AADConnect: rules to filter Exchange recipients and block “locked” accounts

Every so often I run into a request to help with the creation of a filtering rule for Azure AD Connect. Here are two such recent examples: Automatically block Office 365 accounts for which the on-prem account is “locked” If the on-prem account has been locked (for example because of …

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Controlling External Communications per user in Skype for Business Online with PowerShell

Controlling the external communications feature for Skype for Business Online (SfB) is hardly something new, the option has been available for years now. Recently, a question popped up on the Yammer Office 365 Network as to how can one bulk control these settings per-user, which prompted me to write this …

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