read Article →September 2025 Update for Office 365 for IT Pros
Monthly update #123 is available for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook. Subscribers can download updated EPUB and PDF files for the main book and th...
Read Article →September 2025 Update for Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell
The Office 365 for IT Pros eBook team is proud to announce the availability of update 15 for the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook. Th...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 Tenants Need Vanity Domains to Send External Email
Microsoft will impose a throttling limit for external recipients for tenants that use MOERA domain addresses to send outbound email. The limit is d...
Read Article →Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Shared Mailboxes, and Microsoft 365 Groups
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO) requires shared mailboxes to be licensed but doesn't extend the same requirement to Microsoft 365 Groups. G...
Read Article →Maintaining a Microsoft 365 Retention Policy with PowerShell
The Connect-IPPSSession cmdlet is needed to connect to the Security and Compliance endpoint to update a Microsoft 365 retention policy. Unhappily, ...
Read Article →Unexpected Microsoft Defender for Office 365 License Requirement for Shared Mailboxes
A question about shared mailboxes brought up the topic of licensing requirements when a tenant has Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO). The new...
Read Article →Creating a Microsoft 365 Retention Policy for Shared Mailboxes
After being asked whether licenses are needed to include shared mailboxes in Microsoft 365 retention policies, I investigated and found that licens...
Read Article →Monthly Update #122 Available for Office 365 for IT Pros eBook
Monthly update #122 is now available for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook. Subscribers can download PDF and EPUB files for the update from Gumroad....
Read Article →AI Access Governance in M365: Detect Sensitive Prompts and Output
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Read Article →August 2025 Update for Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook
The August 2025 update for the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook is available for subscribers to download. The eBook now includes over...
Read Article →How to Block Upload to WeTransfer, DropBox & Google Drive (but Allowing Download) – using Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
This blog was created in response to recent policy changes related to the WeTransfer cloud storage service. These changes raised ... Read more
Read Article →How to Remove Members from Microsoft 365 Groups with PowerShell
After writing about how to copy group memberships from one user to another, the question arises about removing members from groups. The answer is s...
Read Article →How to Find All Inactive Guests in Microsoft 365
Find inactive guests users in your Microsoft tenant using the Entra admin center or programmatically with Microsoft Graph PowerShell. The post How ...
Read Article →Defender for Office 365 Auto-Remediation of Malicious Messages (AIR)
In Defender for Office Automated Investigation and Response (AIR) is important. Microsoft has improved the features surrounding Auto-Remediation of...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 Copilot Search Rolling Out
Microsoft 365 Copilot Search is the second iteration of Copilot Search. It borrows heavily from the older Microsoft Search in Bing feature in terms...
Read Article →Configuring M365 Company Branding & Privacy Settings: Simple Tricks to Reduce Phishing Risks
Company branding isn’t just about creating a visual identity - it’s a key security measure for reducing phishing risks. In this post, I dive into h...
Read Article →Announcing Office 365 for IT Pros (2026 Edition)
Office 365 for IT Pros (2026 edition), the 12th in an eBook series going back to May 2015, is now available. Covering all the essential aspects of ...
Read Article →Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell Second Edition
The Office 365 for IT Pros team are thrilled to announce the availability of Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell (2nd edition). This completel...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 PowerShell Modules Need Better Testing
Recent problems with Microsoft 365 PowerShell modules afflicted the ability of Azure Automation runbooks to execute cmdlets Microsoft Graph PowerSh...
Read Article →Launch Plan for Office 365 for IT Pros (2026 Edition)
We're a week away from the launch of the Office 365 for IT Pros (2026 edition) eBook, the 12th edition issued since the first book appeared in 2015...
Read Article →People Skills Rolling Out Within Microsoft 365
People Skills is a new Microsoft 365 solution that uses AI to determine what skills are possessed by users based on their profile and activities. T...
Read Article →Using a Copilot Agent in SharePoint to Interact with Office 365 for IT Pros
Copilot Studio Agents can use files as knowledge sources to reason over when they respond to user prompts. We explain how to use the monthly PDFs i...
Read Article →June 2025 Update Available for Office 365 for IT Pros (2025 Edition)
Monthly update #120 (June 2025) is available for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook. This is the last update for the 2025 edition as the 2026 edition...
Read Article →June 2025 Update for the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook
The June 2025 update for the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook is now available. Coding automation with Microsoft 365 PowerShell can b...
Read Article →M365 License Assignment Report
Table of Contents Introduction Requirements Features How does it work? Interactive Authentication Client Secret Authentication Certificate Authenti...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 Copilot Gets Viva Insights Service Plans
Two new service plans are now in the Microsoft 365 Copilot license to allow users access to Viva Insights. The new service plans enable the Copilot...
Read Article →Replacing Litigation Holds with Microsoft 365 Retention Policies
Litigation holds can retain mailbox data, but that's it. You can swap litigation holds out for a Microsoft 365 retention policy and gain extra func...
Read Article →Defender for Office 365: Visualisation of the Tenant Allow/Block List features
During my work with customers, when I explain the tenant allow and block features in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 P1/P2, I often get the quest...
Read Article →How Microsoft 365 Copilot Tenants Benefit from SharePoint Advanced Management
At Ignite 2024, Microsoft said that Copilot for Microsoft 365 tenants would benefit from SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM). What does that mean?...
Read Article →May 2025 Update for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook
Subscribers for Office 365 for IT Pros (2025 edition) eBook can download the May 2025 updates (#119) now. Update #11.3 for the PowerShell book is a...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance User Group
Together with Thijs, I gave our updated session on how we architect a SOC on top of Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Sentinel. Since there were...
Read Article →How to Find Active EWS-Based Apps in a Microsoft 365 Tenant
Microsoft will retire Exchange Web Services (EWS) from Exchange Online on October 1, 2026. A new usage report helps tenants understand what apps us...
Read Article →Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell Update #11
Update #11 for the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook is now available for subscribers to download. The eBook is now over 300 pages lon...
Read Article →Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Exposes Bad Links in Email Preview
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 includes many tools to help investigators manage threat. The Email Preview tool shows the layout and appearance o...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros April 2025 Update
The April 2025 Update for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook is now available for subscribers to download. This is monthly update #118 for Office 365...
Read Article →Artificial Intelligence, PowerShell, and Microsoft 365 Administration
Artificial Intelligence and PowerShell should be a good thing to help hard-pressed Microsoft 365 tenant administrators cope with common tasks. The ...
Read Article →How to Stop Microsoft 365 Users Uploading SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Files to ChatGPT
Microsoft 365 users can connect their OneDrive for Business account to ChatGPT. This is not a great thing because it exposes the potential for sens...
Read Article →Use Data Loss Prevention to Stop Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat from Processing Documents in Its Responses
The DLP policy for Microsoft 365 Copilot blocks access to sensitive files by checking for the presence of a sensitivity label. If a predesignated l...
Read Article →Create a Free Interactive License Usage Report for Microsoft 365
Easily identify wasted Microsoft 365 licenses with this free PowerShell script to generate an interactive HTML report. The post Create a Free Inter...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros March 2025 Update
The Office 365 for IT Pros writing team is thrilled to announce that monthly update #117 for March 2025 is now available for subscribers to downloa...
Read Article →Tracking Down Bootleg Copies of Office 365 for IT Pros
Free downloads of Office 365 for IT Pros, normally in PDF format, are available from sites around the internet. All are illegal and outdated copies...
Read Article →An Interesting M365 Billing Scam
An Interesting M365 Billing Scam Update I called the 888 number this morning and it does indeed go to a scam call center. I played along with the p...
Read Article →Why Microsoft 365 Copilot Works for Some and Not for Others
Some people get great results from AI tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot. Others struggle to make Copilot useful. As an article by a Microsoft produc...
Read Article →Update #9 for Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook
The Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook is now at update #9. The latest update spans 300 pages of content covering how to use PowerShell...
Read Article →How to register for QR code authentication in Microsoft 365
Learn how to register a QR code authentication in Microsoft 365 and enforce the policy via Conditional Access. The post How to register for QR code...
Read Article →Monthly Update #116 for Office 365 for IT Pros
Monthly update #116 (February 2025) is available for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook. The refresh includes update #8 new files for the Automating ...
Read Article →Update #8 Available for Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell
Monthly update #8 is now available for the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell ebook. Subscribers can download the updated files from Gumroad....
Read Article →From SPF to DANE: Securing Microsoft 365 Email Communications
Enhancing the security of your organization’s communication channels is more critical than ever. Building on foundational protocols like SPF, DKIM,...
Read Article →Primer: How to Schedule Azure Automation Runbooks to Process Microsoft 365 Data
After creating a runbook to process Microsoft 365 data, registering the runbook with an automation schedule means that the runbook will execute on ...
Read Article →Restore Microsoft 365 users with a new username using PowerShell
Learn how to use Microsoft Graph PowerShell to restore Microsoft Entra users and issue them a new username at the same time. The post Restore Micro...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 User Profile Card Gets Name Pronunciation
The Microsoft 365 user profile card offers users the chance to record and playback name pronunciations, if tenant settings allow. The new setting i...
Read Article →All About the Office 365 for IT Pros GitHub Repository
The Office365ITPros GitHub repository holds over 300 PowerShell scripts showing how to interact with Microsoft 365 and Entra ID. Anyone can contrib...
Read Article →9 ways to improve your M365 MFA deployment in 2025
Here are 9 ways you can improve the multi-factor authentication deployment in Microsoft 365 for your organisation in 2025. The post 9 ways to impro...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros January 2025 Update
Monthly update #115 is now available for download by subscribers to the Office 365 for IT Pros (2025 edition) eBook. The files available to subscri...
Read Article →The Confusing Renaming of Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft loves branding exercises. At least, that can be the only reason why the Microsoft 365 Copilot rename is happening. I can think of no othe...
Read Article →Blocking Microsoft 365 Copilot Making Inferences in Teams Meetings
The Copilot inference and evaluation policy controls if users can ask Copilot in Teams to evaluate the emotions of other meeting participants. It s...
Read Article →Processing Microsoft 365 Retention Labels with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK
Two types of retention labels are in use: Microsoft 365 retention labels and MRM retention tags. Clients hide the difference, but the Microsoft Gra...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 Users to Get Outlook’s Org Explorer
Microsoft originally were going to license the Outlook Org Explorer to E3 and E5 users. Then they had the clever plan to license the feature throug...
Read Article →New Option Available to Update Microsoft 365 User Profile
The scheduled retirement of Delve on December 16, 2024, meant that Microsoft had to create a new way for users to update their profile settings. Th...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 Unifies Video Under Clipchamp Brand
A November 26 announcement says that Microsoft 365 Video will bring Stream and Clipchamp together under the Clipchamp brand. A lot of hard work ove...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros December 2024 Update
The Office 365 for IT Pros writing team is thrilled to announce the availability of the December 2024 update (monthly update #114). Current subscri...
Read Article →Microsoft to Enforce Mandatory MFA Requirement for Microsoft 365 Admin Center
In February 2025, Microsoft will begin enforcing a mandatory MFA requirement for the Microsoft 365 admin center. All connections to the Microsoft 3...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros November 2024 Update
Monthly Update #113 (November 2024) for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook is now available for download by current subscribers from Gumroad.com. An ...
Read Article →How to Restore the Service Plan for a Microsoft 365 Product License
Many articles describe how to disable a service plan for a product license assigned to a Microsoft 365 account, but few cover how to enable service...
Read Article →Microsoft Says SMEs Can Benefit from Microsoft 365 Copilot
An October 17, 2024 report highlights how Microsoft 365 Copilot can benefit SMEs in terms of increased revenue and ROI. But the report is a marketi...
Read Article →Will Microsoft 365 Copilot Errors and Hallucinations Eventually Corrupt the Microsoft Graph?
Copilot errors in generated text can happen for a variety of reasons, including poor user prompts. If the errors end up in documents, they can infe...
Read Article →Using the Members of a Dynamic Microsoft 365 Group to Populate an Adaptive Scope
Adaptive searches are a nice way to target users, sites, and groups for Purview retention processing. But a user adaptive scope can't select member...
Read Article →No Reason to “Upgrade” Distribution Lists to Microsoft 365 Groups
The Exchange admin center feature to allow administrators to initiate an upgrade distribution list process to request group owners to migrate distr...
Read Article →How I Write PowerShell Scripts for Microsoft 365
The question of how best to write PowerShell for Microsoft 365 was asked during a TEC 2024 PowerShell workshop. There are many variables, and one h...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros October 2024 Update
The Office 365 for IT Pros team is delighted to announce the availability of monthly update #112. Subscribers for the 2025 edition can now download...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 Licensing Report Script V1.94
The Microsoft 365 Licensing Report PowerShell script has been upgraded to generate detailed license information and to deal with expired license su...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 Admin Center to Support Continuous Access Evaluation
The Microsoft 365 admin center will support continuous access evaluation (CAE) from September 2024 to help revoke access from accounts more quickly...
Read Article →Transferring Reusable PowerShell Objects Between Microsoft 365 Tenants
People often need to transfer objects or code between Microsoft 365 tenants. When it comes to dealing with objects, the Microsoft Graph PowerShell ...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros September 2024 Update
Files are available to download for the September 2024 update for the Office 365 for IT Pros (2025 edition) eBook. This is monthly update #111 for ...
Read Article →The Benefits of Rationalizing License Management in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center
The decision to rationalize license management in the Microsoft 365 admin center wasn't popular but the signs are that it could deliver benefits to...
Read Article →Switching Microsoft 365 Data Report Privacy On and Off
The Usage Reports Graph API is now generally available, which means that it's fully supported. In other news, a Graph API is available for Microsof...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 Admin Center to Take Over License Assignments
Microsoft is removing license assignments from the Entra admin center. From Sept 1, new license assignments are done in the Microsoft 365 admin cen...
Read Article →Microsoft Cloud Revenues Keep on Growing
The Microsoft FY24 Q4 results delivered solid growth in Microsoft Cloud revenues. No new numbers were given for Office 365 or Teams users, possibly...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros August 2024 Update
The first update for Office 365 for IT Pros (2025 edition) or monthly update #110 is now available for subscribers to download. The update covers b...
Read Article →Adding Cost Center Reporting to the Microsoft 365 Licensing Report
The Microsoft 365 licensing report now supports a cost center analysis based on cost center values stored in an Exchange custom attribute. The new ...
Read Article →Outlook Mobile Continues to Set the Standard for Microsoft 365 Email Mobility
It's common to be asked which is the best mobile email client for Exchange Online. My view is that Outlook Mobile is the only client to use (if pos...
Read Article →Using Company-wide Sharing Links with Copilot for Microsoft 365
Some folks wonder why they can't use documents shared with them using company-wide links with Copilot for Microsoft 365. As it turns out, the answe...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros 2025 Edition is Now Available
Office 365 for IT Pros 2025 edition, the 11th edition of the most comprehensive and in-depth book covering the Microsoft 365 Office servers, is now...
Read Article →Veeam Backup M365 – Exchange Online backup fails with error: Failed to get folder properties. Not allowed to access non IPM folder
Last Updated on September 24, 2024 by Michael Morten Sonne Intoduction This blog post is about an issue… The post Veeam Backup M365 – Exchang...
Read Article →Version 1.9 of the Microsoft 365 Licensing Report
The Microsoft 365 Licensing Report is a popular PowerShell script that's just been updated to V1.9 with a bunch of changes to highlight different a...
Read Article →Blocking Download Access to Teams Channel Meeting Recordings
Our review of the Videos chapter for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook found a Teams meeting policy setting we hadn't documented to block downloads ...
Read Article →The End for Office 365 Connectors Comes Into Sight
Office 365 Connectors bring data from external sources into Microsoft 365 apps like Teams and Outlook. Workflows and Power Automate are replacing C...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros June 2024 Update
The June 2024 update for the Office 365 for IT Pros 2024 edition ebook is available for download. We're also announcing the availability of the 202...
Read Article →European Union Lines up Anti-Trust Charges Against Microsoft Over Teams
The Financial Times reported that the EU is lining up new charges against Microsoft for Teams anti-competitive behavior. Given that Microsoft has a...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros May 2024 Update Available
Another month, another update for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook. In this case, it's monthly update #107 for Office 365 for IT Pros (2024 edition...
Read Article →Disabling Bits of Copilot for Microsoft 365
The Copilot for Microsoft 365 license has 8 service plans to govern feature availability. You can disable individual components, if you know what y...
Read Article →Microsoft Cloud Exceeds 50% of Microsoft Total Revenues
The Microsoft FY24 Q3 results didn't contain any new user numbers for Office 365 or Teams. However, we did learn that Copilot and Azure are popular...
Read Article →Disappointing Session Schedule for M365 Conference
The M365 Conference takes place in Orlando, FL from April 28 to May 2, 2024. I have two sessions, but my attempts to find sessions that cover all o...
Read Article →Get started with passkeys in Microsoft 365
Check out this article via web browser: Get started with passkeys in Microsoft 365 It’s here! A long-awaited feature in Microsoft 365 is fina...
Read Article →Automated Microsoft 365 Security Posture Monitoring with Maester
Configure an automation Microsoft 365 Security Poster Monitoring solution using the Maester tool using Azure Automation. The post Automated Microso...
Read Article →Protecting Against QR Code Phishing in Defender for Office 365
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Read Article →Security Copilot Scalable Capacity Management for non-24×7 SOC scenario
Background Some of my customers are not having 24×7 SOC but still wants to utilize Microsoft Security Copilot during their ... Read more
Read Article →Defender for Office 365 – Hunting and responding to QR code-based phishing attacks
Last Updated on April 3, 2024 by Michael Morten Sonne Intoduction Now you can strengthening your defense against… The post Defender for Offic...
Read Article →Enable High Volume Email for Microsoft 365
Learn how to configure High Volume Email in Microsoft 365 to increase the Exchange Online messaging limits for your applications. The post Enable H...
Read Article →Interpreting Audit Events for Microsoft 365 Copilot
The unified audit log includes Copilot for Microsoft 365 audit events captured when users interact with Copilot through apps. The information is ve...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros April 2024 Update
The April 2024 update for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook is now available for subscribers to download from Gumroad.com or Amazon.com. Like every ...
Read Article →All About Microsoft 365 Tenant Identifiers
Every Microsoft 365 tenant has a tenant identifier, a unique GUID that's used within the Entra ecosystem to identify a tenant and its objects. Much...
Read Article →How Many Licensed Microsoft 365 Accounts Use the Loop App?
After the welcome announcement that the Loop app will support external access, thoughts might turn to figuring out who uses the app. Fortunately, i...
Read Article →Understanding How Much Microsoft 365 Backup Charges to Protect Data
Microsoft 365 Backup costs are charged on a PAYG basis against an Azure subscription. You pay a flat fee of $0.15 per month per gigabyte of protect...
Read Article →How to a Find Microsoft 365 Tenant ID Without Tenant Access
Use these 3 methods to find the tenant ID of any Microsoft Entra tenant without access to the tenant. The post How to a Find Microsoft 365 Tenant I...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 Developer Program – Attention to all Microsoft 365 developers and learners!
Last Updated on July 27, 2024 by Michael Morten Sonne Intoduction The Microsoft 365 Developer Program is an… The post Microsoft 365 Developer...
Read Article →Can Copilot for Microsoft 365 Save Users 14 Hours a Month?
An interesting LinkedIn post by a Microsoft employees relates how Copilot for Microsoft 365 saves him 14 hours monthly. Reports like this must be t...
Read Article →Despite the Doubters, Microsoft 365 Administrators Should Continue Using PowerShell
A recent article by a Microsoft MVP attempted to lay out a case that tenants should not use Microsoft 365 PowerShell and use ISV products instead. ...
Read Article →Entra ID – Global Secure Access Client – Setup of the Microsoft 365 Profile – Part 3
Last Updated on March 23, 2024 by Michael Morten Sonne Intoduction In an era defined by the dynamic… The post Entra ID – Global Secure Access...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros March 2024 Update
The Office 365 for IT Pros eBook team has released the March 2024 update for the only eBook covering the Microsoft 365 ecosystem that's updated mon...
Read Article →Restoring Data with Microsoft 365 Backup (Preview)
Microsoft has created an easy to use Microsoft 365 Backup solution. Its key feature is speed, including speed to restore data. I tested restores fo...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 end-user notifications for changes in authentication methods
Check out this article via web browser: Microsoft 365 end-user notifications for changes in authentication methods When moving away from traditiona...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros eBook Team Welcomes Michel de Rooij
The Office 365 for IT Pros team welcomes Michel de Rooij as a new author. As a PowerShell Pro, he'll like the code to update the impersonation prot...
Read Article →Copilot for Microsoft 365 to Support Outlook Classic
Microsoft originally said that Copilot for Microsoft would only support the Monarch client. Now it turns out the Outlook Win32 Copilot support is c...
Read Article →Tracking Licensing Costs for Microsoft 365 Tenants
The latest version of the Microsoft 365 Licensing Report script includes code to generate cost analyses for the departments and countries assigned ...
Read Article →Send High Volume Email in Microsoft 365
Learn about the High Volume Email service in Microsoft 365's Exchange Online platform so send bulk emails to external recipients. The post Send Hig...
Read Article →Entra ID Protection – Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series
Signals from across Microsoft’s services and ecosystems inform Entra ID Protection to detect risk. The risk detections can alert administrato...
Read Article →Use the Graph SDK to Access Microsoft 365 Service Health Information
The Microsoft Graph includes the Service Communications API. SDK cmdlets can use the API to retrieve and work with service health data. In this art...
Read Article →Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management – Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management (MDVM) is an often overlooked service that can be licensed standalone or is included in other Microsoft...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros February 2024 Update
The February 2024 update for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook (monthly update #104) is now available for download. Lots happened during January in ...
Read Article →Microsoft Cloud Revenues Powered by Office 365
Office 365 Reaches 400 million. Well, to be precise, in their FY24 Q2 results, Microsoft said that the figure is "over 400 million paid seats," but...
Read Article →Ignore the Hype Surrounding the Copilot Announcement
Microsoft's January 15 announcement reduced deployment costs and opened the possibility for Copilot for Microsoft 365 deployments to many Office 36...
Read Article →Export Microsoft 365 Mailboxes with Microsoft Graph PowerShell
Learn how to quickly backup any Exchange Online mailbox using Microsoft Graph PowerShell and export the files locally. The post Export Microsoft 36...
Read Article →How to Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps With Intune
Learn how to deploy the Microsoft 365 applications to Windows 10 and 11 devices using Microsoft Intune. The post How to Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps W...
Read Article →How to protect Microsoft Teams with Microsoft 365 Defender
Microsoft released in the past months additional protections for Microsoft Teams. The new Office protection is part of the Defender for Office prod...
Read Article →Office 365 for IT Pros January 2024 Update
The January 2024 update for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook is available for subscribers to download from Gumroad.com or Amazon. Like any monthly ...
Read Article →Blocking the Welcome Message for Microsoft 365 Groups
This article describes how to block welcome messages for new members of Microsoft 365 groups using a resource behavior option (a group setting). Th...
Read Article →Exchange Online Protection & Defender for Office 365 – Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series
Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO) are the email and collaboration security services native to Microsoft ...
Read Article →Using Microsoft 365 Copilot for Word
Copilot for Word is an application-specific implementation of Microsoft 365 Copilot. Amongst its capabilities, Copilot can generate and rewrite tex...
Read Article →How the Auto-label Policy for Cloudy Attachments Works
Cloudy attachments are links to files sent in messages. An auto-label policy can capture copies of cloudy attachments and make them available for e...
Read Article →December 2023 Update for Office 365 for IT Pros eBook is Available
The December 2023 update (monthly update #102) for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook is now available for subscribers to download. While Microsoft h...
Read Article →Evilginx resources for Microsoft 365
Check out this article via web browser: Evilginx resources for Microsoft 365 Okay, let’s start with a disclaimer. This post is created for ed...
Read Article →Privileged Identity Management (PIM) – Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series
Entra ID’s P2 license (previously Azure AD Premium P2) unlocks the Privileged Identity Management (PIM). PIM is part of broader identity gove...
Read Article →How to Force a Password Change in Microsoft 365 Without Password Reset
Learn how to force a password change for a Microsoft 365 user on the next log on, without changing the users password. The post How to Force a Pass...
Read Article →New Experience For Resetting Your Microsoft 365 Password Online
Users can now change their password in Microsoft 365 online from the My Security Info page without having to enter their existing password. Learn h...
Read Article →How to Change the Default MFA Method for Microsoft 365 Users
As an Microsoft 365 admin, you can use the Microsoft Entra admin portal to change a users default MFA method. The post How to Change the Default MF...
Read Article →Protect Microsoft 365 Break Glass Accounts with Azure Automation
Learn how to protect your Microsoft 365 Break Glass accounts and never get locked out of your organisations tenant with Azure Automation. The post ...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 ends support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 clients
Microsoft 365 ends support of older clients including Office 2016 and Office 2019. Take action now to ensure you can continue to use the latest Mic...
Read Article →How to Bulk Update Microsoft 365 Groups Owners with PowerShell
Learn how to perform bulk management of group owners for Microsoft 365 groups using Microsoft Graph PowerShell. The post How to Bulk Update Microso...
Read Article →Conditional Access – Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series
Conditional Access (CA) is front and center of any attempt to secure Microsoft 365. If you’ve spent any time securing your tenant and Entra r...
Read Article →How to Setup Multi-Tenant Organisation in Microsoft 365
Learn how to Setup Cross-Tenant Synchronisation in Microsoft Entra step by step to automatically provision B2B user access. The post How to Setup M...
Read Article →How to use Automatic Attack Disruption in Microsoft 365 Defender (BEC, AiTM & HumOR)
Last year Microsoft announced a new feature called; Automatic attack disruption which uses correlated insights from the Microsoft 365 ecosystem and...
Read Article →How to Modify DMARC Policies in Microsoft 365 for Inbound Mail
Learn how to modify how Microsoft 365 handles DMARC for inbound mail with DMARC policies in Microsoft Defender. The post How to Modify DMARC Polici...
Read Article →ERROR: Could not load type ‘Microsoft.Graph.Authentication.AzureIdentityAccessTokenProvider’ from assembly ‘Microsoft.Graph.Core
After upgrading Microsoft Graph, I noticed an issue when trying to run cmdlet Get-MgGroup or Get-MgUser. I could connect to ... Read more
Read Article →How is it now you get a refund for Microsoft 365 and Azure downtime and see service status?
Last Updated on September 24, 2024 by Michael Morten Sonne This may be split up in 2 parts..… The post How is it now you get a refund for Mic...
Read Article →12 quick tips to secure your identities in Microsoft 365
Last Updated on March 14, 2024 by Michael Morten Sonne In the post here, I will share 10… The post 12 quick tips to secure your identities in...
Read Article →What is Customer lockbox in Microsoft 365, and how to use it?
Last Updated on March 14, 2024 by Michael Morten Sonne Best known as “Customer lockbox”, the new name… The post What is Customer ...
Read Article →Network Device Discovery & Vulnerability Management with Microsoft 365 Defender
Last Updated on March 14, 2024 by Michael Morten Sonne Discover & manage vulnerabilities in your network devices… The post Network Device...
Read Article →Set up a free Microsoft Intune lab tenant with Microsoft 365 developer subscription
Last Updated on March 14, 2024 by Michael Morten Sonne Intro Do you want to get started learning… The post Set up a free Microsoft Intune lab...
Read Article →Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 – Why you need to back up your Microsoft 365 data!
Last Updated on March 14, 2024 by Michael Morten Sonne Are backups required for Microsoft 365? We look… The post Veeam Backup for Microsoft 3...
Read Article →How to disable Automapping for a shared mailbox in Outlook for Office 365?
Last Updated on March 14, 2024 by Michael Morten Sonne If you are like me, you probably use… The post How to disable Automapping for a shared...
Read Article →Microsoft 365: What is and how to set up “Idle session timeout”?
Last Updated on March 14, 2024 by Michael Morten Sonne Microsoft has finally implemented the feature “Idle session… The post Microsoft 365: W...
Read Article →The Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer (ORCA)
Last Updated on March 14, 2024 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction ORCA is a report that you can… The post The Microsoft Defender for Office...
Read Article →Securing your Azure/Microsoft 365 environment with Principle of Least Privilege and Azure PIM
Last Updated on July 9, 2023 by Michael Morten Sonne Secure your Azure environment with the power of… The post Securing your Azure/Microsoft ...
Read Article →Abuse and Detection of M365D Live Response for privilege escalation on Control Plane (Tier0) assets
Live Response in Microsoft 365 Defender can be used to execute PowerShell scripts on protected devices for advanced incident investigation. But it ...
Read Article →Microsoft Defender Antivirus Performance Analyzer – understand which files, file extensions, or processes that might be causing performance issues on endpoints during antivirus realtime protection scans
Have you ever wondered what is causing your ‘Antimalware service executable’ (Defender Antivirus) to spike the CPU for longer times? .....
Read Article →How to do a Password Audit of your Active Directory passwords using DSInternals?
Great job Michael Grafnetter Initially, I would like to thank the author of DSInternals, Microsoft MVP Michael Grafnetter, for creating ... Read more
Read Article →How to migrate from Qualys and enable Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management (MdeTvm) in Microsoft Defender for Cloud?
Microsoft’s Defender Vulnerability Management is a built-in module in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint that can: If you’ve enabled ...
Read Article →How to detect impacted files by Controlled Folder Access and Attack Surface Reduction rules using Advanced Hunting queries ?
CONTROLLED FOLDER ACCESS RULES ControlledFolderAccess – All excluding Temp ControlledFolderAccess – Only Temp ATTACK SURFACE REDUCTION ...
Read Article →How to manually remove a malfunctioning MDI sensor, which cannot be removed through add/remove programs?
Microsoft Defender for Identity (MDI) has a built-in process that handles continues updates. I had a situation, where this process ... Read more
Read Article →How to make a Team or Microsoft 365 group calendar accessible in Outlook
Recently I found myself in a scenario where I needed to quickly and easily access a calendar from a Microsoft Teams group, I didn't think...
Read Article →How to set up Evilginx to phish Office 365 credentials
Check out this article via web browser: How to set up Evilginx to phish Office 365 credentials Update: Evilginx 3 is here! This post is based on Ev...
Read Article →How to manage M365 portal directly from Microsoft Teams?
Last Updated on April 13, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Microsoft Teams is packed with a lot… The post How to manage M365 portal directly from...
Read Article →The 100-Year-Old Quick Assist tool Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
This week (16-05-2022 / 19-05-2022), was a week with many Autopilot issues. Some were caused by the broken latest Office 365 build, and some were c...
Read Article →Speaking about implementing Microsoft Endpoint Manager for Operations and Mobile Application Management at the Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon 2022 event
On Friday, May 6th 2022, I will be speaking at the Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon 2022 event. Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon is a free, online, 60-...
Read Article →10 tips to secure your identities in Microsoft 365
Check out this article via web browser: 10 tips to secure your identities in Microsoft 365 I was recently invited by the Dutch Virtual Desktop User...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 self-service using Power Apps
Check out this article via web browser: Microsoft 365 self-service using Power Apps This article was originally posted on the Microsoft 365 PnP Blo...
Read Article →Speaking about Conditional Access at the M365 Chicago Virtual Event on January 14th, 2022
On Friday, January 14, 2022 I will be speaking at the M365 Chicago Virtual event. You can attend the event for free, by signing up via the Eventbri...
Read Article →Exploring Microsoft 365’s NOBELIUM Defence Capabilities
I recently read through an excellent article by Mandiant, which recently split with FireEye, on their findings and analysis of the continued action...
Read Article →10 productivity tips for M365 administrators
Check out this article via web browser: 10 productivity tips for M365 administrators I have worked with Microsoft 365 over the past few years, and ...
Read Article →My session about Conditional Access at the Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance User Group on June 30, 2021
On Wednesday June 30, I spoke at the monthly user group meeting of the Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance user group. The Microsoft 365 Securi...
Read Article →Deploying Office 365 with Intune as a Win32 App (and Why You’d Want To)
Office 365, or Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, or whatever it’s called this month, can be deployed by Intune to Windows 10 devices using a...
Read Article →Speaking about Conditional Access at the Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance User Group on June 30, 2021
On Wednesday June 30, I will be speaking at the monthly user group meeting of the Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance user group. The Microsoft...
Read Article →Export Microsoft 365 Defender security events with the streaming API
By default Microsoft Defender for Endpoint stores Endpoint events in Defender for Endpoint for the configured retention period; Max: 180 days. ...
Read Article →Conditional Access: Skip MFA for Company Devices on the Company Network
A common Conditional Access policy is to add trusted locations as an exception to multi-factor authorisation requirements. The logic goes, if you a...
Read Article →A first look at the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center
The Microsoft 365 Apps admin center, available via https://config.office.com provides a portal where admins can manage Microsoft 365 Apps for Enter...
Read Article →Review guest access across Microsoft 365 groups (teams)
Check out this article via web browser: Review guest access across Microsoft 365 groups (teams) In a previous blog post I wrote about Azure AD Acce...
Read Article →First look at Access Reviews for guests in all Teams and Microsoft 365 Groups
In January, Microsoft announced that they released a public preview allowing entitled customers to create Azure AD access reviews for guest users a...
Read Article →Enabling Self Service Password Reset (SSPR) for your Modern Workplace users
On modern workplaces we use authentication techniques provided by Windows Hello for Business, like biometric and PIN. Due to this, user don’t...
Read Article →Understanding Modern vs. Legacy Authentication in Microsoft 365
Since October 2019, Microsoft has enabled Security Defaults by default in new Microsoft 365 tenants. Security Defaults are a group of best-practice...
Read Article →Enable automatic Access Reviews for Guest users in Teams and Microsoft 365 Groups
Azure AD access reviews feature is now in public preview for the Teams and Microsoft 365 Groups. In this blog post an overview of the new public pr...
Read Article →Self Service in Microsoft 365
Check out this article via web browser: Self Service in Microsoft 365 One of the great things about Azure Active Directory is the capability of sel...
Read Article →Enrich Microsoft 365 profile card with extensions and custom attributes
Check out this article via web browser: Enrich Microsoft 365 profile card with extensions and custom attributes Microsoft 365 is equipped with a ve...
Read Article →Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Check protection policies with Configuration Analyzer
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is one of the three types of Advanced Threat Protection that Microsoft offers. With Microsoft Defender for Office...
Read Article →Enabling Plus Addressing in Office 365 Exchange Online
In December 2019 Microsoft included support for Plus Addressing in their roadmap (ID 59441) for Office 365. In the meantime this feature is release...
Read Article →The Difference Between Cloud App Security Discovery (CAD), Office 365 Cloud App Security (OCAS), and Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS)
Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS), Redmond’s cloud app security broker (CASB) offering, is a powerful tool for investigating and pro-active...
Read Article →Self Service Purchasing for Power Platform, Visio and Project, should you keep it enabled or disable the functionality?
In October 2019, Microsoft announced that it would enable end users to buy and manage their own licenses within their corporate account. At that ti...
Read Article →Office 365 Templated policies and Preset security policies in Exchange Online Protection and Office 365 ATP
In my deep dive article on Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) I mentioned that Microsoft provides best practices as described in the follo...
Read Article →Use Power Automate or Logic Apps to keep an eye on your licenses
Check out this article via web browser: Use Power Automate or Logic Apps to keep an eye on your licenses I guess we’ve all been there; you ra...
Read Article →The Differences Between (and History of) the Microsoft 365 Security Centre, Compliance Centre, and Security & Compliance
There are currently three separate admin consoles in Microsoft 365 for administrators to view or configure security and compliance policies, alerts...
Read Article →Microsoft 365 Updates from Build 2020
Build 2020 had some nice bits of M365 related news. Microsoft deserves commendation for sticking to the schedule and pulling this off (remotely) du...
Read Article →Completed the Microsoft 365 Certified Enterprise Administrator Expert Certification
Yesterday I completed the last exam in order to earn the Microsoft 365 Certified Enterprise Administrator Expert certification. Microsoft 365 Enter...
Read Article →Veilig werken met Teams en Office365, dit zijn quick wins vanuit Office365 en AzureAD
Teams is enorm populair, en is wereldwijd in een behoorlijke versnelling gekomen vanwege het vele thuiswerken. Microsoft Teams is een online samenw...
Read Article →Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) deep dive
Around 5 years ago (April 2015) Microsoft announced Exchange Online Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), which was renamed to Office 365 Advanced Thre...
Read Article →License requirements for administering Microsoft 365 services
Microsoft licensing is tough and vague but something we must deal with while implementing our solutions. I’m also aware that some of the feat...
Read Article →Prerequisites and Planning for Centrally Deploying Office 365 Outlook Add-Ins
Deploying Outlook add-ins (“apps”) for your O365 tenant is an intuitive experience via AppSource. As a Global Administrator, click GET ...
Read Article →Did you already enable DKIM and DMARC for your Office 365 domains?
When you host your email on the Exchange Online (EXO) platform part of Office365 you can implement several security measures to make sure that emai...
Read Article →What are Guided Scenarios in Microsoft 365 Device Management/Intune?
While browsing the new Microsoft 365 Device Management portal I noticed the following option: “Guided scenarios (preview)”. From the Wh...
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