Unified audit log in Office 365 continues to disappoint

Office 365 has been around for over 9 years now, and a lot has changed since it was officially launched. While the initial state was one of “loosely coupled” workloads, over the years Microsoft introduced tighter and tighter integrations between the products. This applies to not just “end user” features, …

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Remove all Office 365 licenses for a group of users from CSV file via the Azure AD PowerShell module

Use this PowerShell snippet to bulk remove all Office 365 licenses from a list of users, provided via a CSV file. The method detailed here uses the Azure AD cmdlets. …

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Changes to the supportability model for Azure AD Connect coming in effect Nov 1st

Back in January 2020, Microsoft announced that they are planning some changes to the supportability model for Azure AD Connect, effective November 1st, 2020. Since this date is now a week away, I thought it might be a good idea to remind folks about it. Originally posted as a note …

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Microsoft to retire SCC’s eDiscovery experience after 30 October 2020

The Security and Compliance Center (also known by its old Protection Center name) in Office 365 has always been a strange beast, a hot mess that kept on growing for years without a clear idea. Different functionalities kept getting added, moved around, removed and at some point even Microsoft gave …

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