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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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PSA: Microsoft to Switch Off Basic Authentication in Exchange Online in January

Microsoft is once again reminding customers that it will permanently turn off Basic Authentication in Exchange Online in early January. The company is pushing organizations to adopt Modern Authentication (OAuth 2.0) as soon as possible. Three years ago, Microsoft announced its plans to deprecate Basic Authentication support in favor of secure user authentication techniques. Since…

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Using Office 365 IM Conversation Records for eDiscovery

Last Update: Dec 23, 2022

Teams and Skype for Business Online both capture IM conversation records that can be found by Office 365 eDiscovery (content) searches. All of which is good, but if you ever get around to performing eDiscovery and need this information, you’ll find that Skype for Business Online conversation transcripts are easier to use than the individual copies of conversation contributions captured by Teams.

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Microsoft Exchange Online Adds Support for Role Based Access Control for Applications

Microsoft has introduced role-based access control (RBAC) support for applications in Exchange Online. The new security feature brings a new set of “resource-scoped permissions” to help organizations better protect access to email, contacts, and calendar data. The role-based access control model was first introduced in Exchange 2010 and it is used in Exchange Server and…

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The Battle for Cloud Supremacy: Google G Suite and Office 365

Last Update: Nov 23, 2022

Google’s battle with Microsoft for dominance in cloud application suites continues. New developments, new applications, and even new names keep the pace up as Office 365 and G Suite go head-to-head for customer loyalties.

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Microsoft to Disable Basic Authentication for the Autodiscover Protocol in Exchange Online

Microsoft started switching off Basic Authentication support for Exchange Online customers back in October. The company announced yesterday that it’s killing off Basic Authentication for the Autodiscover service on December 31, 2022. The Autodiscover protocol allows client applications to get the configuration data required to communicate with the Exchange Server. It’s used by Outlook, Exchange…

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Microsoft Exchange Online Adds Support for Cross-Tenant User Data Migration

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…

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Microsoft Working on Outlook Cloud Signatures

Last Update: Oct 21, 2022

The news that Microsoft is working on cloud signatures for Outlook for Windows is welcome. The venerable Outlook client has long stored its signature information in the system registry, which makes it hard to move signatures from PC to PC. On the other hand, OWA stores its signatures in mailboxes, so the same signature is used no matter where you log in. Of course, OWA is a simpler client (no profiles, for instance), but it should be eminently possible to store everything Outlook needs in the cloud. At least for Outlook clients connected to Exchange Online…

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Outlook Plans to Synchronize Email Signatures Across Devices

Last Update: Oct 21, 2022

Microsoft has announced that Exchange Online and Outlook will soon synchronize email signatures across devices. Does this mean that the ISV market for email autosignature products is over? I don’t think so because there’s lots of other things to do with email signatures once device synchronization is handled.

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Getting Started with Backing up Data in Microsoft 365, Understanding the Limitations

Last Update: Oct 07, 2022

So, you’ve decided to jump straight into the deep-end and backup your data in Microsoft 365. But first, what does that even mean? Are you planning to back up user’s workstations to OneDrive or embrace the way Microsoft 365 is architected to provide similar or better capacities than a traditional backup product could provide? If…

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