Squashing ‘Teams Sprawl’ with PowerShell – How to get better usage insights for Groups and Teams sites

How to manage Teams Sprawl: The programmatic solution Last year, we covered the issue of Teams ‘sprawl’ and outlined some of the measures an organization can take to combat it. In this article, we will expand on that front by reviewing some script-based approaches for reporting on the spread and usage of Teams. The need […]

Noteworthy new mail experiences in Office 365 With the continuous release model used in Office 365, it can be challenging to keep up with all updates Microsoft pushes to production or previews. Even though we still get “big bang” releases such as Office 2019 or the new OWA experience, it is common for features that […]

It has been almost two years since Microsoft first showcased the session controls feature at Ignite 2016. An integration between Azure AD Conditional policies and SharePoint Online, session controls allow us to configure “read-only” access to files stored in any site collection. While this feature provided a nice middle ground between allowing unrestricted access and […]

Over the years, SharePoint has built a reputation as a solid platform and rightly so, but the complexities involved in deploying and managing SharePoint-based solutions can often catch people unprepared. This even includes Microsoft themselves, and the SharePoint Product Group, who decided to position a SharePoint-based solution as the corner-stone for file storage in Office […]

This year will probably be known as the “year of GDPR”, and understandably so. Compliance with this seminal regulation requires that organizations dedicate significant time and effort examining their processes and implementing safeguards and strategies to protect PII (Personally Identifiable Information). Of course, Office 365 should be a big area of focus in any GDPR […]

As of two weeks ago, an update that incorporates the Administrative units feature into the Office 365 Admin center has started rolling out across the service. The rollout was announced with an update to the corresponding Office 365 Roadmap item and the following Message Center post: As neither the Roadmap items, the Message center post, […]

Like all the recent scripts we have published, the script aims to illustrate some common concepts that should help you minimize the time it takes to obtain the report, rather than a foolproof solution that will address all possible scenarios. Let’s dig in. What to include in a mobile device report There are several approaches […]

In this blog, I will be moving on from Office 365 permissions to something broader: Azure AD. Azure AD is the directory service behind Office 365 and takes care of identity provisioning and authentication. Actually, this definition is not entirely correct. In fact, Office 365 is just one of the thousands of services/applications that use […]

A recent post on the Microsoft Tech Community reminded me about a topic I wanted to discuss for a while now – Outlook mobile app licensing requirements, and how to make sure you are not violating them. Contrary to what the Microsoft marketing folks will have you believe, the app is not free for commercial […]

A fairly recent improvement is the option to connect to a PowerShell session via multi-factor authentication (MFA). In other words, the relevant PowerShell modules now support modern authentication (sometimes referenced also as ADAL, based on the name of the libraries used). In this post, we will explore how this process works. Connecting PowerShell to Office […]