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Teams is now able to capture compliance records for contributions to private chats by guests or on-premises users in a hybrid Office 365 organization. The new mechanism uses “phantom mailboxes” in the cloud to hold the compliance records for on-premises users. You must register your tenant to be able to get an updated GUI for the Security and Compliance Center, but PowerShell can find these records now.

Here’s a tip on how to fix a screen lock issue in Windows Server 2012 R2 from Daniel Petri.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell explains what Known Folder Migration (KFM) is in OneDrive for Business and show you how to configure it using Group Policy.

Daniel Petri walks us through the steps on managing local Active Groups with the help of Group Policy Restricted Groups.

Photos Enhance the Tenant Directory In the past I have written about the desirability of assigning photos to guest users and how to use PowerShell to assign a default photo to guest users. Nice as it is to have photos for guest users, it’s even more important to have photos for tenant user accounts, especially…

MC280914 – Updated January 25, 2022: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. This new feature (preview), Adaptive policy scopes, will allow data administrators to scope retention policies and retention label policies to a dynamic set of users, SharePoint sites, or Microsoft 365 Groups. This is enabled by using the…

PowerShell expert Jeff Hicks wraps up his lesson on managing Active Directory OUs with PowerShell by showing you how to move and delete them.

After you’ve installed WSUS 2012, what next? Learn how to configure clients and approve updates in Windows Server Update Services 2012 in this helpful article.

Office 365 Groups occupy a special place in Microsoft’s collaboration strategy. The link-up between Yammer and Groups was the headline news for some, but a lot of other facts were revealed at the Ignite conference, mostly around operational improvements to help tenants manage groups better. Here’s some of what occurred.

Audit and test Microsoft Defender Controlled Folder Access to help protect your organization against ransomware.