With the rise of generative AI comes an increased risk of organizational data leakage. This article explores recommendations to secure Microsoft 365 data from unauthorized generative AI applications.

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Archival and removal of locations within SharePoint Online and Teams is a helpful addition to remove stale data from immediate access by users, but it can be confusing for tenant admins to understand the available options.In this article, we examine what options exist to archive data and why you would use each option.

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Looking for The Best Way to Find Memberless Groups The question arose about how to find groups without members using the Graph APIs.Microsoft’s ownerless group policy is […]

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Defender for Endpoint gathers system information to support operation and detection needs. We can then leverage that data to build a custom report to show the deployment status. This blog walks through that process using KQL.

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Microsoft already announced two sets of pre-release changes to Microsoft Recall that address some of its security issues.In this blog, we review your options to protect your organization against Microsoft Recall.

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On this week's show, Steve and Paul are joined by Microsoft's Karin Skapski to discuss automation, Copilot, TEC, and much more.

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In April, Microsoft launched the new Planner, complete with a new Planner app for Teams. The makeover is nice and the ability to create personal plans is appreciated. However, Planner Premium licenses are needed to access any of the Project on the web features that the new Planner is absorbing.

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PowerShell Parallel Processing is a mechanism to speed the processing of large quantities of data. In this example, we discuss how to use parallel batches to fetch Entra ID account information using mailbox data to drive information retrieval. Although this is only a demonstration of a technique, it might help those who must process thousands of mailboxes or accounts and would like to do so more quickly.

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In this article, Paul Robichaux walks through the process of setting up the new Entra ID Enterprise SSO Plug-in on macOS.

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In this article, Jaap Wesselius explains the available options for SMTP relay when moving to Exchange Online.

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In this episode of Practical Sentinel, Thijs Lecomte discusses how to create some basic KQL queries to track MFA usage.

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In this Episode of Practical Protection, we talk about BitLocker's new self-service recovery key access feature.

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This article explains how to use PowerShell to create a report listing the files from a OneDrive for Business account. Because so many Microsoft 365 apps store their files in OneDrive (and other apps too), OneDrive can become a form of dumping ground for data. Seeing file information in the report allows account owners to clean up their digital debris.

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In this week's episode of the Practical 365 podcast, Steve Goodman and Rich Dean are joined by Microsoft's Andy Jaw, a senior security specialist with a fascinating background spanning the military, law enforcement, and now as a cyber security expert.

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This article describes how to use the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK to interact with Teams messaging to create new one-to-one and group chats and post messages to chats and channel conversations.

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In this episode of Practical PowerShell, we continue the conversation around another essential part of flow control: Branching.

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The TEC 2024 Keynotes will feature compelling sessions on identity, security, and the future of Windows. Delivered by speakers with strong opinions, these sessions are definitely not to be missed. Join the Practical365 crew at TEC 2024 in Dallas, Oct 1-2.

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In this blog, we take a look at the Unified Security Operations Platform, review what is available right now, discuss what Microsoft is building, and ask whether you need this functionality.

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Microsoft 365 Archive is a solution to move SharePoint Online sites from hot to cold (less expensive) storage. It works well, and it comes with an added benefit in that archived sites are inaccessible to Copilot. In other words, you can make sure that Copilot doesn't process old and obsolete material by archiving sites that contain this type of content. Seems like a no-brainer.

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Microsoft recently released a memo from Security VP, Charlie Bell. In this blog, we recap the memo and discuss some of the new security initiatives Microsoft is working towards.

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In this blog, Brandon Colley reviews how to use PIM approvals to create a workflow that could stop attackers in their tracks, even if they have already compromised credentials.

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On this week's episode, Paul and Steve cover several major Microsoft announcements impacting the future of AI, Exchange Server, and identity solutions.

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A reader asked if it is possible to generate room mailbox weekly schedules that can be sent to distribution lists. This article explains how to accomplish the task using PowerShell and Graph API requests. Once you can get at the data, you can do anything!

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In this blog, Sean Mcavinue reviews an update to his original Tenant-to-Tenant Migration Assessment, which is designed to gather key data to consider during the migration planning process.

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Microsoft has announced that Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) will appear in summer 2025. You'll be able to do an inplace upgrade from Exchange Server 2019 CU15 or a "legacy upgrade" (hardware switchover) for other versions. The initial version of Exchange Server SE is unexciting, perhaps deliberately so. It's all about getting customers to transition to the subscription model.

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This Episode of Practical Protection is all about Passkeys, how they are different from other credential types, and how they could put an end to phishing.

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This article describes creating a SharePoint Online files report using the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. While keeping digital debris online might have been unimportant in the past, it's something that can wreak havoc in the era of generative AI when tools like Copilot for Microsoft 365 are happy to consume obsolete and inaccurate material.

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On this week's episode of the Practical 365 podcast, Steve, Rich, and Paul are joined by Alex Weinert, Director of Identity Security at Microsoft, to discuss the critical topic of identity threat detection and response (ITDR).

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Welcome to Practical Sentinel! In the introductory blog of this series, we review how Microsoft positions Sentinel, what capabilities the product includes, and what it does well.

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