Active Directory
Essential Best Practices for Active Directory Security
Explore key Active Directory security best practices, covering password policies, stale accounts, least privilege, and more.
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As the Microsoft 365 ecosystem grows, keeping tenant settings aligned with the intended configuration becomes increasingly complex. In traditional tenant configuration management, resources are managed using individual credentials. Visibility is often limited, making it difficult to determine whether the tenant deviates from the desired state. This often forces IT teams to manually identify and fix configuration drift, which is…
As a part of ongoing migration to Graph API, Microsoft has been rolling out updates step-by-step and Exchange Online is finally getting its moment. With the retirement of the legacy Reporting Web Services in Exchange Online, Microsoft is making ongoing efforts to improve message trace efficiency. To support this, Microsoft…
Summary Microsoft updates licensing to extend access to advanced capabilities in Teams and Places without requiring a Teams Premium license. This update removes exclusive barriers, giving organizations easier access to intelligent tools for managing workspaces and events without added licensing complexity. For years, Teams and Places have quietly grown into powerful…
Organizations are rapidly moving toward passwordless authentication using passkeys in Microsoft Entra ID. This approach replaces traditional passwords with cryptographic credentials bound to a user’s device, enabling sign-ins that are secure and seamless. This prevents common credential-based attacks such as phishing, password spraying, and brute-force attempts. Now, Microsoft is taking…
Microsoft has officially flipped the switch on a long-announced Intune security change, and some users are feeling it already. As of January 19, Microsoft Intune’s new Mobile Application Management (MAM) security enforcement blocks work apps that use outdated Intune SDK or wrapper versions. While Microsoft flagged this update a month ago in the Microsoft 365 admin center, now this…
As Microsoft Teams becomes a primary communication platform, attackers are increasingly exploiting external chats and group conversations as entry points into organizations. Sudden spikes in external communication often signal phishing, spam, or compromised tenants, but without proper visibility, these warning signs are easy to miss. Consider this scenario: an external…
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