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This article will offer you a straightforward way to list Active Directory users with Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC). I’ll show you how to do that using the graphical user interface (GUI) with the ADUC tool. Check out how to list Active Directory Users with PowerShell on Petri if you would prefer to perform…

Microsoft claims that it has optimized the Microsoft Teams desktop app to reduce latency in key scenarios, such as switching between chats, channels, and activity feed. The company detailed in a blog post that these under-the-hood improvements are a result of an upgraded Teams framework introduced this month. According to Microsoft, the performance upgrades are…

Microsoft announced yesterday that it would deprecate the distribution list migration feature in the legacy Exchange admin center (EAC) in February 2023. The company recommends customers to use a manual conversion process to move distribution lists to Microsoft 365 Groups. Back in 2017, Microsoft introduced the distribution list migration feature to let organizations upgrade their…

To effectively handle various types of security break-ins, many organizations have created an incident response (IR) plan. In this article, I’ll explain what is an incident response plan, how it differs from a disaster recovery plan, and what steps you need to follow to create an effective IR plan for your organization. While most businesses…

Microsoft has released a new update for its PowerToys suite of tools. The version 0.64 of the app brings a new File Locksmith utility that helps to find the active process or app that’s preventing users from deleting files and folders on Windows PCs. The File Locksmith tool provides a list of processes (with details…

Microsoft is getting ready to block access to OneDrive and SharePoint Online from Internet Explorer (IE 11). The company recently posted a message in the Microsoft 365 admin center to inform customers that this change will begin rolling out in mid-January 2023. Last year, Microsoft 365 apps and services dropped support for Internet Explorer 11….

Last week, the OpenSSL team patched two high-severity security vulnerabilities in its open-source cryptography tool. Microsoft announced yesterday that organizations can use Defender Vulnerability Management to detect vulnerable devices in their organization and monitor their patching process to reduce security threats. OpenSSL is a popular cryptography library that provides open-source implementations of both SSL and…

Microsoft has released cross-tenant migration capabilities for Exchange Online. The latest update brings new cross-tenant mailbox migration and cross-tenant OneDrive migration features for commercial customers. Specifically, the new features provide a faster and cost-effective solution to help organizations migrate user data between tenants. The cross-tenant mailbox migration feature lets IT admins move end users to…

Microsoft today announced the release of Azure AD Certificate-based authentication (CBA) on mobile devices. As of today, YubiKey is the only external device that provides CBA support on iOS and Android to protect organizations against phishing attacks. Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure AD certificate-based authentication (CBA) back in February for desktop users. It’s…

The Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform is a new customer care solution that the company introduced back in July 2022. It pulls upon Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and Nuance AI to provide a full-featured contact center suite. In this article, we’ll explain how the Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform works and how organizations…

Microsoft has shared a roundup of improvements made to its Teams collaboration service in October 2022. The major highlights of this release are suggested replies for group chats, pop-out support for shared content in meetings, new Teams-certified devices, and management features, so let’s dive into it. First up, Microsoft detailed new chat and collaboration features…

After a whirlwind of news from the first annual Microsoft Power Platform Conference in September, we now have all the news from Microsoft Ignite 2022! We’ve got previews for creating Power Automate flows with natural language, creating complex Power Automate expressions by feeding it examples, the general availability of 2022 Release Wave 2 for Dynamics…