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Update the Microsoft Defender engine, platform, and security intelligence file in Windows system images.

Helping Investigators Understand What Happened In March, Microsoft eventually released the MailItemsAccessed “crucial audit event” for accounts holding Office 365 E5 licenses (other suitable licenses include Microsoft 365 E5 or the Microsoft 365 E5 compliance). Crucial events are deemed to be of higher value to investigators or others who need to understand exactly what happened… Read More

Logical Division of Azure Active Directory Management Since its launch in 1999, Active Directory has used Organizational Units (OUs) to logically partition the directory. Despite discussions going back as far as 2014, the ability to partition Azure Active Directory in the same or an equivalent manner wasn’t available. Administrative Units (AUs), launched in public preview… Read More

Microsoft Teams has advanced audio controls and here is how you can use them during your next meeting or presentation.

By default, the OneDrive sync client upload rate isn't limited. In this article, I explain when and how to limit upload bandwidth.

Configure SMS-based sign-in for Azure Active Directory and Microsoft 365 users.

With the advent of PowerShell Core and PowerShell 7, not all modules have been updated to be compatible with core engine updates or cross-platform accessibility. Instead of needing to switch between multiple versions of PowerShell depending on the tasks at hand, PowerShell 7 has added compatibility layers for existing Windows PowerShell compatible modules.

In this article, we'll look at how to optimize Windows 10 virtual machines for improved performance and VM density.

Improve security by setting up passwordless sign-in for Microsoft 365 users.

Really Useful Way to Understand Connectivity of Office 365 Tenant Microsoft added Network Connectivity as an option under the Health section of the Microsoft 365 admin center in late September. The feature is a preview of what Microsoft 365 roadmap item 67153 to deliver an “assessment that evaluates the impact of your network design on… Read More

The Background of Plus Addressing The idea of plus addressing has existed for many years. The idea is simple enough. An email address is divided into a local part (resolved within an organization) and a domain. The local part can be divided with a separator character (the plus sign) into the real username and a… Read More

Microsoft offers a robust identity platform, but to facilitate authentication and authorization applications need to be registered. To that end, within Azure AD you will find the App registrations pane that offers the ability to create registrations for applications and assign permissions accordingly.

Controlling Access to Sensitive Content A recent Microsoft Technical Community article covers how to use Azure AD Privileged Identity Management to control access to the super-user permission for Azure Information Protection. An account holding super-user permission can access any content protected (encrypted) by an Azure Information Protection or Office 365 sensitivity label. I don’t intend… Read More

Outlook Prepares for the Coming of iOS14 Apple’s much-awaited release of iOS 14 is due this Fall. According to Office 365 notification MC221506 published on 4 September, a consequence of the release is that Microsoft will adjust its minimum iOS system requirements for Outlook for iOS and watchOS. Microsoft has always supported the two most… Read More

One of the biggest security issues that organizations face with Windows Server Active Directory is the proliferation of privileged accounts.