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Exchange Server Subscription Edition practical365.com/exchange-se…

Exchange Server Subscription Edition

In this article, Jaap Wesselius provides an overview of Exchange SE, discusses possible upgrade paths, and outlines Exchange server support.

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Practical Protection: Getting Started with Power Platform Security: practical365.com/practical-p…

Practical Protection: Getting Started with Power Platform Security

“In this episode of Practical Protection, we take a closer look at the security fundamentals every organization should apply as they adopt Power Platform—from environment design and data policies to...

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How to Use the Exchange Admin API practical365.com/exchange-ad…

How to Use the Exchange Admin API

On November 17, Microsoft announced the Exchange Admin API, a REST-based method of interacting with Exchange Online administrative functions. Having a new API sounds exciting, but in reality the...

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Extending SharePoint Enterprise Search with Microsoft Graph Connectors practical365.com/extending-s…

Extending SharePoint Enterprise Search with Microsoft Graph Connectors

This article describes the steps to configure Microsoft 365 Copilot connectors to extend SharePoint Enterprise Search with Microsoft Graph.

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Finding Unused Proxy Addresses for Exchange Online Mail-Enabled Objects practical365.com/find-unused…

Finding Unused Proxy Addresses for Exchange Online Mail-Enabled Objects

A request came in about how to find unused proxy addresses for Exchange Online mail-enabled objects. There's no out-of-the-box report available for proxy address usage, but we can solve the problem...

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Priority Cleanup for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Is Generally Available practical365.com/priority-cl…

Priority Cleanup for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Is Generally Available

Priority cleanup is a Microsoft Purview solution that allows tenants to remove items even when the items are subject to retention hold. That sounds like Priority cleanup goes against the nature of...

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Using Advanced KQL to Audit Attack Surface Reduction Rules practical365.com/using-advan…

Using Advanced KQL to Audit Attack Surface Reduction Rules

Auditing Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rules can generate overwhelming data. In this blog, we walk through the different ways of verifying the ASR audit results, different types of exclusions, and...

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Checklist for Terminating Employees with Microsoft 365 Accounts: practical365.com/checklist-f…

Checklist for Terminating Employees with Microsoft 365 Accounts

Terminating employees is never fun, but it does happen. And when it happens, you need to know the necessary steps for removing their access. This blog serves as a checklist for removing employees...

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Scheduling Channel Meetings with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK practical365.com/channel-mee…

Scheduling Channel Meetings with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK

Channel meetings are a type of meeting specifically intended for channel members to attend. Creating normal meetings is easy, but can you create channel meetings with the Graph API? As it turns out,...

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Licensing Copilot Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat practical365.com/licensing-c…

Licensing Copilot Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

In this blog, we explore how organizations can extend Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat using Copilot agents—without needing full Copilot licenses. By leveraging consumption-based billing and Copilot...

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Practical Protection: Learning from Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative practical365.com/practical-p…

Practical Protection: Learning from Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative

In this episode of Practical Protection, we discuss Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative and what their latest progress report reveals about improving identity protection, reducing privileged access,...

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In this episode of Practical Protection, we take a closer look at the security fundamentals every organization should apply as they adopt Power Platform, from environment design and data policies to RBAC and auditing: practical365.com/practical-p… @paulrobichaux

Practical Protection: Getting Started with Power Platform Security

“In this episode of Practical Protection, we take a closer look at the security fundamentals every organization should apply as they adopt Power Platform—from environment design and data policies to...

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Practical Graph: Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK Cmdlets and Graph Throttling. practical365.com/graph-throt…

Practical Graph: Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK Cmdlets and Graph Throttling

The Microsoft Graph service uses throttling to restrain applications that might want to use more resources than they should. Graph throttling applies to Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets, but...

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The Best Way to Configure Defender for Servers on Windows practical365.com/the-best-wa…

The Best Way to Configure Defender for Servers on Windows

In this article, we explore the best way to configure Microsoft Defender for Servers on Windows. From PowerShell and GPO to SCCM and Defender Security Management, we break down the pros and cons of...

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Keeping track of licenses in a Microsoft 365 tenant can be tiresome. However, an annual licensing audit is a great way to make sure that you pay Microsoft what it's due and no more: practical365.com/microsoft-3…

January is a Great Time for a Microsoft 365 Licensing Audit

Keeping track of licenses in a Microsoft 365 tenant can be tiresome. However, an annual licensing audit is a great way to make sure that you pay Microsoft what it's due and no more. Knowing the...

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Approaching Inventory for Agents Published in Microsoft 365 practical365.com/approaching…

Approaching Inventory for Agents Published in Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 now runs on agentic AI, but tracking custom, shared, and ISV agents isn’t simple. This post breaks down where agents live, how the Admin Center inventory works, and why scalable...

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Priority Cleanup for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Is Generally Available practical365.com/priority-cl…

Priority Cleanup for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Is Generally Available

Priority cleanup is a Microsoft Purview solution that allows tenants to remove items even when the items are subject to retention hold. That sounds like Priority cleanup goes against the nature of...

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Approaching Inventory for Agents Published in Microsoft 365 practical365.com/approaching…

Approaching Inventory for Agents Published in Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 now runs on agentic AI, but tracking custom, shared, and ISV agents isn’t simple. This post breaks down where agents live, how the Admin Center inventory works, and why scalable...

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Emergency accounts are your lifeline... until misconfigurations turn them into liabilities.💥 @TechBrandon explains why hybrid identity demands modern break-glass strategies in his @Practical365 blog: okt.to/ASukRL

Lifeline or Liability: Managing Emergency Accounts in Hybrid Environments

In this blog, we explore why break-glass accounts are your lifeline when identity systems fail. Microsoft’s updated guidance calls for two cloud-only Entra ID accounts with phishing-resistant MFA and...

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Practical Graph: How to Delegate Device Management in Entra ID practical365.com/practical-g…

Practical Graph: How to Delegate Device Management in Entra ID

Managing devices across large organizations can be complex. Administrative Units (AUs) help scope admin rights, but what about newly registered devices? In this article, we explain how to automate...

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