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Four Dangers of the Hybrid Cloud

Last Update: Sep 16, 2022

While the security and redundancy provided with hybrid cloud setups is clearly documented, it’s important to keep these risk-factors in mind as you design your new environment.

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Cloud Computing

Microsoft Entra ID Adds Restricted Management Administrative Units in Preview

Microsoft has introduced restricted management administrative units support in public preview for Microsoft Entra ID. The new role-based access control (RBAC) feature lets organizations allow only select IT admins, security teams, or devices to access specific resources. “Restricted management administrative units allow you to protect specific objects in your tenant from modification by anyone other…

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Security

Microsoft Adds Time-Based One-Time Passcode Support to Azure AD

Last Update: Jul 17, 2023

Microsoft has released time-based one-time passcode (TOTP) support for Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID) customers. The new security feature allows end users to validate their identity with temporary one-time passcodes generated by an authenticator app. Time-based password (TOTP) is one of the most popular multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods. It’s a temporary numeric…

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Cloud Computing

Cohesity Unveils New Partnership with Microsoft to Protect Businesses from Cyber Threats

Cohesity, a data security and management service provider, has announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft. The deal includes new software integrations on both platforms that should help to protect businesses against ransomware threats and cybersecurity attacks. First off, Cohesity has announced the integration of its DataProtect backup and recovery solution with Microsoft Sentinel. It will…

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Using PowerShell to Locate Ownerless Office 365 Groups

Microsoft can’t be expected to code for every possible scenario within Office 365. That’s why PowerShell is so useful as it lets administrators come up with their own solution. Master the Shell!

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M365 Changelog: Azure B2B Integration with SharePoint Online is now Generally Available

Last Update: Jun 26, 2023

MC256838 – Updated November 02, 2021: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Azure B2B Integration with SharePoint Online and OneDrive is now generally available. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81955 When this will happen Microsoft will begin rolling this out in mid-January (previously late July) and expect…

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Microsoft Launches External Access Block Policy for Groups, Teams, and Planner

Microsoft has launched a new external sharing policy for groups that allows tenants to set allow and block lists for domains. The new policy is due for use with Teams, Planner, and other applications that need to block external users from specific domains. It’s a set along the path to getting full external access for Office 365 apps.

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Windows 11 2022 Update

Microsoft Confirms Interoperability Issues Between New Windows LAPS and Legacy LAPS Policies

Microsoft is investigating an interoperability issue between the new Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) and legacy LAPS policies. The company has confirmed that installing the April 2023 Patch Tuesday updates will break the functionality of both Windows LAPS and legacy LAPS on Windows devices. Earlier this week, Microsoft announced the native integration of Windows…

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Azure AD Premium Licenses Needed to Manage SharePoint Sites with Sensitivity Labels

Last Update: Oct 14, 2022

Very Useful Sensitivity Labels Microsoft has steadily been building out the ability of sensitivity labels to manage different aspects of containers (teams, groups, and sites), with the ability to control the external sharing capability for SharePoint Online team sites the latest addition (Figure 1). Image 1 Expand Figure 1: Defining external sharing capability in a sensitivity…

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The Highs and Lows of Office 365 in 2017

Lots of good things happened in the world of Office 365 during 2017. More people than ever before use the service, new applications and functionality appeared, and Microsoft delivered a robust service. On the other hand, a few lows happened as well, as sometimes bad decisions and miscommunication soured the experience. But overall, 2017 was good and laid a great foundation for 2018.

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