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Exchange Online Exposes New Mailbox Activity Data

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has updated the vererable Get-MailboxStatistics cmdlet in Exchange Online PowerShell to return a bunch of new mailbox activity properties. The properties cover different activities like email and calendar, but the problem with the LastLogon property remains and you still need to do some extra work to get accurate last login information for a user.

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Windows Virtual Desktop Is Feature Complete

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft’s Windows Virtual Desktop service now feature complete and should reach general availability in the near future.

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BitTitan Introduces Cross-Tenant Teams Migration

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Moving Teams between Office 365 tenants has been a challenge since the earliest days of Teams. Now a beta Graph API has allowed BitTitan to create the ability to transfer team settings and channel conversations between tenants. The migration isn’t perfect, but it’s a good start and will improve over time as BitTitan and other ISVs work out the best way to move Teams content around.

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Windows Server to Add FIDO2 Security Key Support for Password-Less Sign-In

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Enable password-less sign-in in hybrid cloud deployments using FIDO2 security keys with the next SAC release of Windows Server.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: August 9

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Because a cornerstone does not a foundation make, this edition of Short Takes looks at a misunderstanding of terms, Microsoft’s expanding partnership with Samsung, Microsoft’s Iowa hypocrisy, Microsoft contractors listening in on Cortana, and so much more.

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A Closer Look at Modern SharePoint Audience Targeting

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

A closer look at modern SharePoint audience targeting and how to configure the feature.

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The Magic Behind OWA Likes

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

OWA is the only Outlook client that supports “Likes.” This begs the question how OWA supports likes and where the information about likes is stored. Some probing using easily accessible tools reveals the answer. You might think that the answer only interests Office 365 Trivial Pursuit nerds, but it’s actually of real interest to eDiscovery investigators.

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Slack Rolls out New Enterprise Controls

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Slack is rolling out new enterprise features for its customers that will help the platform move deeper into the corporate messaging space.

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Manage Customer Cloud Services Using Azure Lighthouse

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In today’s Ask the Admin, I look at how Microsoft partners can offer clients managed Azure services using Lighthouse.

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Is Exchange Online Threatened by Ransomware?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Some people worry that Exchange Online mailboxes could be compromised by ransomeware and people will be forced to pay BitCoin to decrypt their messages. It’s certainly a possibility, but out-of-the-box solutions exist if you’re unlucky enough to be infected. That is, if you’ve done the necessary up-front planning to prepare for the worst to happen.,

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Surface Go: One Year Later

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

With the Surface Go now a year old, let’s take a look at how well it has held up during a year of hard use.

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Research Shows Zero-Days Much Less Likely to Compromise Latest Windows OS Version

Last Update: Jul 29, 2025

Microsoft researcher releases data that shows the latest versions of Windows are significantly less likely to be compromised by zero-days.

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