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Moving Groups, Teams, and Sites from Classifications to Sensitivity Labels

Last Update: Jan 21, 2025

Office 365 Sensitivity Labels are supported by Teams, Groups, and Sites, but some work is needed if you want to replace older text-only classification labels with Office 365 Sensitivity Labels. This article explains how to use PowerShell to update Office 365 groups with new sensitivity labels. The labels are then synchronized to teams and sites.

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How Secure is Video Conferencing App Zoom?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

There’s been a lot written in the press recently about video conferencing app Zoom. But how bad are Zoom’s security issues?

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Comparing ThreadJob to PSJobs in PowerShell 7 on Linux

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

There have always been a few options for running background asynchronous tasks within PowerShell. Traditionally, PowerShell (PS) Jobs was the go to method as a job could be started and then control returned to the console. PS Jobs were always heavy, in regards to resource usage, and depending on what needed to be run, this…

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Purging Unwanted Messages from Exchange Online Mailboxes

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft will remove the Search-Mailbox cmdlet from Exchange Online on July 1, but that doesn’t mean you can’t purge bad messages from user mailboxes. Office 365 content searches and content search actions can hard- or soft-delete messages. Some limitations exist, but not enough to be worried. And we include a PowerShell script to show how to get the job done.

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure – March 2020 Edition

At times like this, chatting about cool new features in Azure is a lot less important than what’s surrounding us all, and impacting some of us either directly or indirectly, now. But you know what? A distraction from the fear, worry, or self-imposed incarceration can be a good thing. So let’s crack on with it, and let’s talk about the cool new IaaS features that Azure launched during the last month.

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How to Use PowerShell 7 to Work with JSON Files

Last Update: Jun 05, 2025

What’s changed in PowerShell 7 to enhance support for JSON? There are no new cmdlets, but there have been some functionality changes to the existing cmdlets.

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Understanding $PSDefaultParameterValues in PowerShell 7

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Do you have that one PowerShell command you use constantly? If that command has parameters, you have to manually specify the parameter values every time. If you find yourself passing the same parameter values to a command frequently, this post is for you.

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Teams Introduces Tagging for Targeted Communications

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Teams is all about communication, but now you can have “targeted communications,” which is a long-winded way to describe tags. A tag is a shortcut method to address a set of team members. You can have default tags defined at the organization level or use tags specific to individual teams. Either way, tags are a useful way to identify the specific people you want to address in a conversation.

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Work From Home – 4 Tips for Productive Video Conferencing

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Online meetings are becoming an even more regular part of daily work life as many of us move to ‘work from home’. Whether you are a small business or large corporation, online meetings can enable teams to work remotely more effectively and maintain a sense of community and connectedness.

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Understanding the PowerShell 7 Error Variable

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

As with any programming language, code will have errors and troubleshooting those problems can be difficult. Thankfully, PowerShell has a rich error object and several powerful tools to help debug your code. With PowerShell 7, these tools become even more useful and error handling even easier. As the language evolves and becomes used in more…

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