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PowerShell offers native cmdlets that allow you to quickly search for just what you want to find in the Windows Event Log. The ability to filter results and return just what is needed helps to focus your troubleshooting efforts in just the right place.

The Export-CSV and Import-CSV cmdlets are exceptionally useful tools to both export data for consumption to other applications and to retrieve and import information from third-party data sources.

How Microsoft Advises Tenants About New Features During a recent discussion, I was asked why Microsoft seems to publish so many incorrect roll-out dates for new Teams features. While my gut feel was that it certainly seems like some Teams features are delayed, some evidence was needed to prove or disprove the case. When Microsoft…

Looking for a simple and easy way to delete content with PowerShell? Here you go.

Using the New-ADUser cmdlet and -Instance parameter, you can copy AD attributes from an existing user when creating new Active Directory user accounts.

  In late October, Microsoft released a compliance assessment report written by Cohasset Associates to compare Microsoft 365 services against the requirements of U.S. financial regulations. The report covers SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Teams, Exchange Online, and Skype for Business Online, but excludes Stream, OneNote, and Planner because these apps do not support retention…

Petri’s GET-IT: User Management 1-Day virtual conference is a full day of free learning dedicated to technical user management and related content.

Rights Management and Protection Sensitivity Labels are built using Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) and are available to Office 365 users with E3 or above licenses. When a label protects a file or message with encryption, the ability to decrypt the item to reveal its content is governed by the rights assigned to the recipient as…

October, the first month in Q4 of the calendar year and Q2 of the Microsoft financial year, is also in the middle of planning for the next semester of development of Microsoft Azure (codenamed Cobalt).

Time to Review How Sensitivity Labels Are Used In Scoping Sensitivity Labels, I discuss the evolution of sensitivity labels and the ability to scope a label so that it deals with files and messages, container management, or both. Given this new capability, I questioned if it is a good idea to have multi-purpose labels and…