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Microsoft Releases Update to Streamline Exchange Online License Assignments

Microsoft has released a new feature that adds support for concurrent license assignments in Exchange Online. The latest release enables organizations to assign more than one Exchange Online license to each Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) user. Previously, the Microsoft 365 admin center and Azure AD PowerShell restricted IT admins from allocating concurrent Exchange Online…

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Security

Microsoft Warns About New Consent-Phishing Attacks Used to Steal Data

Security researchers have discovered a phishing campaign that tricked users into authorizing permissions for malicious OAuth applications. Microsoft has disabled several fraudulent Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) accounts that breached organizations’ cloud environments. Microsoft explained in a security advisory that the security firm Proofpoint discovered the campaign in early December. The threat actors initially impersonated legitimate…

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Office 365

Microsoft Outlook, Edge, and Viva Engage Now Available on Shared Android Devices

Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Outlook, Edge, Viva Engage, and Power Apps are generally available on shared Android devices. The shared device mode allows frontline workers to securely access these apps on shared Android devices enrolled via Microsoft Intune. Microsoft introduced shared device mode support for Edge, Outlook, Viva Engage, and Power Apps on Android…

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Microsoft 365 E3 vs E5 Plans Compared

Microsoft 365 E3 and Microsoft 365 E5 plans offer a huge range of benefits and services. Knowing the differences between the two plans makes it easier to decide which one is right for your organization. In this article, I will compare the Microsoft 365 E3 vs E5 plans so you can make the right decision…

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Microsoft to Retire Client Access Rules Support in Exchange Online in 2023

Microsoft is getting ready to end support for Client Access Rules (CARs) in Exchange Online. The Exchange team has warned customers that support for this feature will be removed from the service in September 2023. Client Access Rules allow IT admins to control access to their Exchange servers based on client properties or client access…

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Microsoft Reveals Attackers Used Malicious OAuth Apps to Hack Exchange Online

Microsoft has unveiled a recent cybersecurity attack that allowed the threat actors to compromise Exchange Online. The attacker abused unsecured administrator accounts to gain access to the cloud tenants and created malicious OAuth applications to reconfigure the victim’s email server to send phishing emails. OAuth is an open-standard authorization protocol that enables users to share…

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Microsoft Confirms May 2022 Patch Tuesday Updates Cause AD Authentication Issues

Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue that causes authentication failures on the server or client machines for some Windows services. The company has confirmed on the Windows Health Dashboard that it’s actively investigating the bug, and a permanent fix would be available in the upcoming release. The first bug reports started to surface earlier this…

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Oracle Teams Up with Microsoft to Launch New Database Service for Azure

Microsoft has teamed up with Oracle to launch a new service called “Oracle Database Service for Azure.” The latest offering provides Microsoft Azure customers access to databases running in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Microsoft explained that enterprise customers can now provision and manage Oracle-hosted database services directly within the Azure cloud dashboard. The service lets…

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Microsoft’s Out-Of-Band Patch Fixes Microsoft 365 and Azure AD Sign-In Issues on ARM Devices

Microsoft has released out-of-band patches for Windows 11 and various versions of Windows 10. The latest updates address the sign-in issues with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and Microsoft 365 services on Arm-based devices. In release notes for the out-of-band fixes, Microsoft admits the June 2022 Patch Tuesday updates broke VPN connections. The bug also…

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M365 Changelog: Identity Service: Upcoming feature to recover accidentally deleted service principal objects

Last Update: Jun 25, 2023

MC344406 – Microsoft Graph API will soon start supporting the ability to recover accidentally deleted service principal objects. The application object already supports this ability. The update will make the recovery story better for managing the life cycle of applications in your tenant.When this will happen: Microsoft expects to begin rolling out in early April and expect to complete…

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